Literary Treasures: 2012 Witter Bynner Fellows Poetry Reading

The following post is part of our From the Catbird Seat series, “Literary Treasures.” The monthly series champions the Library’s literary programming by highlighting audio and video recordings drawn from the Library’s extensive online...

“This is the Conversation”: Getting to Know Allison Hedge Coke

Next week, Wednesday, March 9th, Allison Hedge Coke will come to the Library of Congress as the 2016 Witter Bynner Fellowship recipient. In advance of her evening Fellowship reading, the Poetry and Literature Center conducted an e-mail interview with her. Allison...

Honoring and Remembering: on Allison Hedge Coke and C. D. Wright

I am delighted that our Poet Laureate selected Allison Hedge Coke as our new Witter Bynner Fellow in Poetry. Allison will come to the Library on Wednesday, March 9th, to read from her work and talk with Juan Felipe Herrera. And then we will officially award her the...