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Posted by: Anne Holmes
At the end of this month, Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith will kick off her second-year project, “American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities,” with visits to communities around the state of Alaska. In the coming months, coordinated with Center for the Book state affiliates, she’ll also travel to rural communities in South Dakota, Maine, …
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Last month, we kicked off our refreshed “Poetry of America” series with five new recordings. The series, originally launched in 2013 as a counterpart to the Library of Congress’ “Songs of America” project, comprises field recordings from contemporary American poets. Over the years, we’ve asked poets to choose a singular poem written by another American poet from …
Posted in: Digital Resources
Posted by: Anne Holmes
We’re having a busy summer here at the Poetry and Literature Center as we gear up for our 2018-2019 event season (to be announced soon!). If you’re in need of some PLC literary programming to tide you over in the meantime, look no further: Our previous event seasons are archived online as webcasts and available …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a post by Michelle Strizever, photography and digital content specialist in the Office of Art and Archives of the U.S. House of Representatives. It originally appeared on the House History, Art & Archives blog. During a Joint Meeting honoring the bicentennial of Congress in 1989, Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois suggested that what Congress needed …
Posted in: Guest Posts, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following introduction is written by Marie Arana, curator of “La Voz Latina”; literary advisor to the Library of Congress; coordinator of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction; and literary director of the National Book Festival. This past weekend, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, we were thrilled to …
Posted in: Guest Posts, Interviews, News and Events
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 …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts
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 …
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
It’s been eight weeks since we launched our inaugural poetry podcast series, From the Catbird Seat, with U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith as our first guest. Today, we air the eighth and final episode of the season, which you can listen to on our website or on iTunes. We decided to end this first …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Interviews, News and Events, Poets Laureate
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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