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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."
Posted in: Digital Resources, National Book Festival, News and Events
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.
Posted in: National Book Festival, News and Events
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 Though the series is no longer active, From the Catbird Seat is reprinting these interviews to bring them new light.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
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following interview with Karen Russell was conducted in 2013 by Mason Henderson 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 Though the series is no longer active, From the Catbird Seat is reprinting these interviews to bring them new light.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
Posted by: Anne Holmes
This “Literary Treasures” post, written by intern Wes Matthews, examines an audio recording from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature featuring Robert Hayden reading his poems at the Library of Congress on Oct. 5, 1976.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, Literary Treasures, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The blog post delves into a Georgetown University Master's capstone project "Reimagining Structural Racism and Inequities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Latino Communities in the U.S. as analyzed through Oral Histories and Children's Poetry."
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Mal Haselberger, a 2020-21 intern in Literary Initiatives, reflects on her virtual internship at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Novelist, short-story and non-fiction writer Joy Williams, known for books such as "State of Grace" and "The Quick and the Dead," has won the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
Posted in: News and Events, Prize for American Fiction
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Mario Vargas Llosa and his longtime Spanish-to-English translator, Edith Grossman, discuss their work together. This conversation is part of our Behind the Book series, which provides a behind-the-scenes view of the world of American book publishing.
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events