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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The Library has just launched a guide to support teachers in the use of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's “Living Nations, Living Words” project. We invite you to explore it with your students!
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts, Native American History, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
As schools around the country ring in a new academic year, we’re excited to announce that former Poet Laureate Billy Collins has added five new poems to Poetry 180!
Posted in: Digital Resources, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Wes Matthews, a 2021 summer intern in Literary Initiatives, reflects on his virtual internship at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts
Posted by: Anne Holmes
2021 Junior Fellow Mary Murdock reflects on her work this summer to help develop and launch a new National Book Festival initiative — "The Festival Near You."
Posted in: Digital Resources, Guest Posts, National Book Festival
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The Library of Congress has just announced the author lineup and schedule of programs for the 2021 National Book Festival! The 10-day festival, taking place Sept. 17-26, features more than 100 authors, poets and writers in a range of formats — all celebrating the festival theme, "Open a Book, Open the World."
Posted in: Digital Resources, National Book Festival, News and Events
Posted by: Peter Armenti
The blog post delves into a Georgetown University Master's capstone project "Reimagining Structural Racism and Inequities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Latino Communities in the U.S. as analyzed through Oral Histories and Children's Poetry."
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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
Join us for a conversation with former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins about his signature laureate project, Poetry 180, which brings poetry to schools for each of the 180 days of the school year.
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events, Poets Laureate
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