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Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Let's look back at the National Book Festival, through the eyes of teens. This blog post shares the observations of Lena Katir, a participant in the Informal Learning Office’s 2024 summer teen internship program, and a teen volunteer at the National Book Festival.
Posted in: Books & Author Programs, For Teens, High School Internships
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
Abstract: What roles do high school students play at the Library? In this post, Upward Bound participant Adolfo A. Ixchop shares about his summer internship at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: For Teens, High School Internships
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
How can books help affirm young people's identities? Past teen intern and National Book Festival teen reporter Khadija Khan shares about Chasten Buttigieg and Elliot Page's presentations at the 2023 National Book Festival, in honor of Pride Month.
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
High school volunteer Karen Araya-Porras shares her "take" on sessions from the National Book Festival.
Posted in: For Teens
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
National Book Festival teen reporter Doug Schwartz shares his takeaways from the National Book Festival, and what other teens might learn from watching this panel online.
Posted in: For Teens
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This post summarizes the contributions teenagers made to the Library of Congress this summer, including projects created by teens for the Library's teen internship program.
Posted in: For Teens, Researching
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
This post was written by Abigail Sears, a 2022 alumni of the Library of Congress High School Summer Internship program who returned as a volunteer for the program in 2023. During July of 2023, the Library of Congress welcomed twelve teenagers from various parts of the country to participate in its High School Summer Internship …
Posted in: For Teens, Researching
Posted by: Alli Hartley-Kong
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 …
Posted in: Asian American History, Books & Author Programs, For Teens, LGBTQ, Writing
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 …