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Posted by: Robert Casper
Tonight is one of the biggest nights of the year for us. Back in September, a standing-room-only crowd filled the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium to mark the beginning of Charles Wright’s term as the 20th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry; tonight we will gather in the same room to mark the end of Wright’s term. He …
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Matt Blakley
With April marking the bard’s 451st birthday, the Center decided to commemorate Shakespeare’s special month by asking several of our Poet Laureate Consultants in Poetry for their favorite Shakespeare poem. Difficult task, we know! The results are below. But before you get to that: let us shout a loud, collective HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE! Robert …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. Last month I offered some ideas for bell ringers for reading poetry. Below are three ideas for engaging students with bell ringers or warm ups for writing poetry. 1) Let the Music Move …
Posted in: Teacher's Corner
Posted by: Robert Casper
Yesterday we posted a blog about the launch of the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. We are also excited about press publicity for the archive in Hyperallergic, The New York Times, and Open Culture. For this post we want to give you a behind-the-scenes sense of how the archive came to be. Below are …
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, From the Archive, Guest Posts, News and Events
Posted by: Peter Armenti
Listen: Robert Frost interview with Randall Jarrell, May 19, 1959. From the Catbird Seat is excited to announce the online launch of a selection of recordings from the Library of Congress’s Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, a series of audio recordings of renowned poets and prose writers reading from their work. Available as …
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Peter Armenti
I recently blogged about the March/April 2015 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine (LCM), which highlights some of the Library’s poetry-related collections, services, and activities. I’m pleased to make my contribution to the issue, “National Poets,” available below in a Web-friendly version. This version is cross-posted on the Library of Congress Blog. The nation’s most acclaimed poets …
Posted in: Poets Laureate
Posted by: Peter Armenti
Looking for a quick way to delve into the Library’s online poetry resources on this first day of National Poetry Month? The Library’s new National Poetry Month Pinterest board, which debuts today, lets you do just that. Our initial set of pins was chosen to introduce teachers, librarians, students, and general viewers to the diverse …
Posted in: Digital Resources