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Posted by: Neely Tucker
"The Metropolitan Opera Murders," the latest entry in the Library's Crime Classics series, is a novel from a woman who knows the score. Helen Traubel, a longtime star soprano who performed at the Met for years, wrote the book in 1951, shortly before she left the opera to pursue a career in popular entertainment.
Posted in: Music, Performing Arts, Theater, Women's History, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post by Maria Peña, a public relations strategist in the Library’s Office of Communications. Maya Angelou broke ground as a multifaceted author, poet, actress, recording artist and civil rights activist, while Adelina “Nina” Otero-Warren left an indelible mark in New Mexico’s suffrage movement. This year, both are among five trailblazing women …
Posted in: African American History, Asian American History, Hispanic and Latino, Native Americans, Women's History, Writers
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Jason Reynolds, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, is back with his first newsletter of 2022.
Posted in: Books, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Writers