Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", animated by SUNY Fredonia's New Media students, Fall 2011, by Jill Johnston-Price's animation class.
Creating a Nation of Readers...
Daniel A. Reed Library at SUNY Fredonia, in cooperation with the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System and the National Endowment for the Arts, is pleased to announce that the poetry and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe has been selected for this year's Big Read.
To help celebrate Poe's literary works, we are pleased to announce that award-winning, contemporary author Mat Johnson will be the keynote speaker for this year's program. Johnson will present "Pym Poe's Gauntlet at the 1891 Fredonia Opera House on Thursday, Oct. 27 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The event is free however a canned food donation is suggested to the Salvation Army Food Pantry in Dunkirk. Opera House doors open at 7:00 pm. Johnson's Poe-inspired novel, Pym, will be available for sale, courtesy of the Book Nook. To learn more about Johnson and his work, please visit the author's website at: http://www.matjohnson.info/
There are many great events going on at public libraries and other community venues throughout the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus region during the month of October, including book discussions, poetry readings, lectures and exhibits, so check out our full calendar of events, and watch for the free newspaper edition of the the short stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe at your local public library and participating businesses.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest.