KSMQ | AUSTIN KSMQ & Legacy funding is a catalyst for the study of fine literature IMPACT STORY
Reading for Life KSMQ partnered with the Austin Public Library to stream live on-line and to broadcast a series of lectures called Reading for Life. Reading for Life was a year-long program centered around four book lectures and focused on the act of reading. Community discussions and podcasts were interspersed between lectures. The experience was structured like a book group, but one skillfully facilitated to maintain the richest possible dialogue among the participants and the source text. The core idea was that works of literature offer precious resources of energy and vision for the creation and sustenance of healthy communities.
It was educational and entertaining in the richest sense of both terms, a living classroom as wide and deep as our collective spirit can imagine.
The presenter of the series was Michael Verde. Along with an engaging personality, Michael enthusiastically brought unique literary insights and brilliant observations. He is currently completing his PhD with a focus on literature and religion.
From Julie Clinefelter, Austin Public Library Executive Director, concerning the Minnesota Library Association Conference in Duluth on Oct 27: “The presentation was very well attended with a full house. There were many questions and one retired media specialist commented she thought this [Reading for Life] was an amazing idea and asked how we came up with it. Others wanted to know how they could use what we had done to replicate discussion at their libraries, including if their local PBS stations could show the RFL lectures.”
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