NEA Big Read Grantees

Year

State

City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs

Charleston, South Carolina - Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

City of Irving

Irving, Texas - Andrew Krivak, The Bear

City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs

Los Angeles, California - Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street

Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space

Martsons Mills, Massachusetts - Claudia Rankine, Citizen

Eastern Connecticut State University

Willimantic, Connecticut - Andrew Krivak, The Bear

Evanston Public Library

Evanston, Illinois - Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Failte Care Corporation

Long Island City, New York - Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

Fishtrap

Enterprise, Oregon - Jess Walter, The Cold Millions

Friends of Athens-Clarke County Library

Athens, Georgia - Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

Gateway Regional Arts Center

Mt. Sterling, Kentucky - Thornton Wilder, Our Town

Just Buffalo Literary Center

Buffalo, New York - Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street

Kansas City Public Library

Kansas City, Missouri - Rebekah Taussig, Sitting Pretty

Lake County Library

Lakeport, California - Andrew Krivak, The Bear

Lewis & Clark Library

Helena, Montana - Jess Walter, The Cold Millions

Lorain Public Library System

Lorain, Ohio - Toni Morrison, Beloved

McMahon Auditorium Authority

Lawton, Oklahoma - Thi Bui, The Best We Could Do

Miami Public Library

Miami, Oklahoma - John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Museum of Chinese in America

New York, New York - Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown

Nacogdoches Public Library

Nacogdoches, Texas - Tommy Orange, There, There

Newburgh Enlarged City School District

Newburgh, New York - David Tomas Martinez, Hustle