Guide to Poetry & Literature Webcasts

Library of Congress Sites

Center for the Book Sponsored Cybercasts

The Center for the Book was established in 1977 to use the resources and prestige of the Library of Congress to promote books, reading, libraries, and literacy. Cybercasts are available for selected events from 1998 to present.

Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Webcasts

A comprehensive listing of the Library's recent poetry and literature webcasts.

Library of Congress Poetry Webcasts

A comprehensive listing of the Library's recent poetry webcasts.

National Book Festival

Webcasts of award-winning and nationally known authors, illustrators, and storytellers from the National Book Festival. To access a webcast, first locate the list of authors reading at the 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, or 2007 Book Festival. Then, choose an author's name; if a webcast for the author is available, a link to it will appear above or below the author's biography.

The Library also makes available a series of podcasts with selected authors from the 2007 Book Festival.

Poet Vision Video Series

Poet Vision is a remarkable series of programs featuring great poets reading and talking intimately about their work and about poetry in general. The 12 episodes in the series were videotaped in 1988-1990 by a firm in Philadelphia and broadcast on TV in that area. Cybercasts of Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Glück, Sam Hamill, Michael Harper, Stanley Kunitz, Denise Levertov, and Robert Penn Warren (direct link) are currently available online.