Each year as summer approaches the Library sees an increase in questions from parents and librarians about whether we make available recommended reading lists for children. The answer, I’m please to tell you, is Yes! Our Center for the Book, through its Read.gov literacy website, includes several excellent New Worlds Booklists that provide “a sampling …
The following is a guest post by Matt Blakley, programs support assistant at the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center. If you told me when I first fell in love with poetry that one day I’d work at the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center, there’s no way I would’ve believed you. I probably still wouldn’t believe …
We at the Poetry and Literature Center are thrilled the Librarian has selected Charles Wright to be the twentieth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. And we’re not the only ones—the media response has been impressive. Peter Armenti has put together a terrific web guide for Mr. Wright, and he’s adding …
From Foxhole to Foxhole: A D-Day Experience through Poetry The following is a guest post by Matt Blakley, programs support assistant at the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center. Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day. If you are around Capitol Hill, please take a moment to stop by the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building and view …