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READING ALONG THE RIVER
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

May 22 , 2003
9:30 am - 11 am. Book discussion led by Paul Nelson, Aquinas College: "Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys," by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Yankee Clipper Branch Library, 2025 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids.

May 15 , 2003
9:30 am - 11 am. Book discussion led by Dr. Wendy Winner, GVSU: "The Lovely Bones," by Alice Sebold. Yankee Clipper Branch Library, 2025 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids.

May 1 , 2003
9:30 am - 11 am. Book discussion led by Dr. Kathleen Blumreich, GVSU: "The Saving Graces," by Patricia Gaffney. Yankee Clipper Branch Library, 2025 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids.

April 24, 2003
9:30 am - 11 am. Book discussion led by Paul Nelson, Aquinas College: "Plain Speaking: Harry Truman," by Merle Miller. Yankee Clipper Branch Library, 2025 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids.

April 10 , 2003
9:30 am - 11 am. Book discussion led by Dr. Patricia Clark, GVSU: "Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay," by Nancy Milford. Yankee Clipper Branch Library, 2025 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids.

March 27 , 2003
9:30 am - 11 am. Book discussion led by Paul Kelson, Aquinas College: "Personal History," by Katharine Graham. Yankee Clipper Branch Library, 2025 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids.

Reading Along the River: Celebrating Books and Libraries in Kent County -- (2003)

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schedule of events

Grant Awarded: March 2003

Type of Grant: Public Humanities Development Grant

Sponsor: Humanities Council at the Grand Rapids Public Library

Contact: Linda Samuelson, 616-774-1776, lsamuels@grpl.org

Award: $10,000

Websites: www.grpl.org

The Humanities Council at the Grand Rapids Public Library has been awarded a $10,000 Public Humanities Development grant for “Reading Along the River: Celebrating Books and Libraries in Kent County.” The library will provide programming including a book-reading campaign, live humanities presentations, new humanities resources in the form of book discussion kits, new poetry by local authors (including a new Poet Laureate for Grand Rapids), and new web resources.