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Archive: April 2015 (7 Posts)

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Keeping the Conversation Going

Posted by: Robert Casper

Tonight is one of the biggest nights of the year for us. Back in September, a standing-room-only crowd filled the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium to mark the beginning of Charles Wright’s term as the 20th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry; tonight we will gather in the same room to mark the end of Wright’s term. He …

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Laureates Select Favorite Shakespeare Poem–What’s Yours?

Posted by: Matt Blakley

With April marking the bard’s 451st birthday, the Center decided to commemorate Shakespeare’s special month by asking several of our Poet Laureate Consultants in Poetry for their favorite Shakespeare poem. Difficult task, we know!  The results are below. But before you get to that: let us shout a loud, collective HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE! Robert …

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Writing Poetry in the Classroom: Bell Ringers

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. Last month I offered some ideas for bell ringers for reading poetry. Below are three ideas for engaging students with bell ringers or warm ups for writing poetry. 1) Let the Music Move …

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Library Launches Online Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature

Posted by: Peter Armenti

Listen: Robert Frost interview with Randall Jarrell, May 19, 1959.   From the Catbird Seat is excited to announce the online launch of a selection of recordings from the Library of Congress’s Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, a series of audio recordings of renowned poets and prose writers reading from their work. Available as …

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National Poets

Posted by: Peter Armenti

I recently blogged about the March/April 2015 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine (LCM), which highlights some of the Library’s poetry-related collections, services, and activities. I’m pleased to make my contribution to the issue, “National Poets,” available below in a Web-friendly version. This version is cross-posted on the Library of Congress Blog. The nation’s most acclaimed poets …