Commencement Addresses by U.S. Poets Laureate

It’s commencement season across college and university campuses, which can mean only one thing: celebrities, politicians, business executives, famous graduates, and other notable citizens invited to address the current crop of graduates have wrestled with the...

Exploring Juan Felipe Herrera’s La Casa De Colores Project

The following post, which originally appeared on the Teaching with the Library of Congress Blog, was written by Educational Resource Specialist Danna Bell. We were thrilled to hear that Juan Felipe Herrera has accepted a second term as Poet Laureate of the United...

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...