United We Read, Kansas City, Missouri
Book: Plainsong by Kent Haruf
“The goal of United We Read is to get our community talking and communicating with one another.”
Citywide Reads, Santa Monica, California
Book: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
“To promote literacy; inter-generational book-centered discussion; and to foster a sense of community by bringing people together through literature.”
The Mayor’s Book Club, Austin, Texas
Book: Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
“To promote literacy and foster community and discussion.”
DC We Read 2002, Washington, D.C.
Book: Having Our Say, the Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years by Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth
“To promote reading, tackle illiteracy and foster a page-turning togetherness.”
One City, One Story, Pasadena, California
Book: The Soloist by Mark Salzman
“This program is designed to broaden and deepen an appreciation of reading and compel friends, families and neighbors to share their experience while reading the same book.The project is further intended to engage the community in dialogue and seeks to bring the Pasadena community together by promoting tolerance and understanding about differing points of view.”
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