{"id":116759,"date":"2021-01-07T10:20:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=116759"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:30:40","slug":"ucf-celebrates-silver-sparrow-during-nea-big-read-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-celebrates-silver-sparrow-during-nea-big-read-central-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Celebrates \u201cSilver Sparrow\u201d During NEA Big Read: Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve set a New Year\u2019s resolution to read more books in 2021, you can start making good on your promise with \u201cSilver Sparrow,\u201d part of the NEA Big Read: Central Florida program. UCF faculty, staff and students can pick up a complimentary copy at the John C. Hitt Library of Tayari Jones\u2019 fiction novel on Jan. 11 during the Big Read\u2019s kick-off event from 1\u00ad\u20133 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The NEA Big Read: Central Florida is a program designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. This year, it runs from Jan. 11 through Feb. 23 and will feature a series of exciting events related to the novel.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" class=\"img-fluid alignleft wp-image-116762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow.jpg\" alt=\"Silver Sparrow text and Tayari Jones' face\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow-534x400.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" class=\"img-fluid alignleft wp-image-116762 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20575%20431%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Silver Sparrow text and Tayari Jones' face\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20575%20431%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow-534x400.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow-360x270.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2021\/01\/silver-sparrow.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Silver Sparrow<\/em> was added to the NEA Big Read Library of classics in 2016. Jones&#8217; website describes the book as &#8220;a breathtaking story about a man\u2019s deception, a family\u2019s complicity, and the teenage girls caught in the middle. Set in a middle-class neighborhood in the 1980s, the novel revolves around James Witherspoon\u2019s families \u2014 the public one and the secret one. When the daughters from each family meet and form a friendship, only one of them knows they are sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJones\u2019 book\u2026offers an excellent opportunity for UCF to bring impactful programs that celebrate the role of literature in our community,\u201d says Keri Watson, director of the NEA Big Read: Central Florida. \u201cOur programming will coincide with UCF\u2019s celebration of Black History Month, and we are working with Africana Studies to bring the Big Read to a new campus audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UCF is one of 84 communities nationwide participating in the NEA Big Read this year, receiving a $15,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This is the sixth consecutive year the College of Arts and Humanities has received NEA funding to host the program.<\/p>\n<h2>NEA Big Read Events<\/h2>\n<p>Additionally, from Jan. 11 through Feb. 5, the UCF Art Gallery will host <em>But Before Bone is Skin<\/em>, an exhibition curated by Jonell Logan, creative director for the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 22, a keynote address by Logan will take place via Zoom. She will discuss the relationship between the visual and literary arts, <em>Silver Sparrow<\/em> and the ways in which the novel\u2019s themes informed the artwork featured in <em>But Before Bone is Skin<\/em>. On Jan. 28, contributing artists to the exhibition will discuss their artwork and how the themes of the book inspired their work in an artist panel via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Seminole County Public Libraries will host daytime and evening book-discussion groups at each of its five branches, for a total of 10 book clubs this year. All clubs and discussions will take place via Zoom and are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Visit UCF\u2019s Big Read website to learn more about the NEA Big Read: Central Florida and register for the program\u2019s upcoming events.<\/p>\n<p>An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF is one of 84 communities nationwide participating in this year\u2019s program meant to promote literacy and reading for pleasure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":116761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3,5,27],"tags":[16121,17023,7667,13978],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-116759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-colleges","category-student-life","tag-big-read","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","tag-john-c-hitt-library","tag-keri-watson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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