Tag: Air We Breathe
“The Air We Breathe” Will Be Featured On KBIA’s “Intersection” Program
Join us on Monday, November 2 from 12-1 p.m. on KBIA 91.3 FM to discuss this year’s One Read book, “The Air We Breathe” by Andrea Barrett. In studio guests include Brad Lookingbill of Columbia College, Darwin and Axie Hindman and Lisa Saffran director of MU’s Masters in Public Health Program.
Intersection is a new talk show produced by KBIA and the Reynolds Journalism Institute. You can listen to the show on KBIA 2 digital radio, or watch the show live by visiting KBIA.org.
On Intersection, we want YOU to become part of the conversation. Share your thoughts about the book by calling in at 573-882-8925, e-mailing us at IntersectionOnKbia [at] gmail [dot] com, or participating in the live online chat throughout the broadcast.
Call for Entries: One Read Express Yourself Art Show
Once again this year, we will be hosting a show of artwork by community members. Artists may begin submitting work now for the One Read Express Yourself Art Show. Submissions should be inspired this year’s book, “The Air We Breathe.”
- Anyone of any age in the Mid-Missouri community may enter.
- Entries may be two- or three-dimensional.
- Submit your work by September 14 to any DBRL library or bookmobile.
- Read the guidelines and entry form for more information.
- Photographers: please include a subject release form for each person photographed.
Where to Get the Book
Visit any Daniel Boone Regional Library location to check out a copy of “The Air We Breathe.” The book is available in hardback, paperback, large print, CD, and book discussion kit.
About Andrea Barrett and “The Air We Breathe”
About the Author
Andrea Barrett did not start out to be a fiction writer; she wanted to be a scientist. “I really wanted to be Darwin in a skirt wandering through the Galapagos or the Amazon naming birds and trees,” she says. Instead, Barrett has translated her fascination with science and the natural world into award-winning novels and short stories. Barrett is especially drawn to the history of exploration and the suffering men and women were willing to endure in the pursuit of knowledge. The “Voyage of the Narwhal” (1998) tells of a harrowing expedition to the Arctic, while in the title story from “Ship Fever,” a doctor struggles through a typhus epidemic.
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Read more about the One Read finalists
Read more about “The Air We Breathe” and “Unaccustomed Earth.”
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Vote for the 2009 One Read Book
The One Read Reading Panel has selected “The Air We Breathe” by Andrea Barrett and “Unaccustomed Earth” by Jhumpa Lahiri as this year’s choices for the One Read vote. Voting begins March 30 and continues through April 17.
Vote at: oneread.dbrl.org
