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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
Posted by: Robert Casper
There are still tickets left for our two upcoming events at the Library, with acclaimed author Ian McEwan (Sept. 22nd) and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón (Sept. 29th).
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate, Uncategorized
Posted by: Robert Casper
A week from now, we at the Library will begin the process of saying goodbye to Joy Harjo as our 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
On December 31, 2022, the Library of Congress’ Rare Book and Special Collections Division launched the St. Mark’s Poetry Project Audio Archive, which consists of 420 recordings from the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s in the Bowery.
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