Big Read Tucson A national initiative produced in Tucson to restore reading to the center of American culture Kore Press brings Tucson together to spread the love of literature through the life and work of Emily Dickinson Big Read Tucson Kore Press, the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts), the city of Tucson and our many generous and creative community partners will celebrate the life and work of Emily Dickinson with award-winning programming and innovative community events from Sept. 22 to Dec. 10, 2011. We have a lot of incredible events planned, so to simplify your navigation of our website in search of information on THE BIG READ, we've put it all right here for you in this Big Read Guide:
: : : Delight becomes pictorial: A visual lexicon of Emily Dickinson's first lines 29 artists create visual works after Dickinson first lines Click here to view the artwork online Click here to read "Pictorial Pleasures" by Margaret Regan
: : : Sincere thanks to all 70 pledgers who made our Kickstarter campaign a success! : : : Eat, Be Merry, and Support the Arts! Local restaurants that made Emily D tasty treats
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Nov. 18, 2011: Listen to a recording of Eva Heisler's "It Sounds Like a Poem" Eva Heisler is an art critic, poet, and scholar from Heidelberg, Germany. She visited Tucson this October to contribute to our Big Read celebration of Emily Dickinson. Kore Press will publish Heisler's forthcoming book of poems in Spring, 2012, called "Reading Emily Dickinson in Icelandic."
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Nov. 6, 2011: KXCI community radio interviews Jane Miller and Lisa Bowden about Dickinson, the Big Read, and Miller's latest poems Click here to listen to the entire 30-minute radio broadcast online. : : :
Snazzy Dickinson Bling Still Available: T-shirts, stickers, trucker hats, postcards
T-shirts & hats just $10 Tee shirt says: "The brain is wider than the sky..." Buy them here! Women or Unisex sizes available - M & L
Links to Tucson Big Read in the media
Click here for the Daily Star's article about our Second Saturday Birthday Bash! Click here for the Tucson Weekly's article about our Second Saturday Birthday Bash! Click here for the Daily Wildcat's article about our Second Saturday Birthday Bash! Click here for our press release about Emily Dickinson tasty treats Click here for CS Monitor's article about our Emily D Birthday Bash Click here for NPR's Morning Edition about the Big Read and our Emily D Birthday Bash Click here for the Daily Star's article about "If My Verse is Alive..." Click here for AZPM's video and article about "If My Verse is Alive..." Click here for Zocalo Magazine's blurb about "If My Verse is Alive..." Click here for Tucson Weekly's feature about "If My Verse is Alive..." Click here for Tucson Weekly's article about Kore Press' role in the Big Read programming Click here for Tucson Poetry Examiner's blog entry about our "Writing Woman" lecture with Dr. Aiken Click here to listen to KXCI's 30-minute radio broadcast about Emily Dickinson, featuring Lisa Bowden and Jane Miller Click here for the Daily Wildcat's article about Barbara Penn's slide show and art talk Click here for the NEA's feature about "If My Verse is Alive..." in their Big Read blog Click here for Zocalo Magazine's article about the Big Read programming
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