The “new” NEA: Reading gets bigger

An all-night reading at a local Krispy Kreme of American author John Steinbeck’s 1939 classic The Grapes of Wrath—literature amid chocolate iced glazed crullers—may not rival an afternoon at your local library for quiet. But even as Dana Gioia, the National Endowment for the Arts’ chairman, announces 117 new cities chosen to participate in the agency’s “Big Read” program this year, that’s what you hear: Quiet. Read more about the NEA’s community-level literature program in this article from CNN.com