Celebrating over 50 additions to our historic Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature and new videos of Native poets as part of Joy Harjo's Poet Laureate Closing events, to close out 2022!
In celebration of the Bobbitt Prize event Thursday night at the Library, with former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove and National Poetry Series winner Heid E. Erdrich, some features from the prize's 22-year history.
On Tuesday we announced this year's winners of the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Rita Dove for Lifetime Achievement and Heid E. Erdrich for her book "Little Big Bully."
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums recently presented one of its Guardians of Culture and Lifeways International Awards to the Library of Congress and Harjo for “Living Nations, Living Words,” her signature project as the nation’s first Native American poet laureate.
In response to news of the attack on Paul Pelosi--husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi--the Librarian of Congress tweeted a line from Ada Limón's poem "We Are Surprised."
As part of National Hispanic Heritage Month tradition, the annual digital release of 50 new streaming audio recordings in the PALABRA Archive — the Library’s treasure trove of recordings of 20th and 21st century Luso-Hispanic poets and writers reading from their works.
There are still tickets left for our two upcoming events at the Library, with acclaimed author Ian McEwan (Sept. 22nd) and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón (Sept. 29th).
Summer intern Liam Phillips talks about a recording by former Poet Laureate Joseph Brodsky and his appreciation for "the office's work on behalf of readers like me across the country."