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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a post by Taru Spiegel, Reference Specialist, European Division. It originally appeared on the 4 Corners of the World: International Collections blog. National Poetry Month in the United States is surely presided over by the Muses, the Greco-Roman patron goddesses of poets. The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress features …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Tracy K. Smith is closing out a busy year in the catbird seat. During her first term as laureate, she visited rural communities in New Mexico, South Carolina, and Kentucky as part of a pilot project she plans to expand for next year; edited a new anthology, American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time, which will …
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Peter Armenti
This Friday and Saturday, April 13-14, the Library will continue its celebration of spring and the National Cherry Blossom Festival through its Spring Fling Pop-Up Exhibit. Among the many items on display from the Library’s collections is a selection of books and broadsides (see image above) from the Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
National Poetry Month is here, and we’re over the moon to announce the release of 50 additional recordings from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature, now available to stream online. The archive—a collection dating back to 1943, when Allen Tate was Consultant in Poetry—contains nearly 2,000 audio recordings of celebrated poets and writers participating …
Posted in: Collections, News and Events
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. Today’s post is a companion to last month’s “Read Poetry to Gain Quiet and Reflection in a Hectic World,” in which I proposed that our …
Posted in: Guest Posts, Teacher's Corner
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Last Thursday, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the appointment of Tracy K. Smith to a second term as the 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Next month, on April 19, the Laureate will return to the Library for “Staying Human: Poetry in the Age of Technology,” a celebration concluding her first term. Smith will …
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
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. Next Wednesday, March 28, she will moderate “Stories from a Fallen World: A Tribute to Denis Johnson,” featuring Jonathan Franzen, …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the sixth in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda will be writing during her laureateship this year. Join Amanda tonight at the Library of Congress for a National Youth Poet Laureate Celebration. Amanda Gorman and the 2018 National Youth Poet …
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Posted by: Peter Armenti
The Library of Congress receives hundreds of questions each year from people seeking help identifying the full text and authors of poems they read years—if not decades—ago. Most people are able to recall little more than a phrase or line from the sought poem and the general period of their life when they read it …
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