The Big Read

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The entire Allen University community will be coming together for a campus-wide common reading experience called, "The Big Read", a program of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Thanks to AU's own, Dr. Charlene Spearen, who led the efforts in receiving the grant that helped fund this program, Allen University's students, faculty, and staff will be reading Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.





"There is no book more important to me than this one."
— Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize recipient and author of The Color Purple 



AU students, faculty, and staff-- Pick up your FREE copy of Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God in the AU bookstore! 

Be sure to bring a form of identification with you.

In March of 2013, there will be a collection of used copies for programs to be held in Hampton, Estill, Ridgeland, and Allendale counties (an integral part of the entire Big Read program), so be sure to take care of your copy!

Check back often and check out our Facebook Page for info about other BIG READ events and more news!