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• Ozeki Speaks at Union South Tonight, Wisconsin Public Radio Show Now Archived

  Posted on October 28, 2013

  Go Big Read welcomes Ruth Ozeki to Union South tonight, October 28th, at 7 p.m.  No tickets are required and doors open […]

• Documentary Film Screening of ‘Bully’ at Madison Public Library- Central Library- Wednesday 10/23 at 6:30

  Posted on October 22, 2013

  I just watched Bully tonight. It is a most powerful movie.  It puts on screen what Nao, in A Tale for the […]

• Suggest a Question for Ruth Ozeki

  Posted on October 14, 2013

  Would you like to ask this year’s Go Big Read author a question about her book, her writing process, etc.? Ruth Ozeki’s […]

• Richard Lea: Why A Tale for the Time Being should win the Booker prize

  Posted on October 11, 2013

  Have you heard the good news? Our Go Big Read pick has been nominated for the 2013 Booker prize! We’re so proud […]

• Violence Prevention Project Assistant Reflects on Go Big Read

  Posted on October 9, 2013

  Go Big Read seeks responses to this year’s book from students, faculty, and staff. If you have something to share, contact gobigread@library.wisc.edu […]

• UW-Madison Faculty to Offer Expert Perspectives on “A Tale for the Time Being”

  Posted on October 7, 2013

  Faculty from the English Department and the Asian American Studies Program will offer perspectives on A Tale for the Time Being, by […]

• “Bully” Screenings at Madison Public Library

  Posted on October 3, 2013

  Much of A Tale for the Time Being is concerned with the cruel treatment of Nao at the hands of her classmates. […]

• The Domino Effect in A Tale for the Time Being

  Posted on October 1, 2013

  Although not directly established in this novel, one of the themes that struck me while reading A Tale for the Time Being […]

• A Tale for the Time Being is now available as an eBook!

  Posted on September 30, 2013

  Are you a Kindle person, a Nook person, or an iPad person? Penguin Books, publisher of A Tale for the Time Being, […]

• Go Big Read book discussions

  Posted on September 19, 2013

  Have you already finished A Tale for the Time Being? Are you disappointed that there’s more than a month to go until […]