All Henrico Reads
October 2009 through May 2010
Save the Date!
Author M.T. Anderson comes to Hermitage High School
for a free event!
October 21st, 2009, 7pm
2009 All Henrico Reads Author and Book Are Announced!
Henrico County Public Library, in partnership with Henrico County Public Schools and the University of Richmond, is proud to announce that M.T. Anderson’s novel Feed is the 2009 selection for All Henrico Reads.
Meet the author!
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Matthew Tobin Anderson, known as M.T., is an award-winning American author of books for children and young adults. Born in Massachusetts, he attended Harvard, University of Cambridge, and Syracuse. A former instructor at Vermont College and music critic for The Improper Bostonian, he also worked at Candlewick Press before his novel Thirsty was accepted for publication. In 2006 he was the National Book Award Winner for Young People’s Literature for The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing. In 2002 he was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Feed. |
Read the book!
Feed has been chosen as the 2009 All Henrico Reads title. “It’s insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should,” says the author in the November 29, 2008 issue of The Washington Post. “Teens like challenges,” M.T. says, and “they can tell when a book is simplifying life.” And what a challenge his book Feed presents. It is certainly not simplifying life but reflecting it. Capturing our global dilemma of humans trying to process too much information in a fast-paced, digital world of fluid truth, M.T. creates a story where characters have a device called a “feed” implanted in their brains. This device allows them to have an instant messaging system driven by thought instead of typed words, and their every thought can be followed by targeted advertising.
SCARY? You bet. Thought provoking? Absolutely! But M.T.’s greatest appeal may come from his readers recognizing the technology truths inherent in his writing.
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