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This schedule is updated on a regular basis and subject to change. Please check back regularly for the latest program information or call (202) 707-5394. Tickets are not required for any of these events. Interpreting services (American Sign Language, Contact Signing, Oral and Tactile) will be provided if requested five business days in advance of the event. Email ada@loc.gov to make a specific request. For other ADA accommodations please contact the Disability Employment Program office at (202) 707-7544 or ada@loc.gov. For directions to the Library, click here.
April 2008
April 7 - 7 p.m. "Contemporary Russian Poetry Bi-Lingual Reading" hosted by the Library, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Dalkey Archive Press, Mumford Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Building
April 12- 12:30-1 p.m. "Spotlight on Poetry," Main Stage, New Library of Congress Experience Celebration, Neptune Plaza, Jefferson Building entrance. Grace Cavalieri, Dan Logan, and Ethelbert Miller read a sampling of their poems and poems by past Poets Laureate.
April 17 - Noon-1 p.m. "Poem in Your Pocket" Poetry at Noon reading, Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building. Please bring a published poem (not one of your own) to read in celebration of National Poetry Month. Show the poem in the Sales Shop and receive a 20 percent discount that day.
April 22 - Noon-1 p.m. Poetry at Noon, "Shakespeare’s Birthday" reading, Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building
April 24 - 6:45 p.m. Poet Laureate Charles Simic introduces Mark Strand and Charles Wright, Montpelier Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Building
April 28 - 8 p.m. Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry will be presented in the Mumford Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Building. Winners Bob Hicok of Virginia Tech and Charles Wright of the University of Virginia will read. [More information]
May 2008
May 8 - 6:45 p.m. Poet Laureate Charles Simic reading/lecture, Montpelier Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Building
May 23 - 2-6 p.m. Panel discussion in English of the work of the late Octavio Paz by Enrico Mario Santí, Yvon Grenier, and Mark Strand. Translator and poet Elliot Weiberger will read from Paz and a recording of Paz speaking will be played, Sponsored by Institute for Mexican Culture, the Embassy of Mexico, the Library's Hispanic Division and the Poetry and Literature Center. Mumford Room, 6th floor, Madison Building.
