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Archive: November 2016 (6 Posts)

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Poetic Reactions to Historical Events

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. Like writers of fiction and non-fiction, poets use their work as a forum for social commentary. Often this commentary is directly related to historical events …

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Announcing 2016 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry

Posted by: Anne Holmes

Poetry publishers, this one’s for you: The Library of Congress is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, so start making picks and stuffing envelopes! The $10,000 prize, first given to James Merrill in 1990, is presented biennially to an American poet for the most distinguished book of poetry …

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New “Catalina Neon” Chapter and Prompt!

Posted by: Anne Holmes

Greetings, neonis! We’re thrilled to announce that Chapter Two of “The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon” is now online for your reading and listening pleasure and participation. In the month following Catalina’s debut, submissions from second and third grade librarians and students across the country flooded our inbox and senses, continuing Catalina’s adventures in winding, …

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Literary Treasures: Happy Birthday, Anne Sexton

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following post is part of our monthly series, “Literary Treasures,” which champions the Library’s literary programming by highlighting audio and video recordings drawn from the Library’s extensive online collections, including the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. By showcasing the works and thoughts of some of the greatest poets and writers from the past 75 …

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Our Online Audio Archives Find New Audiences

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following is a guest post by Catalina Gómez, reference librarian in the Library’s Hispanic Division. It’s extremely gratifying to learn that the public is taking advantage of and using the cultural treasures that we work hard to make available digitally here at the Library of Congress. Making a unique photo or a rare recording …

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Law and Literature Event—Lawyer and Poet Monica Youn

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following cross-post was written by Liah Caravalho, program specialist in the Law Library’s Office of Legislative and External Relations. It originally appeared on the In Custodia Legis blog. What is the relationship between law and literature? The Law Library of Congress and the Poetry and Literature Center recently explored that question during an evening event …