Literary Arts

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts 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. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.

South Carolina communities participating in the 2009 Big Read program are:

• Claflin University in Orangeburg
• Greenwood County Library
• Spartanburg County Public Libraries
• The University of South Carolina Arts Institute in Columbia
• Union County Carnegie Library