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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Poet Craig Santos Perez reflects on the event he organized for the Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival in October, which featured four Pacific Islander poets from Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's signature project, "Living Nations, Living Words."
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, Native American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Poet Jennifer Elise Foerster reflects on the reading and conversation course she led this fall, which explored the poetry of many of today’s Native Nations poets through Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s signature project, “Living Nations, Living Words.”
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, Native American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
This year’s batch of recordings includes a wonderful array of literary figures from all over Latin America, the U.S., the Iberian Peninsula, and the Caribbean, including award-winning Mexican author Elena Poniatowska; esteemed Cuban-American author, poet, and anthropologist Ruth Behar; and renowned Portuguese author Dulce María Cardoso.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, Hispanic American History
Posted by: Anne Holmes
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Manuscript Division curator Barbara Bair explores the life and work of poet and writer Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, known as the first major Native American woman writer in English.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, Native American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
On the heels of the National Book Festival program "Art, Literature and Poetry: Creative Collaborations at the Library of Congress," Katherine Blood of the Library's Prints and Photographs Division shares more artist prints that blend art and poetry in a variety of compelling ways.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, National Book Festival
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: Anne Holmes
In commemoration of Juneteenth, Manuscript Division curator Barbara Bair explores Ralph Ellison’s unfinished second novel, which was not published until after his 1994 death. The resulting novel, "Juneteenth," reflects Ellison’s deep thinking about the rifts in American society—the dissonance, melodies and harmonies, and the strife of racial prejudice and discrimination. Like Ellison’s novel, the idea of Juneteenth as a national holiday has been a long time coming.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The Library of Congress has launched a new public access online version of the Hannah Arendt Papers manuscript collection. To celebrate, Manuscript Division curator Barbara Bair asked Arendt researcher Samantha Rose Hill a few questions about her exploration of and relationship with Arendt’s work.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts
Posted by: Robert Casper
Today is a big day in the literary world, with the announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes. And this year’s winners in poetry and fiction have strong connections to the Library of Congress—and to our poet laureate’s efforts to champion the voices of Native Americans.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, News and Events, Prize for American Fiction