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BlogWatch a Recording of the 2024 Congress.gov Public Forum This post links to the recording of the 2024 Congress.gov Public Forum- Contributor: Brammer, Robert
- Date: 2024-10-02
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BlogAndrea Kitta on Conspiracy Theories: Botkin Folklife Lectures Plus In a recent lecture in our Benjamin A. Botkin Lecture Series, Conspiracy Theories, Folklore and Belief: Birds Aren't Real, Loch Ness Monsters and Microchips, folklorist Andrea Kitta discussed some definitions of conspiracy…- Contributor: Winick, Stephen
- Date: 2024-09-27
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Film, VideoWar and Lawmaking: Recent Legal Developments in Israel On October 7, 2023, Israel experienced a coordinated brutal attack by Hamas. The attack resulted in the killing of over 1,200 Israelis and nationals of other countries, including the U.S., and the…- Contributor: Levush, Ruth
- Date: 2024-09-26
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Film, VideoThe Story of Amelia Dawley's Song David Harrington, incoming Kluge Chair in Modern Culture at the Library of Congress, spoke about the creative process in writing a new composition for the Kronos Quartet and how the Library's archival…- Contributor: Harrington, David - Fenn, John - Blyden, Nemata - Singleton, Charlton
- Date: 2024-09-24
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Film, Video2024 Kluge Prize Ceremony At a ceremony at the Library of Congress, philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah received the 2024 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity from Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.…- Contributor: Appiah, Kwame Anthony - Butterfield, Kevin - Hayden, Carla
- Date: 2024-09-20
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Film, VideoConversation with 2024 NEA Heritage Fellows Fabian Debora and Rosie Flores Two 2024 National Heritage Fellows, Chicano muralist Fabian Debora and rockabilly and country musician Rosie Flores, spoke with Allina Migoni of the American Folklife Center about their lives, work and experiences as…- Contributor: Debora, Fabian - Flores, Rosie - Migoni, Allina
- Date: 2024-09-19
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Film, VideoLatino Poets Spotlight Poets Juan Felipe Herrera (former U.S. Poet Laureate), Ruth Behar and Maria Kelson read from their work and discuss their creative processes. The award-winning poets are featured in the Library's "Collecting Memories"…- Contributor: Kelson, Maria - Behar, Ruth - Herrera, Juan Felipe
- Date: 2024-09-19
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Film, Video2024 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Awards The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships are the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. This year -- and every year since 1982 -- the program recognizes recipients'…- Date: 2024-09-18
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Film, VideoCongress.gov Public Forum Library specialists provided an update on enhancements to the Congress.gov public website. Users had the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback on the site.- Date: 2024-09-18
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Film, VideoCuéntame! Let's Talk Books with Christina Soontornvat Meg Medina is joined by the multi-talented Christina Soontornvat: a journalist, a fantasy author and... an engineer? The two talk about how Chrstina's background in STEM and upbringing as a Thai American…- Contributor: Soontornvat, Christina - Medina, Meg
- Date: 2024-09-17
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Film, VideoCuéntame! Let's Talk Books with Andrea Beatriz Arango Meg Medina talks with Andrea Beatriz Arango, a dynamic author who writes about characters in tough predicaments with grace and affection. A Newbery and Pura Belpré Award winner, Arango is originally from…- Contributor: Arango, Andrea Beatriz - Medina, Meg
- Date: 2024-09-17
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Film, VideoGeorge Rable: Conflict of Command Author George C. Rable talks about his new book, "Conflict of Command: George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of War" with Library specialists Michelle Krowl and Lara Szypszak. Rable talks about…- Contributor: Rable, George C. - Szypszak, Lara - Krowl, Michelle
- Date: 2024-09-17
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Film, Video2024 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film In 2019, the Library of Congress partnered with The Better Angels Society and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation to establish an annual award recognizing excellence in American history documentary filmmaking in the…- Date: 2024-09-17
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Film, VideoTillie Walden: Ideas for Tomorrow In a presentation subtitled "The Future of Queer Comics," award-winning artist and author Tillie Walden discussed her career and process while also considering the future of the medium in light of all…- Contributor: Walden, Tillie - Bernard, Warren - Halsband, Megan
- Date: 2024-09-13
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Film, VideoDiscussion of the Documentary Film 'Sentenced' Following the screening the 70-minute documentary "Sentenced" by Stephen and Ayesha Curry with the Children's Literacy Project, panelists discussed the film's journey into the harsh and personal reality of intergenerational illiteracy. The…- Contributor: Hamlin, Canon Leonard - Mann, Tracey - Smith, Ralph - Martin, Jeff - Rodrigues, Keri - Banks, David - Helfrich, Chris - Austin, David
- Date: 2024-09-11
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Film, VideoConstitution Day 2024: The Taft Supreme Court In honor of Constitution Day, the Law Library hosts a discussion with Yale Law professor and former dean Robert Post on his book on the Taft-era Supreme Court. Post's book was produced…- Contributor: Post, Robert
