On Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. ET, Peniel E. Joseph (“The Sword and the Shield”) and Tamara Payne (“The Dead Are Arising”) will discuss their books on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. in a National Book Festival Presents virtual program with Eric Deggans, NPR’s TV critic and media analyst-contributor for MSNBC and NBC News.
A call for questions from kids for an upcoming program with author and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jason Reynolds.
In honor of African American History Month, Manuscript Division curator Barbara Bair explores the family life of iconic writer Ralph Ellison.
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, celebrates Black History Month in his February newsletter.
Former Library of Congress Teacher in Residence Rebecca Newland offers a lesson plan for teaching Amanda Gorman’s 2021 presidential inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb.”
A post about Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” along with resources to learn more about inaugural poetry.
Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, congratulates Amanda Gorman on her sensational poetry reading at the presidential inauguration and remembers a 2017 reading Gorman gave at the Library.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announced that National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman perform her poetry at the 59th Presidential Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony, set to take place on Wednesday, January 20, on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
Maura Byrne, a 2020-2021 intern in the Poetry and Literature Center/Literary Initiatives office, reflects on her time at the Library of Congress.
This interview with Terrance Hayes was conducted in 2013 by Rachel Carstens 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 Though the series is no longer active, From the Catbird Seat is reprinting these interviews to bring them new light.