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Posted by: Caitlin Rizzo
The following is a guest post by Abby Yochelson, English and American Literature Reference specialist at the Library of Congress’s Main Reading Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Division. Can you help me find a novel I read about twenty years ago about time travel back to the dinosaur age? I’m trying to find a poem …
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Posted by: Caitlin Rizzo
Daniel Hoffman served as Consultant in Poetry here at the Library of Congress for only one year. Yet, like so many of our Consultants and Laureates, he is intimately a part of the history and the culture of our office. On March 30, 2013, Daniel Hoffman passed away at the age of 89. His first …
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Caitlin Rizzo
Monday our office celebrated the beginning of April and the official start of National Poetry Month at the Poetry and Literature Center, and already it seems off to a promising start. This week, we’ve had two poetry readings at the Library: one to celebrate our new Witter Bynner Fellows, Sharon Dolin and Shara McCallum, and another …
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Posted by: Caitlin Rizzo
“It never crossed my mind when I began writing fiction that I could write about anything except life in the South. It never crossed my mind that I knew about anything else; knew, that is, well enough to write about. Nothing else ever nagged you enough to stir the imagination.”–Robert Penn Warren On March 27, …
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Posted by: Robert Casper
The following is a guest post by Katherine L. Blood, Curator of Fine Prints in the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. When Rob Casper invited me to share a favorite example of art intersecting with poetry in the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division, I was delighted to feature Lesley Dill’s exquisite Poem Dress …
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Posted by: Caitlin Rizzo
The following is a guest post made by Mason Henderson, a 2012-2013 intern at the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center. As a student of poetry in the MFA program at the University of Maryland, I have to admit that the Poetry and Literature Center is consistently spoiling me with brilliant poetry. On any …
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Posted by: Robert Casper
As I discussed in my last blog, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Natasha Trethewey began her residency by creating “Office Hours”—times when the public can visit her. The office has been busy scheduling the many requests she has already received, from poetry lovers of all ages. We have nailed down a schedule, and though many …
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Posted by: Robert Casper
The last couple of weeks have been busy at the Poetry and Literature Center. First, we kicked off our spring season with a our Bobbitt Prize reading, featuring Gerald Stern. Then a week later our Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, Natasha Trethewey, gave a reading and talk in conjunction with the Library’s “Civil War in …
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Posted by: Peter Armenti
Leading up to his performance at Barack Obama’s second presidential inauguration, Richard Blanco’s biography—he is the first openly gay and first Latino Inaugural Poet—was the focus of the media. Last Monday, however, Blanco finally had a chance to let his poetry take center stage. Blanco’s inaugural poem, “One Today,” was and is a celebration of …
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