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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. In our up-to-the-minute society, we receive news almost as soon as it happens. For this reason students who engage with social media often have interest …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by Anastasia Nikolis, a graduate student intern in the Poetry and Literature Center and a PhD candidate in the English department at the University of Rochester. Somehow it is the last week of April, which means it is the last week of National Poetry Month, and the end of …
Posted in: Guest Posts, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
National Poetry Month is a big deal here at the Poetry and Literature Center. While we always feature poetry programs in April (including our Bobbitt Prize reading and Poet Laureate Final Event, this week and next respectively), this year I’m happy to report we also have new online content. We’ve added to our wonderful “Poetry …
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Listen: Mary Jo Bang reads and discusses Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl, Part III.” The following is a guest post by Anastasia Nikolis, a graduate student intern in the Poetry and Literature Center and a PhD candidate in the English department at the University of Rochester. This week’s National Poetry Month feature spotlights the Poetry of …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by Anastasia Nikolis, a graduate student intern in the Poetry and Literature Center and a PhD candidate in the English department at the University of Rochester. This week’s National Poetry Month post features the two 2016 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry winners: Claudia Rankine for her 2014 …
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Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following guest post was written by Barbara Bair, historian in the Library’s Manuscript Division. In this month celebrating the work of poets, we can honor Walt Whitman—the poet of democracy and nature, of sexuality and modernity, of globalism, nationalism, and mysticism—as both the people’s poet and the poet’s poet. The Library of Congress’s recent …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following guest post was written by Sasha Dowdy, program specialist in the Young Readers Center. The Library of Congress Young Readers Center is excited to kick off its celebration of poetry during National Poetry Month. Every day in April is marked with a Poem of the Day, displayed on the door in a colorful …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post written by Anastasia Nikolis, a graduate student intern in the Poetry and Literature Center and a PhD candidate in the English department at the University of Rochester. Happy National Poetry Month! I hope you are all as excited to celebrate as we are here at the Poetry and Literature …
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts