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Posted by: Peter Armenti
Watch Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden read a holiday story for children as part of the Library's virtual holiday celebration.
Posted in: Digital Resources
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The following guest post was written by Barbara Bair, curator of Literature, Culture, and the Arts, in the Library’s Manuscript Division. It explores the professional relationship of feminist authors and their editors, including Margaret Atwood and her editor Nan A. Talese. On December 17, from 7-8 pm EST, Atwood and Talese will be participating in …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts
Posted by: Peter Armenti
A history of the Poetvision video series (1988-1990), which features poets--including many former U.S. Poets Laureate--reading and discussing their own work as well as the work of poets who influenced them. The post includes links to digitized videos in the series available through the Library.
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts
Posted by: Peter Armenti
A lesson plan that invites students to read and explore poetry inspired by historical events, and to write their own poems based on a historical event of their choosing.
Posted in: Guest Posts, Teacher's Corner
Posted by: Peter Armenti
For a limited time only, through October 23, 2020, you can watch the films that were finalists for the 2019 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for film.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Peter Armenti
Recently, Twilight series author Stephenie Meyer talked about her unpublished sequel to the original Twilight story, Forever Dawn. This post explores unpublished copyright registration deposits such as Forever Dawn, why they are at the Library of Congress, and ways for the public to access them.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts
Posted by: Peter Armenti
Former Teacher in Residence Rebecca Newland explores ways to adapt some of her previous ideas for introducing poetry into the classroom for a virtual learning environment.
Posted in: Guest Posts, Teacher's Corner
Posted by: Peter Armenti
This "Teacher's Corner" blog post by former Library of Congress Teacher in Residence Rebecca Newland explores ideas for engaging students with poetry at the end of the school year.
Posted in: Guest Posts, Teacher's Corner
Posted by: Peter Armenti
For Jewish American Heritage Month, a guest post by research specialist Susan Garfinkel explores the legacy of author Sholem Aleichem, sometimes called "the Yiddish Mark Twain," whose stories of Tevye the dairyman inspired Fiddler on the Roof. Drawing on items from the Library's collections, including newspapers, playscripts, poems, and recordings, she looks at Aleichem's time in America, and delves into the question of whether the two famous humorists ever met.
Posted in: Guest Posts, Jewish American History