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The NEA has chosen four Texas libraries for Big Read grants.<\/p>\n

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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced <\/span><\/span><\/span>$1 million in grant funding <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>to support community reading programs across the country. The grants, part of the NEA Big Read program, will benefit seventy-eight organizations in thirty-one states taking place between September 2019 and June 2020.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The NEA Big Read is a National Endowment for the Arts initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest, which manages the grant program. Since 2006, more than 5.7 million Americans have attended an NEA Big Read event. <\/span><\/span>Each NEA Big Read grantee has selected a title from the <\/span><\/span><\/span>NEA Big Read library<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> and will hold a variety of events and discussions designed to both highlight the book and encourage participation among a wide range of community members. Among the books selected this year are Hope Jahren\u2019s Lab Girl<\/em>, Ernest Gaines\u2019 A Lesson Before Dying<\/em>, Joy Harjo\u2019s How We Became Human<\/em>, and Nathaniel Philbrick\u2019s In the Heart of the Sea<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Texas grant recipients are:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cross Plains Public Library was awarded $5,000 and chose as their Big Read In the Heart of the Sea<\/em> by Nathaniel Philbrick.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dallas Public Library was awarded $15,000 and chose Into the Beautiful North<\/em> by Lu\u00eds Alberto Urrea.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nacogdoches Public Library was awarded $13,800 and chose Into the Beautiful North.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The University of Texas at El Paso was awarded $15,000 and also chose Into the Beautiful North.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is inspiring to see both large and small communities across the nation come together around a book,\u201d said National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter. \u201cWe always look forward to the unique ways cities, towns, and organizations explore these stories and encourage community participation in a wide variety of events.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The 2019-2020 grants range from $5,000 to $15,000 and will reach communities ranging from Dallas, Texas, to Juneau, Alaska, to Beaver Island, Michigan, which has a population of 551. Grantees range from libraries and universities to museums and other arts organizations. A third of this year\u2019s grantees have never before received an NEA Big Read grant.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information on grants, please see the following:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n