Recharge with Reading - Welcome!: Events

Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7 PM: Author Reading:
The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E. Davis

                 

As heard on SLU Radio! 

More readers share their love for reading, below. Want to participate? Select a banned book, read and record a section of up to 2 minutes, and submit it for consideration to: doris.vankampen@saintleo.edu.

Recharge with Reading Events

September 27-October 3, 2020: Banned Books Week

• Listen to faculty and Staff reading excerpts from some of their favorite banned books!
  • Dr. Mary Spoto, Vice President of Academic Affairs reads from Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Dr. Heather Parker reads from Malcolm X by Malcolm X.
  • Dr. Doris Van Kampen-Breit reads from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series
  • Dr. Kathryn Duncan reads from one of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books
  • Professor Carol Ann Moon, faculty librarian, reads from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  • Dr. Daniel Dubois reads 1984 by George Orwell
  • Greg Kunzweiler reads a passage from the Bible
  • Alicia Corts reads the Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Alan Poe
  • Holly Atkins reads Are you There, God? It's me, Margaret by Judy Blume

November, 2020: NaNoWriMo 2020

• The official kick-off for NaNoWriMo is November, but they have lots of workshops to help you get started PRIOR to the kick-off. We also have a page of resources available for students who are working on a novel!

Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7 PM: Author Reading:
The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E. Davis


 

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