Pic of the Week: Walt Whitman Birthday Edition
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Photo and short bio of Walt Whitman, marking the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Posted in: By the People, Civil War, Pic of the Week, Poetry, Today in History
Category: Poetry
Tracy K. Smith: One Night Only
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Tracy K. Smith, the U.S. Poet Laureate, concludes her two terms in the post with an on-stage conversation with poets from around the nation at the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium on April 15.
African-American History Month: A Forgotten Tribute to President Abraham Lincoln
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Lavonda Kay Broadnax, digital reference specialist in the Library’s Researcher and Reference Services Division. Abraham Lincoln was fond of poetry: He wrote poems, read them, received them and was the subject of many. So states “Abraham Lincoln and Poetry,” a unique example of the numerous guides the Library makes …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Poetry
I Can’t Wait to Slow Down: Looking Forward to Tracy K. Smith on the Air
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
The following guest post is by Jeff Shotts, executive editor at Graywolf Press, publisher in association with the Library of Congress of the anthology “American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time” by U.S. poet laureate Tracy K. Smith. Regular, daily poetry programming on the airwaves has not only been saved, it’s been revitalized. American Public …
Latin at the Library: Colonial and Early American Writings
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Andrew Gaudio, a reference librarian in the Researcher and Reference Services Division. As the Library of Congress’ specialist in Latin language and literature, I have come to appreciate a small but important body of Latin texts from the American British colonies and early United States written during the 17th, …
New Online: “Poetry of America” Recordings
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Anne Holmes of the Poetry and Literature Center. It was first published on “From the Catbird Seat,” the center’s blog. This summer, we kicked off our refreshed “Poetry of America” series with a selection of new recordings. Originally launched in 2013 as a counterpart to the Library’s “Songs of …
Posted in: New Online, Poetry
Junior Fellow Builds Access to Postwar Poetry Archive
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This post is an interview of Antonio Parker, a 2018 summer intern with the Junior Fellows Program. He is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature. This summer, he is interning with the Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Tell us a …
Posted in: Collections, Poetry
New Poetry Podcast Series Launches
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Anne Holmes of the Poetry and Literature Center. As April winds down, our celebration of National Poetry Month at the Library of Congress is still going strong: Today we launch “From the Catbird Seat,” a new poetry podcast series from the Poetry and Literature Center. Each Thursday for the …
New Recordings Online for National Poetry Month
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This post by Anne Holmes of the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center was first published on “From the Catbird Seat,” the center’s blog. National Poetry Month is here, and we’re over the moon to announce the release of 50 additional recordings from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, now available to stream online. The …
Posted in: New Online, Poetry