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Posted by: Robert Casper
Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, poet Cathy Park Hong (“Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning”) and novelist Wayétu Moore (“The Dragons, the Giant, the Women”) discuss how their memoirs give voice to history and speak to the present moment.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Launched May 26 in honor of Walt Whitman’s May birthday, a new project of the Library’s By the People Whitman campaign focuses on the diaries and notebooks in the Manuscript Division’s Charles E. Feinberg collection of Walt Whitman Papers.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, News and Events, Walt Whitman
Posted by: Anne Holmes
On Thursday, May 20, at 7 p.m. ET, author Walter Isaacson discusses his new book ("The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race") with journalist Katherine Eban.
Posted in: Guest Posts, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Join us for a compelling conversation with Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos as he reads and discusses his poetry. With educator Melissa Alter Smith, Ríos will discuss the power of teaching poetry and the work of living poets.
Posted in: News and Events, State Poets
Posted by: Anne Holmes
This "Literary Treasures" post, written by intern Alejandro Pérez, examines an audio recording from the PALABRA Archive featuring poet Laurie Ann Guerrero reading from her work at the Library of Congress on May 4, 2015.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, Literary Treasures
Posted by: Anne Holmes
On Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m. ET, join us for a “Great American Publishers” event celebrating the life and work of DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee. This program, presented in celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, features illustrator Bernard Chang and writers Sarah Kuhn and Minh Lê, and is moderated by former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Gene Luen Yang.
Posted in: Guest Posts, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, writes in this newsletter about his fears of audiences not liking his books.
Posted in: Guest Posts, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature