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Posted by: Robert Casper
During the course of the laureate’s term, she often travels to give readings and talks at venues throughout the country—and some laureates cover most of the country in those eight months! Joy is no exception, and just a few weeks ago I met up with her at the Miami Book Fair.
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
We at the Poetry and Literature Center are gearing up for next week’s Poet Laureate Opening event, which we commonly say launches the office’s literary calendar. This year, though, we’re excited to begin with our poetry program a bit earlier with the kickoff to the sixth season of our “Life of a Poet” series. This …
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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 …
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Poets Laureate
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 …
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events, Poets Laureate, State Poets
Posted by: Robert Casper
Today is one of the biggest days of the year for the Poetry and Literature Center—it’s the day of the Poet Laureate announcement. I want to say how honored and excited we at the Center—and throughout the Library of Congress—are that Joy Harjo will be our 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Today’s announcement has been …
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Exciting news: The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional program has just awarded a $20,000 grant to the Academy of American Poets to support the addition of resources from the Library’s collections to the Academy’s Teach This Poem series for the 2019-2020 school year. In celebration of this news, I asked Academy of American …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Interviews, News and Events
Posted by: Robert Casper
This week there was some exciting national Poet Laureate news that we’re eager to share: The Academy of American Poets announced the awarding of its Laureate Fellows. According to the Academy’s website, fellows were selected “in recognition of their literary excellence and to help support their civic projects. Each has served as a Poet Laureate …
Posted in: News and Events, State Poets
Posted by: Robert Casper
Tomorrow, March 20, the Library of Congress will host “Climate Change, Nature, and the Writer’s Eye,” a program honoring 2018 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner Annie Proulx. In anticipation, I asked Marie Arana—the coordinator of the prize, literary advisor to the Librarian of Congress, and literary director of the National Book Festival—a …
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events
Posted by: Robert Casper
Today is a landmark day for the laureateship and the library. Tracy K. Smith’s show “The Slowdown,” a podcast launched last November, is now a radio show broadcast around the country! Here’s a press release with some stations that have picked up the show—check your local NPR station to see if they’ve opted to offer …
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events, Poets Laureate