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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by National Youth Poet Laureate Kara Jackson. This is the fourth in a series of bimonthly blog posts that Kara will be writing during her laureateship this year.
Posted in: Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
No matter where you are or how you're celebrating, we hope you'll take a moment to slow down and give the gift of reading poetry—to yourself, to your loved ones, or even to strangers in airports.
Posted in: Digital Resources
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Two weeks ago, students from the 826DC Young Authors’ Book Project came on a field trip to the Library of Congress for a collaborative collections-based research workshop in the Library's new Programs Lab.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Earlier this year, Sirianna Santacrose, a Spanish teacher from the School of Ethics and Global Leadership, approached us with an interest in incorporating our Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) into her class curriculum.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
All cultures and peoples turn to poetry during times of celebration, transformation and challenge—those times when ordinary language cannot carry meaning beyond our understanding. The road from childhood to adulthood is a precarious path, yet full of miracles. We need poetry as we navigate that archetypal journey.
Posted in: Guest Posts, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Because of her enduring impact and legacy, one doesn't need to look far to find Rosa Parks memorialized in poetry. In 1999, Rita Dove—U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993-1995—published her poetry collection "On the Bus with Rosa Parks." In celebration of the Library's new exhibition, "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words," we're reprinting two poems from Dove's "On the Bus with Rosa Parks" in this post.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The Young Readers Center is excited to invite you to see the annual Puppet Show on the day after Thanksgiving on November 29, 2019. This year we are sharing Native American Folktales, with stories and poems from nations such as Cree, Seneca, Winnebago, and Navajo adapted from books by Abenaki authors and storytellers—the father-son duo Joseph and James Bruchac.
Posted in: Guest Posts, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
This essay, "Peace and War in American Poetry," was written in 2012 by David Lehman as part of the Poetry and Literature Center's online "Poetry of American History" series that ran from 2012-2014.
Posted in: Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
On Wednesday, November 6, in honor of Veterans Day and the 20th anniversary of the Veterans History Project, the Veterans History Project, the American Folklife Center, and the Poetry and Literature Center will host a discussion on occupational poetry. In anticipation, we've asked three of the event's participating poets to share a poem, answer a few questions about their work, and respond to another occupational poet's poem.
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events