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Posted by: Robert Casper
The final post from the "From the Catbird Seat" blog as it merges into the new "Bookmarked" blog from the Library of Congress beginning Wednesday, March 22.
Posted in: National Book Festival, News and Events
Posted by: Robert Casper
In our first-ever U.S. Poet Laureate guest post, Ada Limón writes of her recent trip to Mexico City to participate in an event with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Dr. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, wife of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Posted in: Guest Posts, Hispanic American History, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Enjoy this interview with Meg Medina, a soon-to-be inaugurated National Ambassador for Young People's LIterature, 2023-2024.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Interviews, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, News and Events
Posted by: Robert Casper
In celebration of the Bobbitt Prize event Thursday night at the Library, with former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove and National Poetry Series winner Heid E. Erdrich, some features from the prize's 22-year history.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
This is a guest post by Joshua Kueh, Southeast Asian Reference Librarian at the Asian Division of the Library of Congress. On Saturday, December 3, 2022, the Library of Congress will host an evening with 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Ressa. A journalist with extensive experience in Asia, Maria Ressa is acclaimed for holding …
Posted in: Asian American History, Collections, Digital Resources, Guest Posts, News and Events
Posted by: Robert Casper
On Tuesday we announced this year's winners of the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry: Rita Dove for Lifetime Achievement and Heid E. Erdrich for her book "Little Big Bully."
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
The Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums recently presented one of its Guardians of Culture and Lifeways International Awards to the Library of Congress and Harjo for “Living Nations, Living Words,” her signature project as the nation’s first Native American poet laureate.
Posted in: Collections, Digital Resources, Native American History, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
In response to news of the attack on Paul Pelosi--husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi--the Librarian of Congress tweeted a line from Ada Limón's poem "We Are Surprised."
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
For those of you who can't make it, tonight's Poet Laureate Opening Reading will be livestreamed on the Library's YouTube page,
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate