Poet Jennifer Elise Foerster reflects on the reading and conversation course she led this fall, which explored the poetry of many of today’s Native Nations poets through Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s signature project, “Living Nations, Living Words.”
This year’s batch of recordings includes a wonderful array of literary figures from all over Latin America, the U.S., the Iberian Peninsula, and the Caribbean, including award-winning Mexican author Elena Poniatowska; esteemed Cuban-American author, poet, and anthropologist Ruth Behar; and renowned Portuguese author Dulce María Cardoso.
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Manuscript Division curator Barbara Bair explores the life and work of poet and writer Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, known as the first major Native American woman writer in English.
The Library has just launched a guide to support teachers in the use of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s “Living Nations, Living Words” project. We invite you to explore it with your students!
Join us for two events featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo during Native American Heritage Month.
This “Teacher’s Corner” post by Rebecca Newland explores ideas for using National Book Festival videos in the classroom as a way to introduce students to contemporary poets and authors.
The following interview with Juan Gabriel Vásquez was conducted in 2016 as part of the Poetry and Literature Center’s online Interview Series. The series featured emerging and established literary writers in dynamic and thought-provoking conversation. Though the series is no longer active, From the Catbird Seat is reprinting these interviews to bring them new light.
On the heels of the National Book Festival program “Art, Literature and Poetry: Creative Collaborations at the Library of Congress,” Katherine Blood of the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division shares more artist prints that blend art and poetry in a variety of compelling ways.
This month, join literary ambassadors Jason Reynolds and Joy Harjo in events brought to you by affiliate Centers for the Book.
The following interview with Paisley Rekdal was conducted in 2013 as part of the Poetry and Literature Center’s online Interview Series. The series featured emerging and established literary writers in dynamic and thought-provoking conversation. Though the series is no longer active, From the Catbird Seat is reprinting these interviews to bring them new light.