What's new at the Mu? Big Read author to speak
The Massillon Museum will host a live keynote by “Homegoing” author Yaa Gyasi at 7 p.m. Thursday on the Massillon Museum's Facebook page. The online event will be free and open to everyone with no registration or Facebook account required. The audience can submit questions during the program or in advance to Education@MassillonMuseum.org.
“Homegoing” is the museum’s 2024 NEA Big Read book selection.
Highlights
Yaa Gyasi, a Ghanaian American novelist, earned a bachelor of arts in English at Stanford University and a master of fine arts from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, a creative writing program at the University of Iowa. Her debut novel “Homegoing,” published in 2016, won her, at age 26, the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for 2016, the American Book Award in 2017, and a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature in 2020.
MassMu and its NEA Big Read partners have distributed 1,100 free copies of “Homegoing.” During its 17 years of receiving a National Endowment for the Arts grant to participate in this prestigious national initiative, the Museum has provided 32,800 complimentary books to the community.
The Massillon Museum receives operating support from the Ohio Arts Council, ArtsinStark, and the citizens of Massillon. The Massillon Public Library has been, since Western Stark County’s first NEA Big Read in 2008, MassMu’s lead Big Read partner. Massillon Rotary Foundation and One Tiger are significant funders.
Why attend?
An initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. MassMu is one of 62 nonprofit organizations across the nation to be selected during this grant cycle to receive the prestigious NEA Big Read grant to support a community reading program.
Details
WHAT – MassMu’s NEA Big Read Keynote with Yaa Gyasi
WHEN – 7 p.m. Thursday.
WHERE – Massillon Museum Facebook Live
MORE –MassillonMuseum.org or 330-833-4061
This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: Massillon Big Read author Yaa Gyasi to give keynote talk May 2
