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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 …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following cross-post was written by Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian, Hispanic Division. It originally appeared on the 4 Corners of the World blog. As Women’s History Month comes to a close and National Poetry Month approaches, this moment presents itself as the perfect opportunity to honor the work of women in poetry. For this, we …
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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. Epic poetry is often a regular part of the high school English curriculum. Among the epic poems most frequently taught in classrooms are Homer’s Greek …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following guest post was written by Marie Arana, literary director of the National Book Festival and coordinator of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Have you ever wondered what famous authors say about each other when they get together to gossip? Well, you’re about to get that opportunity on Monday, April 3 …
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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 Library’s …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Literary Treasures