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Posted by: Anne Holmes
2021 Junior Fellow Mary Murdock reflects on her work this summer to help develop and launch a new National Book Festival initiative — "The Festival Near You."
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts, National Book Festival
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The Library of Congress has just announced the author lineup and schedule of programs for the 2021 National Book Festival! The 10-day festival, taking place Sept. 17-26, features more than 100 authors, poets and writers in a range of formats — all celebrating the festival theme, "Open a Book, Open the World."
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The television broadcast program “Open a Book, Open the World: The Library of Congress National Book Festival,” hosted by LeVar Burton, will premiere Sunday, Sept. 12 on PBS. Television viewers can see an inspiring introduction to the 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival and its exciting lineup of authors, poets and writers in this one-hour special.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following interview with Ada Limón was conducted in 2018 by Anastasia Nikolis as part of the Poetry and Literature Center’s online Interview Series. The series featured emerging and established literary writers in dynamic and thought-provoking conversation. Though the series is no longer active, From the Catbird Seat is reprinting these interviews to bring them new light.
Posted in: Interviews