"Reinterpreting Gatsby" with DC WritersCorps - Big Read-DC's Last Chapter/Event May 24, 2008

"Reinterpreting Gatsby" re-examines the themes and ideas in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby reset in a hip-hop milleau. Led by two former DC WritersCorps National Teen Slam Members, Howard "Slyce D" Solomon and Jabari Exum they recast the issues in the novel with a contemporary eye. The ideas of war, materialism, spiritual emptiness are examined in poem, songs, and raps performed by current and former members of the DC National Teen Slam Team."

Same night: PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools Essay contest award winners for digital and written essays about THE GREAT GATSBY.

This is the final program for the month-long city read of F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY as part of THE BIG READ - D.C. The BIG READ - D.C. is presented by the Humanities Council of Washington, DC and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. It is part of THE BIG READ, a national initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. For information visit www.neabigread.org.Tickets: http://www.wdchumanities.org

Official Website: https://spongecell.com/event_page/view/648248