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The Excitement Will Be In Tents - 17-05-2012
Here?s what you book fiends have been waiting for ? the author lineup for the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival, Sept. 22 and 23 on the National Mall. Authors will include towering American novelist Philip Roth and Nobel Prize-winner Mario Vargas Llosa; the irrepressible T.C. Boyle (some of you know him as T. [...]
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Pics of the Week: I Love the 80s - 17-05-2012
On Tuesday, the Library hosted the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation for its annual event ?We Write the Songs,? a night of songwriters performing their own tunes and telling the stories behind their creations. And, some of the performers were a throwback to my fondest memories growing up in the 1980s. [...]
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Sealed With a Kiss - 16-05-2012
It?s probably one of the most iconic photographs of our time ? a nurse seen swept into the arms of a sailor as the two get lost in a kiss. Sigh. The photo was taken on Victory Over Japan Day (V-J Day) at the end of World War II. But the identity of the subjects [...]
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Nothing Could be Righter Than to Be a Reading Writer - 11-05-2012
Take 550 grade- and middle-school kids; put ?em in a room with an amazing author they know and love; add a barrage of questions about the creative process and a dash of humor. One hour later, open the doors and stand back as a large flock of reading would-be writers burst out upon the world! [...]
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Pics of the Week: Bacharach and David Honored with Gershwin Prize - 10-05-2012
The Library of Congress rolled out the red carpet on Tuesday to honor Burt Bacharach and Hal David with the 2012 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The prize commemorates George and Ira Gershwin, the legendary American songwriting team whose extensive collection resides in the Library of Congress. The all-star tribute concert featured [...]
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Children?s Crusade - 07-05-2012
(The following is a guest article about Walter Dean Myers, National Ambassador for Young People?s Literature, written by my colleague Mark Hartsell, which recently appeared in the Library?s staff newsletter, the Gazette.) Something about his fan mail disturbs Walter Dean Myers. Myers, the author of critically acclaimed books for young people such as ?Monster,? ?Fallen [...]
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Library in the News: April Recap Edition - 04-05-2012
April seemed to be a picture-perfect month for the Library of Congress in the headlines. Its release of a rare collection of images by Frances Benjamin Johnston, one of the first female professional photographers, made it into several high-profile media outlets, including The Washington Post, The New York Times and the Associated Press. ?On one [...]
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Who Does Rob Think He Is? - 27-04-2012
Tonight at 8 p.m. EDT, NBC airs another episode of its popular ?Who Do You Think You Are? series ? this time starring actor Rob Lowe and the Library of Congress. You can catch a quick preview here. Lowe ventures into his past and discovers an ancestor who battled against George Washington during the American [...]
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Author as Superstar - 26-04-2012
(This post comes to us from Taru Spiegel, reference specialist in the European Division, which is cosponsoring the event along with the Poetry and Literature Center.) What does a serious, award-winning author do when he is chosen ?sexiest man of the year? by a leading women?s magazine? (He received the accolades from ELLE Norway in [...]
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The Armenian Literary Tradition - 25-04-2012
Last Thursday, the Library of Congress opened its newest exhibition, “To Know Wisdom and Instruction: The Armenian Literary Tradition at the Library of Congress,” and I had a chance to take a tour with its curator, Levon Avdoyan, the Library?s Armenian and Georgian area specialist in the Near East Section of the African and Middle [...]