
“Ad Astra” and Former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The new hit film, "Ad Astra," drew inspiration from the work of former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.
Posted in: Poetry
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Posted by: Neely Tucker
The new hit film, "Ad Astra," drew inspiration from the work of former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith.
Posted in: Poetry
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This post was first published on “From the Catbird Seat,” the blog of the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center. Rob Casper, head of the center, wrote it. Today is one of the biggest days of the year for the Poetry and Literature Center — it’s the day of the poet laureate announcement. I want to …
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Photo and short bio of Walt Whitman, marking the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Posted in: By the People, Civil War, Pic of the Week, Poetry, Today in History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Tracy K. Smith, the U.S. Poet Laureate, concludes her two terms in the post with an on-stage conversation with poets from around the nation at the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium on April 15.
Posted by: Wendi Maloney
This is a guest post by Lavonda Kay Broadnax, digital reference specialist in the Library’s Researcher and Reference Services Division. Abraham Lincoln was fond of poetry: He wrote poems, read them, received them and was the subject of many. So states “Abraham Lincoln and Poetry,” a unique example of the numerous guides the Library makes …
Posted in: Abraham Lincoln, Poetry