Gene Luen Yang Inaugurated as Fifth National Ambassador For Young People’s Literature
Gene Luen Yang speaks at his inauguration ceremony at the 2016-2017 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, January 7, 2016. Photo by Shawn Miller. “I am a nerd.” With that admission, Gene Luen Yang launched into a humorous, inspirational,...State Poets Update: Delaware Doubles Down on Poetry with Appointment of the Twin Poets
Nnamdi Chukwuocha (left) and Albert Mills, the Twin Poets, are the 17th Poets Laureate of the State of Delaware. Photo by Cylinda McCloud-Keal. Delaware’s poetry lovers could be excused for doing a double take Wednesday evening. After all, Governor Jack Markell...
5 Under 35 and What it Means to Be an Emerging Writer
The following is a guest post by Benjamin Samuel, program manager of the National Book Foundation—presenting partners at tomorrow’s “5 Under 35″ panel and reading at the Library’s Montpelier Room. 2015 5 Under 35 Honoree Angela Flournoy....