Support the 2021 Epic Read-a-Thon!
a 24-hour, nonstop, out-loud, crowdsourced reading to support the work of the Desert Island Supply Co.
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WATCH THE READ-A-THON LIVE HERE! (starting on December 3rd at 12 noon)
About the Event:
At DISCO we love reading, writing, and storytelling. To show our students just how important we believe these things are to a vibrant society, we’re going to start reading at noon on December 3rd and keep reading for 24-hours straight! The Epic Read-a-Thon benefits our All City Writers Corps, a collective of more than 300 students in Birmingham City Schools, who participate in weekly writing workshops. With your support, students in the Corps can continue reading and writing poetry, stories, and essays and publishing their work in our annual anthologies and chapbooks.
The theme of this year's read-a-thon is The Great Outdoors, and our students and supporters will be reading literature that features nature, outside spaces, travel, and adventure. You can follow along with the schedule below!
12-3pm Hosted by Brian Connell
12:00: Brian Connell
12:30: All City Writers Corps (Avondale 4th Grade)
1:30: All City Writers Corps (Putnam Middle School)
2:00: All City Writers Corps (i3 Academy)
2:30-3:00: All City Writers Corps (Parker High School)
3-4pm Hosted by Liz Hughey
3:00: Rachel Estes, reader's choice
3:20: Tina Mozzelle Braziel, original poems
3:40: Jennifer Horne, reader's choice
4-5pm Hosted by Liz Hughey, Sponsored by Jones Valley Teaching Farm
4:00: JVTF readers
4:20: JVTF readers
4:40: JVTF readers
5-6pm Hosted by Brian Connell, Sponsored by St. Joe’s Prep Class of ‘95
5:00: Brian Connell, The Hobbit
5:20: Nevin McGinley, The Hobbit
5:40: Don McCloskey, The Hobbit
6-7pm Hosted by Liz Hughey
6:00: Matthew Layne, Mushrooms in the City by Italo Calvino
6:20: Joseph F. O’Toole, Jr.
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7-8pm Hosted by Grayson Murray
7:00: Graham Cotten, scene from The Portable Veblan by Elizabeth MacKensie
7:20: Shannon Haddock, reader's choice
7:40: Ashley Leath, reader's choice
8-9pm Hosted by Halley Cotton, Sponsored by Birmingham Area Writers
8:00: Bham Writers
8:20: Bham Writers
8:40: Bham Writers
9-10pm Hosted by Brian Connell
9:00: Alice Grissom and Joey Dickerson
9:20: Alice Grissom and Joey Dickerson
9:40: Halley Cotton
10-11pm Hosted by David El Masri
10:00: Whitney Mitchell, reader's choice
10:20: Sophia Hansen, reader's choice
10:40: Sophia Hansen, reader's choice
11-12pm Hosted by David El Masri
11:00: Charlie Peters, reader's choice
11:20: Shaun Chavis, The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors by James Edward Mills
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Midnight-1am Hosted by Emily Magda
12:00: Jessica Smith,
12:20: Emily Magda reading Trophic Cascade by Camille T. Dungy
12:40: A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia by Rose McLarney and Laura-Gray Street
1am-2am Hosted by Riley Donlon
1:00: Reese Joiner, reader's choice
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1:40: Riley Donlon, poems by Emily Dickinson
2am-3am Hosted by Aysia Walker
2:00: Aysia Walker reading poems by Audre Lorde
2:20: poems by Aysia Walker
2:40: randomly selected poems
3am-4am Hosted by Grayson Murray
3:00: Scott Pierce, Italo Calvino
3:20: Scott Pierce
3:40: Scott Pierce
4am-5am Hosted by Aysia Walker
4:00: Aysia Walker reading poems from an anthology
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5am-6am Hosted by Brian Connell
5:00: Hannah Langford
5:20: Hannah Langford
5:40: Hannah Langford
6am-7am Hosted by Emily Sarvis
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7am-8am Hosted by Emily Sarvis
7:00: Halley Cotton, In Defense of Octopuses by Gilbert C. Klingel
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7:40: Laurie Hill, Owl Moon and Snowy Day
8am-9am Hosted by Emily Sarvis
8:00: Anne Bailey, Teaching the Trees by Joan Maloof
8:20: Frank Connell, Ireland: a Novel by Frank Delaney
8:40: Sophia Hansen, A Short Story of Falling, by Alice Oswald
9am-10am Hosted by Liz Hughey
9:00: Will Latimore, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
9:20: Amy Coenen and Amble Johnson, reader's choice
9:40: Alice Grissom, reader's choice
10am-11am Hosted by Emily Magda
10:00: Emory Tom Kirkwood, We are Water Protectors, Snowy Day, and Here We Are
10:20: Charlotte Donlon
10:40: Charlotte Donlon
11am-12pm Hosted by Brian Connell, Sponsored by Thank You Books
11:00: TYB Readers
11:20: TYB Readers
11:40: TYB Readers
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