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Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This post was written by Sasha Dowdy, Program Specialist in the Literary Initiatives Office. It appeared originally on Bookmarked: Celebrating Contemporary Books & Writers at the Library. For the close of National Poetry Month, I’d like to highlight novels in verse. The Academy of American Poets defines the form as follows: The verse novel is …
Posted by: Rachel Gordon
Do you and your family enjoy reading pop-up books? If so, you’re in good company. The pop-up book collection is an extremely popular part of the Young Readers’ Center and Programs Lab (YRCPL), the Library’s drop-in space for children and caregivers. Visitors of all ages pour over these books; they get so much use that …
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This is a guest blog by Siobhan Miller, the fall 2022 Teaching with Primary Sources intern at the Young Readers Center & Programs Lab. For more information on the Teaching with Primary Sources internship opportunity, please follow this link. Did you know that every branch of the US military employed women during World War II ? …
Posted in: Women's History
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This post is by Caneisha Mills, the 2022-2023 Library of Congress Teacher-in-Residence. What life experiences foster creativity for artists? One artist whose life answers this question is Katherine Dunham. She was a trailblazer in anthropology and modern dance, mixing dance genres to express her point of view as an artist. Born in Chicago in 1909, …
Posted in: African American History, Dance, For Kids