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Archive: June 2018 (6 Posts)

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Using Literary Maps in the Classroom

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following is a post by Kathleen McGuigan of the Library of Congress. It originally appeared on the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog.  Have you ever considered using a literary map with your students? In the May/June 2018 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources …

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Refreshing the “Poetry of America” Series: Five New Recordings Added

Posted by: Anne Holmes

It’s been an exciting spring and summer for digital initiatives at the Poetry and Literature Center. Over the past few months, we’ve released streaming audio of 50 newly digitized recordings from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, and we’ve aired the first full season of the PLC’s inaugural podcast series. Today, we kick off …

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Six Portuguese Authors Join the Archive of Luso-Hispanic Literature on Tape

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following is a post by Talía Guzmán-González, reference librarian and Luso-Brazilian Specialist, Hispanic Division. It originally appeared on the 4 Corners of the World: International Collections blog. Portuguese literature is currently experiencing one of its most exciting moments in recent history. This is not a statement one can make lightly, as this is the …

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Nominations Open for 2018 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry

Posted by: Anne Holmes

Attention, poetry publishers: The Library of Congress is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry! The $10,000 prize, first awarded to James Merrill in 1990 for The Inner Room, is given biennially to an American poet for the most distinguished book of poetry published during the previous two years—2016 and …