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Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, is staging a virtual tour of 13 schools around the country in the first two weeks of December 2020.
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Joy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as the U.S. Poet Laureate, will serve a third term in the office, the Librarian of Congress announced today.
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Geography and Maps Division, New Online, U.S. Poet Laureate, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, is back with the November edition of his monthly newsletter, Grab The Mic.
Posted in: Kids, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, uses his October newsletter to how to learn during remote learning.
Posted in: Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The third major topic thread at the Library's 20th National Book Festival is "Democracy in the 21st Century," and will be explored by 21 authors in 13 programs.
Posted in: Books, National Book Festival, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
"Hearing Black Voices" is one of the major threads at the 2020 National Book Festival, featuring an array of prominent Black authors.
Posted in: African American History, National Book Festival, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The 2020 National Book Festival will feature three major threads -- "Fearless Women, "Hearing Black Voices" and "Democracy in the 21st Century" -- that will anchor the Library's 20th festival and its first virtual one. This post focuses on "Fearless Women."
Posted in: National Book Festival, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate, Women's History, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Rick Atkinson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose books include "An Army at Dawn," The Day of Battle," "The Guns at Last Light," and "Battle of the Bulge," writes about the lasting impact of World War II on American society.
Posted in: History, Veterans History Project, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature, writes about the problems of posing for photographs in his August newsletter.
Posted in: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers