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Tonight: “Life of a Poet” with Carmen Giménez Smith

Posted by: Robert Casper

We at the Poetry and Literature Center are gearing up for next week’s Poet Laureate Opening event, which we commonly say launches the office’s literary calendar. This year, though, we’re excited to begin with our poetry program a bit earlier with the kickoff to the sixth season of our “Life of a Poet” series. This …

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Laureate at the Library: Joy Harjo Visits the Manuscript Division

Posted by: Anne Holmes

Joy Harjo arrived in the Manuscript Division carrying with her a continuum of places, relatives, activists, literary inspirations, musicians, and tellers of stories she has loved. During her time with the collections, she encountered word-magic and art and evidence of lives that came before, all offering her different points of connection.

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Laureate at the Library: Talking Geopoetics with Joy Harjo in the Geography and Map Division Research Center

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following guest post is by John Hessler, curator of the Kislak Collection of the Archaeology and History of the Early Americas in the Library’s Geography and Map Division. This is the second in a series of five posts documenting Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s summertime meetings with librarians and curators across the Library of Congress. The meetings …

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Remembering Toni Morrison

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following guest post was written by Guy Lamolinara of the Library’s Center for the Book. It was originally published on the Library of Congress Blog. The loss of the incomparable writer Toni Morrison leaves a gaping hole in the literary landscape. Fortunately for us, before she died on Monday, she filled the world with …

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Poet Jennifer Chang at the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival

Posted by: Anne Holmes

This Saturday, August 3rd, the Library of Congress will host the second day of the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival. In anticipation of the Library’s full day of festival programming, Phoebe Coleman of the Library of Congress’s Asian American Association asked poet Jennifer Chang a few questions. Chang will deliver a short talk and participate in …

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Poet Arthur Sze at the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival

Posted by: Anne Holmes

This Saturday, August 3rd, the Library of Congress will host the second day of the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival. In anticipation of the Library’s full day of festival programming, Phoebe Coleman of the Library of Congress’s Asian American Association asked poet Arthur Sze—who will deliver an “intimate lecture” on Saturday at 2 PM—a few questions. …

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In Case You Missed It: Spring 2019 Event Webcasts

Posted by: Anne Holmes

Missing your regular dose of literary programming this summer? While you’re anxiously awaiting the announcement of our 2019-2020 event season (coming soon!), you can catch up on or re-watch previous events anytime—they’re archived and available as webcasts on the Library’s site. Watch our spring 2019 events, now available as streaming video: On January 30, poet …

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Laureate Power!

Posted by: Robert Casper

Since June 19th, the Library of Congress has been focused on promoting our next Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo. Anne’s post at the end of last week showed the great wealth of publicity our new laureate has garnered, and we couldn’t be more excited about it. For this post I want to highlight new online content …

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Meet Poet Laureate Joy Harjo: Press Roundup

Posted by: Anne Holmes

Since Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden’s announcement last week, 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Joy Harjo has been juggling a pretty full media schedule: In the past nine days, numerous articles and interviews have appeared online, in print, on TV and radio airwaves featuring Joy and her historic appointment as the first Native American laureate. …