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Posted by: Robert Casper
Our Poet Laureate's signature project is about to kick off! Learn about our trips to iconic national parks starting next week.
Posted in: Ada Limón, Announcements & Operations, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Celebrating the NASA "Message in a Bottle" campaign, based on a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón—which received two prestigious Webby Awards last Monday!
Posted in: Ada Limón, Announcements & Operations, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón launches her signature project to great acclaim and coverage. And the NASA campaign featuring her poem "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa" is up for a prestigious Webby Award—find out how you can help it win!
Posted in: Ada Limón, Announcements & Operations, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Clay Smith
After a donation of the Mary Oliver Papers and the Mary Oliver Memorial Event Fund for Emerging Poets to the Library of Congress, the Library learned more about Oliver’s generous spirit. We talk in this interview with Bill and Amalie Reichblum, who have donated the papers and the fund to the Library.
Posted in: Ada Limón, Announcements & Operations, Library Collections, National Poetry Month, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Details of the Poet Laureate's signature project have just been announced, and we have news to share about Ada's TIME Magazine honor and SXSW opening event.
Posted in: Ada Limón, Announcements & Operations, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
It's the first holiday season for "Bookmarked" blog! We did and tried a lot of fun things. Check out the year's highlights from our team, which includes U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Meg Medina.
Posted in: Ada Limón, Books, Children and Teens
Posted by: Robert Casper
More laureate news: Ada Limón writes a poem for the front matter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment and is featured reading and discussing the poem on The Weather Channel.
Posted in: Ada Limón, Announcements & Operations, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
NASA’s “Message in a Bottle” campaign, featuring a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, has reached 1.6 million signatures. Help us get to 2 million signatures by the end of the year.
Posted in: Ada Limón, Announcements & Operations, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Check out the just-released video from the National Gallery of Art, featuring our Poet Laureate reading her poem inspired by Andy Goldsworthy's sculpture "Roof."
Posted in: Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate