AUTHOR: Neely Tucker
Neely Tucker is a writer-editor in the Library’s Office of Communications. He manages the Library of Congress blog and writes for LCM, the Library’s magazine. Before joining the Library in 2019, he spent 17 years at The Washington Post, primarily as a roving national reporter based in the Style section. He was a foreign correspondent for the Detroit Free Press for most of the 1990s, working in more than 60 countries or territories in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In between, he has written a memoir, three novels and taught narrative non-fiction at American University and Mississippi State University. A Mississippi native, he split his college years between Mississippi State and the University of Mississippi, graduating magna cum laude from the latter with a B.A. in journalism.
Most Recent Posts
- Researching “Code Girls” at the Library February 6th, 2026
- How Amy Heckerling’s Babysitter Helped Create “Clueless,” Now in the National Film Registry February 3rd, 2026
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Researched at the Library January 30th, 2026
- The 2025 National Film Registry: “The Thing,” “Inception,” “Clueless” and More! January 29th, 2026
- The (Sketch) Artist at War January 26th, 2026
- Forging Bonds: The Veterans History Project Turns 25 January 22nd, 2026
- About Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe… January 14th, 2026
- A Globe That’s Out of This World January 8th, 2026
- Ancient History Unfolded December 29th, 2025