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Half length photo of Louis Bayard seated at a desk in the Main Reading Room looking through two 19th century books.

Louis Bayard’s Novel Research at the Library

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Black and white shot of five Black boys dressed in suits and ties, seriously looking at the photographer, if front of a glass store front of a barbeque shop.

Ralph Ellison, Photographer

Posted by: Neely Tucker

The illuminated Capitol Building, shown from a distance, with a blue-black sky in the background.

Inventing the Capitol Building

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Color photo of a smiling girl in a classroom wearing a head scarf.

Laundromats, Refugee Camps and Other LOC Literacy Winners

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Postcards from America

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Two men and one woman talk on stage, seated in chairs in front of a "National Book Festival" black and white backdrop.

Viet Thanh Nguyen: Finding a Voice in America

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman in a white shirt and blue jacket. She has long blondish hair parted in the middle. She is smiling, standing in front of a tree in bloom, and facing the camera

Kelsey Beeghly, Library’s Albert Einstein Fellow

Posted by: Wendi Maloney

James McBride, seated onstage, with an open notebook on his lap, looks over his glasses while in conversation.

James McBride at the NBF: “Love is the greatest … novel ever written.”

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Studio potrait of a man seated at side of camera frame, leaning forward with elbows on his knees, turned to smile at the camera.

Riding a Wave with Kazu Kibuishi

Posted by: April Slayton