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Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week, "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals, as we lead up to the 2025 Festival on September 6th. This week, we remember 2005, with featured videos from George R. R. Martin and Meg Cabot.
Posted in: Books, Children and Teens, Intern Blogs, Literary History, National Book Festival
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week, "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals, as we lead up to the 2025 Festival on September 6th. This week, we remember 2004, with featured videos from Natasha Tretheway and David Shannon.
Posted in: Books, Intern Blogs, Literary History, National Book Festival, National Poetry Month, Poetry, Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Clay Smith
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Library of Congress is doing a marathon reading of the classic American novel exactly 100 years after it was first published.
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Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week, "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals, as we lead up to the 2025 Festival on September 6th. This week, we remember 2003, with featured videos from James McBride and Mary Pope Osborne.
Posted in: Books, Intern Blogs, Literary History, National Book Festival
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week, "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals, as we lead up to the 2025 Festival on September 6th. This week, we remember 2002, with featured videos from David McCullough and Ashley Bryan.
Posted in: Books, Literary History, National Book Festival
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Tickets are going fast for Discovery Night on Thursday, April 3! Bring your friends, enjoy some drinks and snacks, and discover something new at the Library of Congress. Follow Your Passion: Three Leading Nonfiction Writers on the Power of Research Imagine having the time to explore whatever you want and getting paid for it! Rebecca …
Posted in: Announcements & Operations, Books, Library Collections, Live! at the Library
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Get to know Mac Barnett, the new Ambassador for Young People's Literature! He is the author of more than 60 books for children, including the picture books “Twenty Questions,” “Sam & Dave Dig a Hole,” The First Cat in Space graphic novel series, and more.
Posted in: Books, Children and Teens, Mac Barnett, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
The author of the "Dog Man" and "Captain Underpants" series is coming to the Library of Congress on Jan. 29--find out more and get your free tickets!
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Posted by: Clay Smith
This Thanksgiving, we practice literary gratitude by engaging with writers who have thought about the nature of being grateful.
Posted in: Books, Library Collections, Meg Medina, National Book Festival, Poetry