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SUMMARY:2023 Marathon Read: “Arrivals: Borders and Belongings”
DESCRIPTION:\nThe School of Global Languages\, Literatures\, and Culture
s invites you to participate in the annual Marathon Read\, which will ta
ke place on Thursday\, September 21 from 9:00 a.m.&ndash\;9:00 p.m.
\;in a tent on Pattee Mall\, in front of Pattee Library and between Spar
ks and Burrowes buildings. As in previous years\, the Marathon Read is a
public event that aims to promote the shared pleasure and value of read
ing by inviting people of all ages to read aloud\, in English or another
spoken language\, for about five minutes. This year the event celebrate
s the theme &ldquo\;Arrivals: Borders and Belongings&rdquo\; with topics
including immigration journeys\, arriving at new horizons in actual or
imaginary journeys\, cultural assimilation and acculturation (or resista
nce)\, language learning\, and community identity through different type
s of literary works&mdash\;graphic novels\, speculative fiction\, childr
en&rsquo\;s books\, poems\, plays\, memoirs\, novels\, (auto)biographies
. If you don&rsquo\;t have a work on this theme at hand\, we&rsquo\;ll g
ladly supply a brief reading for you. No preparation needed!\n\nSign up
to read here. \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/even
t/marathon-read-2023/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The School of G
lobal Languages, Literatures, and Cultures invites you to participate in
the annual Marathon Read, which will take place on Thursday,
September 21 from 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. in a tent on
Pattee Mall, in front of Pattee Library and between Sparks and Burrowes
buildings. As in previous years, the Marathon Read is a public event th
at aims to promote the shared pleasure and value of reading by inviting
people of all ages to read aloud, in English or another spoken language,
for about five minutes. This year the event celebrates the theme &ld
quo;Arrivals: Borders and Belongings” with topics including im
migration journeys, arriving at new horizons in actual or imaginary jour
neys, cultural assimilation and acculturation (or resistance), language
learning, and community identity through different types of literary wor
ks—graphic novels, speculative fiction, children’s books, po
ems, plays, memoirs, novels, (auto)biographies. If you don’t have
a work on this theme at hand, we’ll gladly supply a brief reading
for you. No preparation needed!
Sign up to read here.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/marathon-read-2023/
URL:https://complit.la.psu.edu/news-events/marathon-read/
LOCATION:Pattee Mall
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