The Big Read Holland Area kickoff will be a TEDtalk styled evening that will put this year’s selection, Brother, I’m Dying, into written, historical and cultural context, featuring lively, enriching presentations by Dr. Jonathan Hagood (How do we know? Danticat and the Art of Historical Thinking), Dr. Pauline Remy (“Kréyol”, Folk Tales and Family Life in Brother I’m Dying) and Dr. Natalie Dykstra (Two Haitian Fathers: Where Memoir Meets Biography).