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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Earlier this year, Sirianna Santacrose, a Spanish teacher from the School of Ethics and Global Leadership, approached us with an interest in incorporating our Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) into her class curriculum.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
On Wednesday, November 6, in honor of Veterans Day and the 20th anniversary of the Veterans History Project, the Veterans History Project, the American Folklife Center, and the Poetry and Literature Center will host a discussion on occupational poetry. In anticipation, we've asked three of the event's participating poets to share a poem, answer a few questions about their work, and respond to another occupational poet's poem.
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
It’s been nearly two weeks since Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s inaugural reading, and we’re still reeling from the event. If you missed it, you can tune in to watch the evening’s festivities via the Library’s YouTube site (with captions). Last week, we sat down with Shari Werb, director of the Library’s new Center for Learning, …
Posted in: Interviews, Poets Laureate
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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Posted by: Anne Holmes
This Saturday, August 3rd, the Library of Congress will host the second day of the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival. In anticipation of the Library’s full day of festival programming, Phoebe Coleman of the Library of Congress’s Asian American Association asked poet Jennifer Chang a few questions. Chang will deliver a short talk and participate in …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
This Saturday, August 3rd, the Library of Congress will host the second day of the 2019 Asian American Literature Festival. In anticipation of the Library’s full day of festival programming, Phoebe Coleman of the Library of Congress’s Asian American Association asked poet Arthur Sze—who will deliver an “intimate lecture” on Saturday at 2 PM—a few questions. …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Since Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden’s announcement last week, 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Joy Harjo has been juggling a pretty full media schedule: In the past nine days, numerous articles and interviews have appeared online, in print, on TV and radio airwaves featuring Joy and her historic appointment as the first Native American laureate. …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Interviews, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Today is one of the biggest days of the year for the Poetry and Literature Center—it’s the day of the Poet Laureate announcement. I want to say how honored and excited we at the Center—and throughout the Library of Congress—are that Joy Harjo will be our 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Today’s announcement has been …
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Posted by: Robert Casper
Exciting news: The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional program has just awarded a $20,000 grant to the Academy of American Poets to support the addition of resources from the Library’s collections to the Academy’s Teach This Poem series for the 2019-2020 school year. In celebration of this news, I asked Academy of American …
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