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Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library has recently digitized Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks reading her poems, including the iconic "We Real Cool," at two events 24 years apart as part of National Poetry Month. The recordings are part of the 50 poems added each year to Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
Posted in: African American History, Poetry, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds is back with another of his "Write. Right. Rite." videos and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature has a terrific creativity challenge: Pick a photograph and write about it.
Posted in: African American History, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The papers of U.S. Presidents Andrew Johnson, Chester Alan Arthur and William McKinley are now available online through the Library of Congress.
Posted in: U.S. Presidents
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library of Congress celebrates its 220th birthday on April 24, 2020. It was begun with a $5,000 appropriation to buy 740 books and three maps on this date in 1800. It is now the largest library in world history.
Posted in: Newspapers, Thomas Jefferson Building, Today in History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
John Hessler, a specialist in the Library's Geography and Map Division, is tracking the COVID-19 pandemic with computational geography and geographic information science.
Posted in: Influeza/Covid-19, Maps, National Book Festival
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The newly digitized papers of A. B. MacDonald, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in the early decades of the 20th century, offer a front-row seat to the sermons of Billy Sunday, one of the most electrifying preachers of the day.
Posted in: Manuscripts
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, bestselling author and the Library's National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, asks you to imagine what your personal hero might say if they answered your fan letter. It's part of his "Write. Right. Rite." series for the Library.
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Victoria Vah Hyning helps manage the Library's popular crowdsourcing project, By the People. Her academic training, though, involved researching medieval British convents. We asked her how one led to the other.
Posted in: My Job
Posted by: Neely Tucker
We’re back with our Friday check-in with author and illustrator Dav Pilkey, the bestselling children’s writer behind the wildly popular series “Dog Man” and “Captain Underpants.” Like a lot of authors that publish for that age range, there’s a mix of vulnerability and heart that informs his work. Cartoon strips such as “Peanuts” or “Calvin …
Posted in: Writers