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The Big Read

Mathew J. Bruccoli, Emily Brown Jefferies Distinguished Prof of English Emeritus, U of So Carolina
Jonathan Yardley, Book Critic, Washington Post
David Kipen, Dir of Literature, NEA's National Reading Initiatives
Jennifer Schember, Adult Services Coordinator, Las Vegas-Clark County Library and Chair, NEA's Big Read in LV
... on the Las Vegas Valley's is participation in the NEA's Big Read with its focus on Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby

  • Jonathan Yardley explains why Gatsby is the greatest American novel of all
  • Las Vegas Clark County Library Big Read
  • Library Journal: On the Same Page: Jennifer Schember, LV CCSD
  • The Life and Times Of F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • NEA Discipline Directors: David Kipen
  • NEA: The Big Read
  • "The Great Gatsby"
  • U of So Carolina: Mathew J. Bruccoli
  • "Dippermouth Blues" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band("Louis Armstrong and King Oliver")
  • "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin("Scott Joplin: Piano Rags")
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