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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Good news: The fifth episode of From the Catbird Seat is now available for your listening pleasure! In this fifth installment, Ghanaian poet and editor Kwame Dawes speaks with Rob Casper about the formation of the African Poetry Book Fund, an organization that promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts of …
Posted in: Digital Resources, Interviews, News and Events
Posted by: Anne Holmes
This Saturday, July 29th, the Library of Congress will host the concluding day of the first-ever national Asian American Literature Festival. In anticipation of the Festival, we asked poet and Poetry Society of America President Kimiko Hahn—who will deliver an intimate lecture and read from her work on Saturday—a few questions. The last time you …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Last week, the Poetry and Literature Center staff was fortunate enough to meet and chat with Amanda Gorman, the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate appointed this past April. Since she was already in D.C. for a speaking engagement, we leapt at the opportunity to get to know Amanda, show her around the Library, and learn …
Posted in: Interviews
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is an interview with Conor MacVarish, who recently completed a year-long internship at the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center. Where and what do you study? How did you intend your internship to relate to your studies, college experience, or future plans? I just graduated with a double major in literature and political science …
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Posted by: Robert Casper
Today the Library of Congress announced the appointment of the 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, Tracy K. Smith. Following is an interview that Poetry and Literature Center Digital Content Manager Anne Holmes conducted with Smith via e-mail. What was it like to get the call from the Librarian, asking you to be the next …
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by Kelly Yuzawa, who works within the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress (and was previously a staff detail here in the Poetry and Literature Center!). During a visit to the Library at the end of October, Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera stopped by the Library of …
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, Interviews, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
The following is an interview with Dylan Orshefsky, who recently completed his internship at the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center. Where and what do you study? How did you intend your internship to relate to your studies/college experience? I am a senior at Georgetown University, and I’m majoring in English and Computer Science. At Georgetown, …
Posted in: Interviews
Posted by: Matt Blakley
Next week, Wednesday, March 9th, Allison Hedge Coke will come to the Library of Congress as the 2016 Witter Bynner Fellowship recipient. In advance of her evening Fellowship reading, the Poetry and Literature Center conducted an e-mail interview with her. Allison Hedge Coke is the author of four poetry collections: Streaming (2015); Blood Run (2006 …
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
The first month of the fall season is about over, and Juan Felipe Herrera has one month behind him as the Poet Laureate. In addition to his National Book Festival event and his opening reading, and the launch of his online project “La Casa de Colores” for the Library of Congress, he has found the …
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events, Poets Laureate