Famous American poet Emily Dickinson will be the focus of an America250-themed reading event at Phoenix Public Library in September.
The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read aims to create shared reading experiences to inspire meaningful conversations, celebrate local creativity, elevate a wide variety of voices and perspectives and build stronger connections in each community. This year’s theme for the program is America250 to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday earlier this month.
The nonprofit Arizona Humanities was awarded an NEA Big Read grant this year. Arizona Humanities “very generously” invited Phoenix Public Library to host programming with them around the NEA Big Read, Phoenix Library Services Director Erin MacFarlane told the Library Advisory Board during its June meeting.
