Salem Reads - 2019
Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton was chosen for the third season of Salem Reads: One Book, One Community. Good Morning, Midnight is the story of staff at an Arctic research station ordered to evacuate when they receive news of a catastrophe. Elderly scientist Augustine chooses to stay behind and is cut off from communication with the outside world. Sullivan, an astronaut returning from Jupiter, loses all contact with Mission Control. Struggling to survive, they review memories of people they have loved and lost, and choices they have made. Against two forbidding yet beautiful landscapes, their stories gradually intertwine in a profound and unexpected conclusion.
The Salem Public Library Foundation sees Salem Reads as an opportunity to increase the Library’s visibility, and act as a catalyst to bring the community together around shared values. The committee selected Good Morning, Midnight because the book has many dimensions that lend to broad community engagement. These include science education, climate change, species extinction, isolation, living in extreme environments, and disaster preparedness. Salem Reads program is distinctive from other similar programs in Oregon in that we target the participation of young people in our high schools by giving classroom sets of Salem Reads books to eight high schools in the area and Chemawa. Our on-going goal is to have a rich multi-generational experience for everyone who participates. |
If you've already enjoyed Good Morning, Midnight
- check out these other titles! Read about real life at an Arctic outpost here. |
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The 2019 Salem Reads program launched with a remarkable opening reception with a broad gathering of Salem residents enjoying art, food, and free books! Overall Salem-Reads events served more than 1,400 program attendees and included 1,538 circulations of Salem Reads library materials (up 28% over 2018).
David Wilson was our chosen artist. His work, How Long Will This Darkness Last, will be added to the Foundation Art Collection. |
Salem Reads Art Exhibit 2019
Artist's Statements include:
Ann Altman, Joshua Blue, Tara Choate, Lauren Cooney, BG Dodson, Arwen Edsall, Glenda "GG" Goodrich, Susan Hartson,
Michael Hernandez, Jean Lea, John Mohney, Jude Morales, Kara Pilcher, David Wilson, Eric Wuest
Ann Altman, Joshua Blue, Tara Choate, Lauren Cooney, BG Dodson, Arwen Edsall, Glenda "GG" Goodrich, Susan Hartson,
Michael Hernandez, Jean Lea, John Mohney, Jude Morales, Kara Pilcher, David Wilson, Eric Wuest