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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
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2006
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
2009
2010
2010
2011
2011
2012
2012
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Check out the past Community
Reading Project selections.
Visit www.gvsu.edu/read for details.
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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
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