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Posted by: Taru Spiegel
When the news of the day seems overwhelming, nothing can soothe frayed nerves more than an interlude, however brief, with poetry or with nature.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Handbook of Latin American Studies, Hispanic Reading Room, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
Tested by hardship and sorrow, Kazue Mizumura survived to become a teacher, painter, textile designer, jewelry maker, advertising artist, and, finally, an illustrator and writer of children’s books.
Posted in: Asian Division, East Asia
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
Three early Baltic German printers and their descendants made publishing a family trade in lands of today’s Latvia, i.e., the Steffenhagens, Hartknochs and the Kymmels.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
19th-century Danish immigrants to the United States held differing religious views.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
Effective September 2020, the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) will become the PALABRA Archive. With the new brand, the Library of Congress marks this archive’s transition from an analog archive to a digital one. Fifty new audio recordings from the PALABRA Archive will be made available for online streaming.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, National Hispanic Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
We have so many heroes to be thankful for in these days of the pandemic! April is also National Poetry Month, so thoughts of heroic deeds bring to mind epic poetry and heroes of legend. This post looks at three epic poems from thousands of years ago: the journey of Gilgamesh to find immortality, the …
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Posted by: Taru Spiegel
The history of Russian-language comic books and graphic novels, and collecting them at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: European Reading Room
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
Washington DC Spanish teacher, Sirianna Santacrose, uses the Library of Congress’ Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (AHLOT) in her classroom syllabus.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Taru Spiegel
The Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress celebrates the release of 50 literary recordings featuring writers and poets during Hispanic Heritage Month.
Posted in: Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room