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Armstrong Atlantic State University
Savannah Reads Gaines
April 3-9, 2005


PROGRAM for 2005
CAMPUS READ

April 3-9, 2005

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ERNEST J. GAINES

Bibliography (PAL)

Biography

Biography and Interview (NEH)

Ernest J. Gaines

"A Louisiana Life"
(Faith Dawson, 1997)

A MELUS Interview (1999)

"A Southern Road to Freedom" (Washington Post, 1993)

Student Interview with Ernest Gaines (1998)


A Lesson Before Dying
and other works by
(and about) Ernest J. Gaines


Excerpt from A Lesson Before Dying

"If We Must Die," by Claude McKay

Lesson Page (Annenberg/CPB)

Resources (Spokane Falls CC Library)

Study Guide (Mrs. Leslie Bradley, Century HS)


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DVD version of the 1999 HBO film


COMMUNITY READS

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Citywide Book Clubs

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Library of Congress
Georgia Center for the Book


AASU Campus Read 2004
Flannery O'Connor


Purchase A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying
, by Ernest J. Gaines, may be purchased from such local booksellers as Shavers Book Store (326 Bull Street), Books-a-Million (8102 Abercorn Street), Barnes & Noble (Oglethorpe Mall), and Media Play (11701 Abercorn Street).   The novel is also available from online book sellers, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Powells.

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If your school, organization, or business is sponsoring an event related to the city-wide reading of Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying during the week of April 3-9, 2005, please e-mail information about the event to Dick Nordquist at Armstrong Atlantic State University (nordqudi@mail.armstrong.edu).   We'll be happy to post details about your event on this web site.  

--Community members are warmly invited to join faculty and students at the monthly meetings of the Johnson High School Book Club, hosted by Ms. Abby Daniels and Ms. Cath Robbins.  At the meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2005, participants will be discussing A Lesson Before Dying.  The book club meets in the Johnson High School Media Center (3012 Shell Road, Savannah ).  

--During the month of March, book clubs sponsored by the Live Oak Public Libraries branches will read and discuss the book, A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines, as part of the “Savannah Reads Gaines” celebration held April 3-9, 2005 by AASU and the community.  Contact your local library branch for more information or visit our website at www.liveoakpl.org.

See also AASU CAMPUS EVENTS for Savannah Reads Gaines.


   


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