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Archive: July 2019 (2 Posts)

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Summertime is Laureate Time at the Library!

Posted by: Robert Casper

This summer the Poetry and Literature Center has been busy with our poet laureate-to-be, Joy Harjo. In preparation for the Librarian of Congress’s June 19th official appointment announcement, Joy came to the LOC for the usual “laureate orientation”—a one-day visit aimed to give the new laureate a sense of the position and its relationship to …

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Laureate Power!

Posted by: Robert Casper

Since June 19th, the Library of Congress has been focused on promoting our next Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo. Anne’s post at the end of last week showed the great wealth of publicity our new laureate has garnered, and we couldn’t be more excited about it. For this post I want to highlight new online content …