The play is about Jo, a young girl attending a Catholic high school, where she is targeted by other students for her preference for masculine clothing and other choices. 14 through March 1, 2015, at 7 Stages, with preview performances Feb. The central event is a play, FML: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life, which will be performed Feb. There also will be festivals, school events and other activities for all ages as part of The Big Read. The program includes a series of discussions at the Decatur Library, which is distributing free copies of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter as long as the supply lasts. When we saw The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter on the list, we said, ‘Yes! This is perfect for us.’ Because Charis also seeks to get people talking on a variety of subjects, this is a great place to introduce the program.” “Part of our mission is to promote discussion of topics that may not be easily discussed.
9 at Charis Books and More in Little Five Points. “We chose this book because loneliness and the heartbreak of not being accepted by others is universal,” said 7 Stages Artistic Director Heidi S. The novel’s selection by the Oprah Book Club in 2004 spurred renewed interest in the story of two deaf-mute housemates, who along with a number of other misfits seek to fit into a 1930s mill town community. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter was first published in 1940, has since been a major motion picture and has been adapted for the stage. The Big Read has come to metro Atlanta, especially East Atlanta and Decatur, through a grant to 7 Stages theater, which is promoting the novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Georgia native Carson McCullers. An organization, usually a library or nonprofit theater, selects a book and applies for a grant to distribute copies of the book in the community and build events around it. NEA each year chooses a number of classic literary works and encourages communities to select one to promote locally. Responding to the findings, NEA started a program called The Big Read, designed to expose people of all ages to great works of literature and encourage them to read for pleasure and enrichment. The report indicated that not only is literary reading in America declining rapidly among all groups but that the rate of decline has accelerated, especially among the young.
The Big Read is now under way in metro Atlanta.Ī study conducted by National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) resulted in the 2004 report Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America. If readers throughout the area appear to be engrossed in the same 74-year-old novel, it’s no coincidence.
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