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Two Walt Whitman Collections Added to Library’s Website

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The Library of Congress holds the largest archival collection of Walt Whitman materials in the world. These materials are primarily housed in the Library’s Manuscript Division and its Rare Book & Special Collections Division. In May, two of the Manuscript Division’s Whitman collections were made available on the Library’s website. First, the Thomas Biggs Harned …

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Listening to Literature: Expanding Online Access to the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following cross-post was written by Catalina Gómez, a reference librarian in the Hispanic Division. It originally appeared on the 4 Corners of the World blog. As we settle into late summer, the Hispanic Division continues the exciting work of uploading recordings from the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) online. Listen to one …

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Shakespeare Is For The Birds

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following is a guest post by Abby Yochelson, English and American Literature reference specialist at the Library of Congress’s Main Reading Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Division. This is the third in a small series of blog posts on Shakespeare at the Library of Congress. During my years as a reference librarian at the …

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Finding Shakespeare at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following is a guest post by Abby Yochelson, English and American Literature Reference specialist at the Library of Congress’s Main Reading Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Division. This is the second in a small series of blog posts on Shakespeare at the Library of Congress. Sometimes it’s possible to feel a little insecure about …

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Explore the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature for National Poetry Month

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following post is by Cheryl Lederle, an Educational Resource Specialist at the Library of Congress. It originally appeared on the Teaching with the Library of Congress blog. T.S. Eliot thought April was the cruelest month. William Carlos Williams thought it was the saddest. Longfellow and Ogden Nash said they loved it, and Emily Dickinson …

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Need a Little Romance (Fiction) in Your Life? Watch This.

Posted by: Peter Armenti

Today is a day of romance, dear reader, and I can think of no better way for you to combine your surging passions with your appreciation for fine prose than by viewing the proceedings of What is Love? Romance Fiction in the Digital Age, a major two-day conference sponsored by the Library’s Center for the …