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The Great American Read & Summer Reading List 2018

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What did you think of "War and Peace," "1984," "Catch 22" or "Beloved?" They're among the 100 most-loved novels chosen for the new PBS series, "The Great American Read." Is your favorite on the list? Have you read any since English Lit class? Join us on The Sound of Ideas as local authors and book enthusiasts opine about the list and offer thoughts on new releases and local authors we should be reading now. And add your thoughts and book suggestions, too.

 

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PBS The Great American Read - Premiers Tuesday May 22nd at 8pmET

-Bill Gardner, Vice President of Programming and Development, PBS

-Kacie Armstrong, Director, Euclid Public Library

-David Giffels, Author, "Furnishing Eternity" & English Professor, University of Akron

-Sam Allard, Senior Writer, Cleveland Scene

-Lydia Munnell, Brews and Prose Artistic Director & English Teacher, St. Edward High School

Rachel is the supervising producer for Ideastream Public Media’s morning public affairs show, the “Sound of Ideas.”