How do you celebrate the start of a new year? Education Programs Specialist Dianne Choie takes us on a tour of the Library's collections pertaining to Lunar New Year celebrations around the world, focusing especially on Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese celebrations.
Ever since I started working at the Library of Congress, I always pull up loc.gov/collections when I’m reading historical fiction to find relevant real-life photographs, newspapers, and documents. Recently, I read Malinda Lo’s Young Adult historical fiction novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club. The story follows Lily, a Chinese-American teenager living in San Francisco …