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authors also drew large crowds. Sir Ken Robinson, author of The Element, spoke in 2013 before a Fieldhouse audience that included many from the K-12 community. (Robinson's visit was a partnership with the Meijer Lecture Series.) Rebecca Skloot filled Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids when she visited in 2011 to discuss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. For faculty members who incorporate the CRP selection into their courses, the author visit enriches conversations that began in the classroom. Maureen Wolverton, affiliate faculty of liberal studies, used the book in two of her courses. "The students loved the book and they were excited for her to come to campus so they could ask follow-up questions," said Wolverton, who also serves on the CRP book selection committee. She added that the book fit well in her Liberal Studies "Life Journeys" courses. "The book is interesting as it unfolds and Reyna questions where she belongs. Is she Mexican, is she American?" Wolverton said. "Everyone has a different version of that story and it creates good, rich class discussions." The Distance Between Us was also chosen as the "One Book/One Community" read for Monroe County in southeast Michigan. After her late March presentation at Grand Valley, Grande visited Monroe County Community College. Grande said she tried writing this memoir while still a student at the University of California-Santa Cruz. "I was 21 and I found I hadn't given myself enough time to have the distance from my experience to be able to tackle it in a book," she said. "I was a beginning writer." During the early stages of writing Across a Hundred Mountains, Grande received a fellowship from PEN Center USA to join Emerging Voices, a mentorship program for new writers. She has served as a judge with Emerging Voices to select new fellows. Grande teaches at UCLA and is active in nonprofit organizations that work with undocumented youth. She was politically active when California voters passed the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act, which allows undocumented students who meet certain criteria to apply for college financial aid. She enjoys visiting campuses and said she brings an important message for students. "I want to inspire students to pursue their own dreams by showing them that while life puts a lot of obstacles in the way, you need to keep striving toward your dream," Grande said. NEXT CRP ANNOUNCED Get a head start on the 2014-2015 CRP selection, Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink. Fink, a Pulitzer Prizewinning author, will visit campus in 2015 to discuss her book, an unforgettable story about the investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. SUGGEST A FUTURE BOOK! Send an email to integrative@gvsu.edu. PAST CRP SELECTIONS 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 Check out the past Community Reading Project selections. Visit www.gvsu.edu/read for details. 18 Spring '14 2005-2006: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 2009-2010: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson 2006-2007: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 2010-2011: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 2007-2008: The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls 2011-2012: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson 2008-2009: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK? 2012-2013: The Element by Sir Ken Robinson ? http://www.gvsu.edu/read

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