NEA Big Read Grantees

2025-2026

One Book One New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana - You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, edited by Ada Limon
Orlando Shakespeare Theater
Orlando, Florida - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Oxford Lane Library
Oxford, Ohio - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Palm Springs Cultural Center
Palm Springs, California - Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Performing Arts Center for African Cultures
Bowie, Maryland - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Pivot Arts
Chicago, Illinois - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute
Saint Paul, Minnesota - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Platte Valley Players
Brighton, Colorado - When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Playhouse Arts
Arcata, California - You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, edited by Ada Limon
Red Wing Art Association
Red Wing, Minnesota - The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Campus
Camden, New Jersey - You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, edited by Ada Limon
Santa Clara Library Foundation and Friends
Santa Clara, California - Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez Incorporado
Carolina, Puerto Rico - Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
South Sudanese Foundation
Moorhead, Minnesota - In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
Southern Adirondack Library System
Saratoga Springs , New York - Fuzz by Mary Roach
Swanton Public Library
Swanton, Vermont - Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska - The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
University of Redlands
Redlands, California - Fuzz by Mary Roach
Vigo County Public Library
Terre Haute, Indiana - Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Vinton Public Library
Vinton, Iowa - Bewilderment by Richard Powers