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Literary Treasures: Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin Closes the 2011 Literary Season

Posted by: Matt Blakley

The following post is part of our From the Catbird Seat series, “Literary Treasures.” The monthly series champions the Library’s literary programming by highlighting audio and video recordings drawn from the Library’s extensive online collections, including the recently released Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. The series, by showcasing the works and thoughts of some …

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Literary Treasures: 21st Poet Laureate Inaugural Reading: Juan Felipe Herrera

Posted by: Matt Blakley

The following post is part of our From the Catbird Seat series, “Literary Treasures.” The monthly series champions the Library’s literary programming by highlighting audio and video recordings drawn from the Library’s extensive online collections, including the recently released Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. The series, by showcasing the works and thoughts of some …

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Literary Treasures: 2012 Witter Bynner Fellows Poetry Reading

Posted by: Matt Blakley

The following post is part of our From the Catbird Seat series, “Literary Treasures.” The monthly series champions the Library’s literary programming by highlighting audio and video recordings drawn from the Library’s extensive online collections, including the recently released Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. The series, by showcasing the works and thoughts of some …

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“This is the Conversation”: Getting to Know Allison Hedge Coke

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 …

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La Casa de Colores Update: More Good News

Posted by: Matt Blakley

La Casa de Colores has been going strong for almost six months! We hope you have been following its journey along with us. If not, and you are asking yourself “What is La Casa de Colores?” please visit the project’s website to see all it has to offer. A brief reminder: La Casa de Colores …

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Literary Treasures: Literary Birthday Celebration: Gwendolyn Brooks

Posted by: Matt Blakley

The following post is part of our From the Catbird Seat series, “Literary Treasures.” The monthly series champions the Library’s literary programming by highlighting audio and video recordings drawn from the Library’s extensive online collections, including the recently released Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. The series, by showcasing the works and thoughts of some …

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“Es mi Familia”: La Familia Word Cloud

Posted by: Matt Blakley

Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera’s year-long epic poem project, “La Familia,” which has been going strong since mid-September, has reached its halfway point. Is there a better way to celebrate this milestone, we asked ourselves, than by putting your submissions into a word cloud generator? Well, no. So we did it! Check out the results …