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“The Youth Laureate Letters”: The Transitions of Autumn

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following is a guest post by National Youth Poet Laureate Kara Jackson. This is the third in a series of bimonthly blog posts that Kara will be writing during her laureateship this year.  Happy Libra season everyone! October is my favorite month. I love the way fall forces us to live with change. It’s remarkable …

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“Ad Astra” and Former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following guest post, explaining the connection between former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith and the latest Brad Pitt film, “Ad Astra,” is by Guy Lamolinara, communications officer for the Center for the Book. It originally appeared on the Library of Congress blog.  If you have seen the space film “Ad Astra”—Latin for “to the …

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Thoreau in Concord: Creating a Community of Writers

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following guest post, part of our “Teacher’s Corner” series, is by Rebecca Newland, a Fairfax County Public Schools Librarian and former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress. This summer I participated in a week-long National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop titled “The Concord Landscapes and Legacy …

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Hispanic Heritage Month Highlight: 50 New Literary Recordings Available to Stream Online

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following is a guest post by Catalina Gomez, curator for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Division. The post originally appeared on the 4 Corners of the World: International Collections blog. Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th – October 15th) is a wonderful moment to showcase the many fascinating collections and archives within the …

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Edwidge Danticat: The Making of a Novelist

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following post is by Neely Tucker, a writer-editor in the Library’s Office of Communications. It originally appeared on the Library of Congress blog. Edwidge Danticat, the Haitian-born novelist who has become one of America’s most honored authors, told a crowd at the Coolidge Auditorium this week that she first felt the magic of storytelling as a …

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Through a Glass Darkly: The Room by Artist Alice Leora Briggs in Homage to Poet Mark Strand

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following guest post is by Katherine Blood, curator of fine prints in the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division. In our ongoing exploration of intersections between art and poetry in the Library’s graphic art collections, I’d like to share a fascinating, recent donation of somberly enthralling images by Texas artist Alice Leora Briggs (b. 1953). …

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Walt Whitman’s View of Railroads: To a Locomotive in Winter

Posted by: Peter Armenti

The following guest post is by Michael Sconzo, an intern from the University of Virginia in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. Using inspiration and access to the extensive collections of the Library Congress, Michael was asked to write posts on the theme of transportation for the Division’s Inside Adams blog. After reflection, he chose …

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Laureate at the Library: Sharing the History and Realities of Field Recordings of Native American Songs and Narratives

Posted by: Anne Holmes

The following guest post is by Judith Gray, coordinator of Reference Services in the Library’s American Folklife Center. This is the fifth and final post in a series documenting Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s summertime meetings with librarians and curators across the Library of Congress. The meetings grew out of Harjo’s interest in learning more about the Library’s services …