Blog Jun 14, 2019 NEA Big Read Author Nathaniel Philbrick on Historical Catastrophes, Learning to Love Moby-Dick, and Following in the Footsteps of George Washington Nathaniel Philbrick and his family live in Nantucket, the island off the coast of Massachusetts from which the fictional whaleship in "Moby-Dick" set sail and which has been at the center of many of his books, including "In the Heart of the Sea," one...
Blog May 31, 2019 It's All About the Books with NEA Literature Translation Fellow Matt Reeck Matt Reeck received a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship in 2013.
Blog May 16, 2019 NEA Big Read Author David Tomas Martinez on Basketball, Power, and the Joy of Meeting New Readers
Blog May 10, 2019 Art Talk with 2019 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Isabella Callery A talk with Isabella Callery (Anishinaabe) of MInnesota--the 2019 Poetry Out Loud National Champion.
Blog Apr 30, 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Grant Spotlight: Louder than a Bomb Great Plains Youth Poetry Festival Matt Mason, executive director of the Nebraska Writers Collective, launched the Louder than a Bomb: Great Plains Youth Poetry Festival with the goal of giving young people first-hand experience with what he described as "what poetry and creative writ...
Blog Apr 25, 2019 NEA Big Read Author Stephanie Burt on Writing Travel Guides, Playing the Melodica, and Finding a Community