NEA grants $2.8 million for reading program - Business First of Louisville:

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The NEA has awardedd $2,8 million to groups to sponsor The Big which will be held September 2008 toJune 2009. The Big Read givesa communities the opportunity to come togetherto read, discuss and celebrater one of 23 selections from American or world literature, according to a news Grants were awarded to groups in 46 the District of Columbiwa and the U.S. Virginj Islands. Each group is receiving a grantg ofbetween $2,500 and To date, the NEA has givenh more than 500 grants to support local Big Read In Kentucky, grants were awarded to: in Bowling Green, whicg will hold a program to discuss "To Kill a Mockingbird" in Frankfort, which will discusws "A Lesson Before Dying;" Kentucky Gateway Museum Centefr in Maysville, which will discuss "Thes Age of Innocence;" , which also will discuss Williamsburgg Action Team, which also will discuss "A Lessonh Before Dying.
" "Everything the NEA does we do in NEA chairman Dana Gioiq said in the release. "I am delightedr to announce our 208 new partners in The Big Some are new tothe program, some are but all of them have answererd the call to actiom to get our countr reading again."