Archive: June 2015 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Robert Casper; (Year) 2015; (Month) June

Meet Our New Poet Laureate–Online

June 12, 2015

With Wednesday’s announcement of Juan Felipe Herrera as the Library’s 21st Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, hundreds of articles and spotlights appeared–more than any one person could go through! Of course, the best place to start finding out about Juan Felipe is on the Library’s website–here’s his LC Web Guide, courtesy of fellow “Catbird” blogger …

Posted in: Digital Resources, Interviews, News and Events, Poets Laureate

A Day Like This

June 10, 2015

Posted by: Robert Casper

Every year or two, I have a day like this: when the new Poet Laureate is announced. There’s a lot of build-up–from the many months that go into the selection process, and the weeks of publicity-related work after the Librarian of Congress has made his decision. We even do a “Laureate Orientation,” with the Laureate-to-be, …

Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate

Refined by: (Author) Robert Casper; (Year) 2015; (Month) June