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Posted by: Peter Armenti
An overview of Armed Services Editions (ASEs), paperback books designed for free distribution to U.S. Service Members from 1943-1947. The post highlights a new resource guide on Armed Services Editions that readers can explore for a detailed history and list of many resources related to ASEs.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts
Posted by: Robert Casper
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."
Posted in: Guest Posts, Literary Treasures, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Watch an exclusive video of Ada Limón in the Library's Poetry Room, talking about becoming Poet Laureate.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
The following is a post by Neely Tucker, a writer-editor in the Library’s Office of Communication. It originally appeared on the Library of Congress Blog. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Ada Limón as the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2022-2023. Limón will take up her duties in …
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Posted by: Peter Armenti
Main Reading Room reference librarian Abby Yochelson recently appeared on the "National Treasure Hunt" podcast to discuss the connections—secret and not-so-secret—between the Library of Congress and the "National Treasure" movies.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Among the diverse and modern voices Whitman envisioned would follow him are three recent U.S. Poet Laureate Consultants to the Library of Congress: Joy Harjo, Tracy K. Smith, and Juan Felipe Herrera. They served in association with the Library from 2015 to 2022 and were all inspired in their own ways by Whitman.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Poets Laureate, Walt Whitman
Posted by: Anne Holmes
This “Literary Treasures” post, written by intern Eliza Browning, examines an audio recording from the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature featuring Jean Valentine reading her poems at the Library of Congress on March 22, 2001.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, Literary Treasures
Posted by: Robert Casper
A week from now, we at the Library will begin the process of saying goodbye to Joy Harjo as our 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
On December 31, 2022, the Library of Congress’ Rare Book and Special Collections Division launched the St. Mark’s Poetry Project Audio Archive, which consists of 420 recordings from the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s in the Bowery.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, News and Events