Nick Fuller Googins…Reads the News

…READS THE NEWS is a new SPACE civics exercise where community members publicly read a curated selection of news items, articles, nonfiction passages, reviews, or other material before a live audience, with musical accompaniment.

This episode of …READS THE NEWS is facilitated by writer, and educator Nick Fuller Googins. The evening will feature musical accompaniment TBA.

SPACE’s …Reads the News program positions the humanities as essential tools for collective meaning-making in a moment of widespread information overload, political volatility, and reading burnout. At a time when the news is both difficult to engage with and impossible to ignore, this program shifts the practice of media consumption from the private to the public, allowing for critical reading, historical context, ethical reflection, and shared inquiry that help communities slow down, interpret information, and reconnect with ideas beyond the churn of the daily cycle.

Reading lists will be shared and sourced at the event.

Nick Fuller Googins is the author of the novels, The Frequency of Living Things and The Great Transition. His short fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Men’s Health, The Sun, The Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. He lives in Maine, and works as an elementary school teacher. He is a member of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, as well as the National Education Association, the largest labor union in the United States.