On Thursday, May 14, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM in the Hispanic Reading Room, LJ-240, Lori Carlson-Hijuelos will be interviewed about her new memoir, A Writing Marriage (2026), reflecting on her life with the Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013), whose personal papers are preserved in the Manuscript Division.
Join Brooke Newman of Virginia Commonwealth University to discuss her new book, The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas at a virtual Made at the Library event sponsored by the Manuscript Division.
Join Manuscript Division historian Ryan Reft and reference librarian Kristen Reichenbach for a discussion with historian Emily Dufton and Dr. Jerome Jaffe for a discussion about the nation’s drug addiction treatment policy.
Learn about the emergence of Washington, D.C. as a scientific city, the pioneering anthropology of Anita Newcomb McGee, and the scientific advocacy of astronomer Simon Newcomb in a conversation with historian and author Vincent Femia on his recent scholarship and research in the Manuscript Division.
Join us in person for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar. Qedar takes the viewer on a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud, set in four acts and combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts incorporating the Library’s Sigmund Freud Papers and other collections.
Learn about undercover detective Jane Tucker, alias Agnes Parker, in a conversation with author Elizabeth A. DeWolfe about her book and her research in the Manuscript Division.
Join us in person for a “Made at the Library” film screening of “Outsider. Freud” (2025) and conversation with filmmaker Yair Qedar. Qedar takes the viewer on a journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud, set in four acts and combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts incorporating the Library’s Sigmund Freud Papers and other collections.
In the latest book talk from the Made at the Library event series, learn about artist Mary Cassatt’s connections to the American women’s suffrage movement in a conversation with author Ruth Iskin about her research in the Library of Congress's Manuscript Division.
Join Dawn Day Biehler as she discusses her recent book, Animating Central Park: A Multispecies History, with Manuscript Division historians Josh Levy and Barbara Bair.
