News: The Great American Read

The following is the official press release for The Great American Read, which will be coming to Bloomsburg University on September 12th.

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"The PBS TV series The Great American Read  (Tuesday nights at 8 PM on WVIA TV)  invites us to discover great novels and vote to help choose America's favorite.  Now the Department of English at Bloomsburg University has teamed up with WVIA to present a free sneak preview screening of a featured episode along with an audience discussion Wednesday, September 12 at 7:00 PM in Centennial 218 on the university campus.

The screening features the episode “Heroes,” tracing the theme of heroic characters through such popular novels as George Orwell’s 1984,  Joseph Heller’s Catch 22,  and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.  Why do we admire such heroines as Katniss (in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games) or Charlotte (the spider who saves a pig named Wilbur in E.B. White’s beloved children’s classic, Charlotte’s Web)? A faculty panel will discuss the episode after the screening, and audience members can join in the discussion.

Students, faculty members, and the general public are all welcome at this free event.  Everyone will receive a Great American Read bookmark and have a chance to enter a drawing for additional prizes from WVIA.  Everyone is encouraged to vote for favorite novels at www.wvia.org/greatamericanread.

Major production funding for The Great American Read provided by Anne Ray Foundation, A Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy.  Engagement funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Anne Ray Foundation, A Margaret A Cargill Philanthropy."

We hope to see you there!