New Paltz kicks off "One Book, One New Paltz," a campus/community-wide reading celebrationOne Book, One New Paltz, a community- wide book reading event, is being launched this week. 
The 'One Book' everyone will be reading is a novel by Mark Haddon, titled "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time." This quirky novel is told from the perspective of a teenager who is both a math genius and autistic. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. Christopher sets out to investigate the mysterious death of a neighborhood dog and learns some of his own family's secrets. This unique book was published last year and has been popular with readers ever since. To give New Paltz a real taste of the novel the first few chapters are being excerpted in the New Paltz Times this week. Anyone wanting to read further will be able to find the book at local bookstores and libraries. Also "house" copies are being made available for readers at many coffeeshops, restaurants, laundromats and convenience stores, and at bars and tattoo parlors as well. The novel was chosen by a volunteer committee of academics and community members headed by Gerald Benjamin, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The committee has organized events during the first week of November for readers who want to discuss the book. Events include a creative writing contest sponsored by the Chronogram, coffeehouse discussions, a public reading by the Mohonk Mountain Players, movie nights, a teaching workshop developed and implemented by graduate students in the School of Education, and a panel discussion of autism moderated by Dr. Jane Nofer Poskanzer and featuring keynote speaker Michael John Carley of GRASP, an organization comprised of adults on the autism spectrum. For more information and a complete schedule of events, please visit www.onebookonenewpaltz.org or call x3520. |
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OCTOBER 10, 2005
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News Pulse is published every other week for the faculty and staff of SUNY New Paltz by the Office of Public Affairs. It is printed in-house on recycled paper. To submit information to the newsletter, please complete the online submission form. If you are requesting inclusion in the October 24 issue, your submission must be received by noon on Tuesday, October 18. Contact Eric Gullickson with any questions. Phone: 845-257-3245 | ||||