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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. One possible way to engage students with poetry is to explore poems that have been set to music. Consider collaborating with music teachers in your …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts, Teacher's Corner
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following is a guest post by Mark F. Hall, a research specialist with the Library of Congress’s Digital Reference Team. Over Memorial Day weekend, Captain Jack Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp) and the latest installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise will sail into theaters across the country. While the storyline, special effects, …
Posted in: Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following guest post is by Phebe Miner, a summer 2017 intern in the Poetry and Literature Center. I need books like I need air. The starchy, full scent of pages and spines is pure oxygen to me. The calmest place I know is in a library’s stacks: endless new words in neat black and …
Posted in: Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Two weeks have passed since Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera‘s whirlwind day-long celebration, “Speak the People/the Spark/el Poema,” marking the end of his second term. I don’t know about you, but my head is still swirling and swimming from the festivities, and I keep catching myself humming tunes like “Ms. United States” and “Pillow People” …
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate