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Posted by: Alyson Williams
Con motivo de la celebración del natalicio de Rómulo Gallegos, Joseph Torres-González reseña algunos de los recursos disponibles en la Biblioteca del Congreso sobre el autor, incluyendo la reciente digitalización de su grabación para el Archivo de la PALABRA.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Alyson Williams
To commemorate his birthday, Joseph highlights the work of Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos, and the recently digitized recording for the PALABRA Archive.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Alyson Williams
Former Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division (LAC&E) Intern, Natté Fortier introduces his project “PALABRA in the Classroom” a new resource designed to bring the PALABRA Archive into the classroom through curated lesson plans for teachers.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, PALABRA Archive, Research Guides
Posted by: Alyson Williams
Former Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division (LAC&E) Intern, Maria Rebecca Escamilla introduces her Storymap “Mexican Women Authors,” a multimedia journey through the works and lives of five seminal Mexican women authors: Inés Arredondo, Elena Poniatowska, Esther Seligson, Carmen Boullosa, and Cristina Rivera Garza.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, PALABRA Archive, StoryMaps
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
To read this post in English, click here. Quiero compartir con ustedes la estimulante experiencia de poder conectar el Archivo de la PALABRA con poetas en lenguas originarias de México. Junto con la curadora de este histórico archivo sonoro, Catalina Gómez, hemos estado trabajando para ampliar las voces representadas en este importante recurso de la …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Collaborations, Digital Content, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Native American Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés
Para leer en español, haga clic aquí. I want to share with you the stimulating experience of being able to connect the PALABRA Archive with Indigenous authors from Mexico and their various Indigenous languages. Together with the curator of this historic audio archive, Catalina Gómez, and the authors highlighted, we have been working to expand …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Collaborations, Digital Content, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Native American Heritage Month, PALABRA Archive
Posted by: Suzanne Schadl
This is a guest post Catalina Gómez, Reference Librarian and Curator of the PALABRA Archive in the Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division (LACE). It all started in the Library’s recording studio in 1943. Then Librarian of Congress, Archibald MacLeish, who was a prominent American poet, asked Francisco Aguilera, who was serving as the Hispanic …
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic American History, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, Latin America, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Poetry Month, PALABRA Archive, Uncategorized
Posted by: Anchi Hoh
The Hispanic Reading Room of the Library of Congress launches The PALABRA Indigenous Voices Project, a new initiative to increase the presence of Indigenous poetry and literature in the historic PALABRA Archive. Through partnerships with scholars and organizations with direct access to Indigenous communities around Latin America, curators hope to shine a light on a formerly under-represented group in this collection.
Posted in: Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Reading Room, National Poetry Month, Native American History, Native Americans, PALABRA Archive
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