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Posted by: Robert Casper
Tonight at 7 PM EST we're excited to air the last event in our National Book Festival Presents series "Hear You, Hear Me," which features the newest of our Library literary ambassadors: Colson Whitehead, our 2020 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner.
Posted in: Interviews, News and Events
Posted by: Robert Casper
Tonight the Library of Congress presents the second virtual program in its series “Hear You, Hear Me,” featuring Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden with Joy Harjo and Tracy K. Smith—the two U.S. Poets Laureate she has appointed.
Posted in: News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
A word out to all poetry publishers: the Library of Congress is now accepting submissions for the 2020 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize in Poetry.
Posted in: News and Events
Posted by: Robert Casper
Tonight we will air a new National Book Festival Presents program, “Ha Jin on the Legendary Li Bai,” at 7 PM EST on the Library’s Facebook page and YouTube site.
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events
Posted by: Robert Casper
Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate from 2012-2014, concludes the series with a video featuring her poem “Housekeeping.”
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Today, on the last day of National Poetry Month, we are thrilled to report that the Librarian of Congress has appointed Joy Harjo for a second term as U.S. Poet Laureate.
Posted in: Collections, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
On April 14th, as part of the Poetry Coalition’s nationwide programming initiative “I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing: Poetry & Protest,” Mass Poetry presented a video of “In This Place (An American Lyric)” by former (and inaugural) National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
I am excited to let you know about a feature we just launched today: “The Poetry of Home,” a weekly video series featuring four of our U.S. Poets Laureate sharing and reflecting on the subject of “home.”
Posted in: Digital Resources, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Robert Casper
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser reminisces about the late singer-songwriter John Prine and their popular 2005 event at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Collections, Guest Posts, News and Events, Poets Laureate