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 …
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 …
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 …
The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. Rarely a day goes by in which I do not find a “new-to-me” fabulous item in the digitized collections of the Library of Congress. A recent search uncovered this image, titled “Hanging Poems …
April is a big month for poetry programming at the Library of Congress. Patricia Smith, winner of the 13th Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, will be reading at the Library on April 6th. And on April 30th, Charles Wright will conclude his term at the 20th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by holding …
Finding it hard to scratch that poetry itch during the lead-up to National Poetry Month? We’ve got the balm you need! The March/April issue of Library of Congress Magazine (LCM), released online today, shines a spotlight on the Library’s poetry-related activities, services, and collections. Among the topics of the articles and features in the poetry-themed …
This week, Emily Fragos and Bobby C. Rogers will come to the Library of Congress as the 2015 Witter Bynner Fellowship recipients. In advance of their evening Fellowship reading, the Poetry and Literature Center conducted e-mail interviews, below. Here is Bobby C. Rogers: Bobby C. Rogers is the author of Paper Anniversary (2010), winner of …
Next week, Emily Fragos and Bobby C. Rogers will come to the Library of Congress as the 2015 Witter Bynner Fellowship recipients. In advance of their evening Fellowship reading, the Poetry and Literature Center conducted e-mail interviews with each. Emily Fragos is the author of two books of poems, including Hostage: New & Selected …
Every season, the Poetry and Literature Center’s calendar includes one or more programs we’ve never tried before. The first such program of the spring will take place next Tuesday, with a symposium on poetry and literacy. It is the latest effort by the Library’s Literacy Awards Program, which for the two years has given three …
