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Posted by: Robert Casper
A behind-the-scenes look at U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park on July 20, concluding the nationwide "summer tour" of her "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks" initiative.
Posted in: Ada Limón, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
A behind-the-scenes look at U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's trip to Cuyahoga Valley National Park for her "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks" initiative, featuring a visit with a summer camp and a reading to a record-setting crowd!
Posted in: Ada Limón, Children and Teens, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
A behind-the-scenes series capturing U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's seven trips to national parks, for her "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks" initiative—and starting with Cape Cod!
Posted in: Ada Limón, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
PALABRA Archive curator Catalina Gómez details recordings just posted today and gives insight on the the history of the archive.
Posted in: Announcements & Operations, Library Collections, Literary History, National Poetry Month
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: Clay Smith
The Library offers exciting literary programs this month as part of its "Live! at the Library" series on Thursday night, with bestselling YA writer Rebecca Ross; poet Major Jackson, host of the popular podcast "The Slowdown;" and leading historian Kerri Greenidge.
Posted in: Announcements & Operations, Poetry
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Check out the new collection of personal papers from Wyandot poet and folklorist Bertrand N. O. Walker (Hen-Toh), now available at the Library's Manuscript Division reading room. Click for a preview of his drafts, typed-up poems and other writings.
Posted in: Literary History, Native American Heritage Month, Poetry, Uncategorized
Posted by: Robert Casper
An interview with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, for National Hispanic Heritage Month, on the the 80th anniversary of the Library's PALABRA Archive of audio recordings by such writers as Nobel Laureates Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz and Gabriela Mistral.
Posted in: Ada Limón, Hispanic Heritage Month, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Meg Medina, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, shares her favorite moments connecting with the voices captured by the Library's PALABRA archive, a collection of Hispanic and Latino poets and writers reading from their works.
Posted in: Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Poetry