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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center. An earlier version was published on “Folklife Today,” the center’s blog. Halloween is here, and the Library of Congress has released a new web guide to Halloween resources at the Library. It features select materials on the folk customs, fine art, pop …
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following post is part of our monthly series, “Literary Treasures,” which highlights 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 years, the series advances the …
Posted in: Literary Treasures
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. Recently, I read a novel in which the poetry of William Blake was important to solving a mystery. A reference to two prophetic poems by …
Posted in: Teacher's Corner
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by Marie Arana, literary advisor to the Library of Congress; coordinator of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction; and the literary director of the National Book Festival. My first encounter with Denis Johnson was harrowing and it was on the page. As a literary critic, I had …
Posted in: Guest Posts, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the first in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda will be writing during her laureateship this year. “How does it feel to be U.S. Youth Poet Laureate?” These words always find themselves in the mouths of …
Posted in: Guest Posts, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following post by John Sayers, a public affairs specialist in the Library’s Office of Communications, originally appeared on the Library of Congress Blog. Today we launched our newest podcast series, “La Biblioteca” (The Library), in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Every Thursday for the next eight weeks, Library specialists will explore the Library’s …
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Posted by: Peter Armenti
On this day in 1772, a letter providing an “account of one of the most dreadful Hurricanes that memory or any records whatever can trace” appeared in St. Croix’s The Royal Danish American Gazette. The letter, written weeks earlier by a “Youth of this Island” to his father, who lived beyond the storm’s reach, caused …
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