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Ada Limón’s Final Lecture as Poet Laureate: “You have to love.”

Posted by: Maria Peña

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's final lecture last week in the Coolidge Auditorium was a love letter to poetry to libraries and librarians. Her lecture, titled “Against Breaking: On the Public and Private Power of Poetry,” framed poetry as a shared, not solitary, experience and as a celebration of humanity’s range of voices and perspectives.

Posted in: Events, Gazette, Hispanic American History, Hispanic and Latino, Library Work and Employees, Poetry, Womens History, Writers

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Live at the Library

Posted by: Maria Peña

At times laughing and tossing back her long sisterlocks, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson engaged in a lively discussion with U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves in the Coolidge Auditorium last week. She talked about her youth and life experiences, all included in her memoir, "Lovely One."

Posted in: African American History, Civil Rights, Gazette, Womens History, Writers