- Date: 2024-09-11
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Film, VideoChronicling America: "Rights and Responsibilities" for National History Day Explore rights and responsibilities in history and learn to use Chronicling America, a freely-available collection of historic American newspapers at the Library of Congress for research in this year's National History Day…- Contributor: Saelee, Mike - Paranick, Amber
- Date: 2024-09-11
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Film, VideoNational Librarians of Australia, Canada and New Zealand in Conversation with Carla Hayden Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosts her counterparts at three other institutions -- Mary-Louise Ayres (National Library of Australia), Rachel Esson (National Library of New Zealand) and Leslie Weir (Library and Archives…- Contributor: Ayres, Mary-Louise - Hayden, Carla D. - Esson, Rachel - Weir, Leslie
- Date: 2024-09-10
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Film, VideoThe Rise and Expansion of Islam in Somalia Mohamed Haji Mukhtar of Savannah State University takes visitors on a journey into a lesser-known chapter in the spread of Islam -- its diffusion through the nomadic Somali-speaking clans of the Horn…- Contributor: Mukhtar, Mohamed Haji
- Date: 2024-09-05
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Film, VideoConspiracy Theories, Folklore and Belief In this lecture, noted folklorist Andrea Kitta will discuss some definitions of conspiracy theories and how they fit into other belief traditions and narratives with a focus on understanding why people believe…- Contributor: Kitta, Andrea
- Date: 2024-09-04
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Film, VideoConversation with Andrea Kitta Following her Benjamin Botkin Lecture on "Conspiracy Theories, Folklore and Belief: Birds Aren't Real, Loch Ness Monsters and Microchips, folklorist Andrea Kitta spoke with Nancy Groce and Steve Winick of the American…- Contributor: Winick, Stephen - Groce, Nancy - Kitta, Andrea
- Date: 2024-09-04
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Film, VideoMaking the Economy Circular: Recycling Laws and Policies in Japan Japan has a legal framework for waste reduction and forming a recycling-oriented society. Japanese people are reported as being conscientious in their efforts to clean and sort materials for recycling. However, Japan…- Contributor: Umeda, Sayuri
- Date: 2024-08-29
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Film, VideoWindborne: Old Songs, Bold Harmony Windborne is Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan, Lauren Breunig and Jeremy Carter-Gordon. The four singers grew up immersed in the traditional song and dance communities of New England and discovered a…- Contributor: Rowan, Will Thomas - Breunig, Lauren - Carter-Gordon, Jeremy - Rowan, Lynn Mahoney - Windborne
- Date: 2024-08-29
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Film, VideoConversation with Windborne Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan and Lauren Breunig of Windborne sit down with Stephen Winick of the American Folklife Center. Along with Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Windbourne grew up immersed in the traditional…- Contributor: Rowan, Will Thomas - Breunig, Lauren - Rowan, Lynn Mahoney - Winick, Stephen - Windborne
- Date: 2024-08-29
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Film, VideoAyana Mathis and Viet Thanh Nguyen: James Baldwin's Centennial James Baldwin (1924-1987) wrote some of the most influential American books of the 20th Century, including "Another Country," "Giovanni's Room" and "Notes of a Native Son." Ayana Mathis ("The Unsettled") and Viet…- Contributor: Mathis, Ayana - Deggans, Eric - Nguyen, Viet Thanh
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoRenée Fleming and Daniel Levitin: Music Is Medicine Research shows that music does more than enliven our inner worlds. Music is also an effective tool in combating ailments from neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's to cognitive injury, depression and pain. Editor…- Contributor: Brodeur, Michael Andor - Levitin, Daniel J. - Fleming, Renée
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, Video2024 National Book Festival: Chronicling America, Your Guide to Discovering Digitized Historic Newspapers Dive into the past with our captivating session on exploring digitized historic newspapers via Chronicling America. Perfect for educators, students, genealogists and local history enthusiasts, this workshop will reveal the hidden gems…- Contributor: Pike, Robin
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, Video2024 National Book Festival: What Do Stevie Wonder and Arnold Schoenberg Have in Common? Celebrate the 100th birthday of the historic concert series at the Library of Congress by learning about the artists, composers, dancers and supporters who made the Coolidge Auditorium one of the most…- Contributor: Brown-Cáceres, Nicholas A.
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoAnnabelle Tometich and Crystal Wilkinson: Food, Family, Community Annabelle Tometich shares the ways and struggles of her Filipino mother in "The Mango Tree" and Crystal Wilkinson's "Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts" collects the memories and recipes of her Black Appalachian…- Contributor: Tometich, Annabelle - Spiegel, Anna - Wilkinson, Crystal
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoJames Bird and Jonathan Todd: Almost-True Stories Have you been a fish out of water? Jonathan Todd has, as he tells in his graphic novel "Timid," about a shy Black kid trying to make friends in a new school.…- Contributor: Clark, Shanetia P. - Bird, James - Todd, Jonathan
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoJ.C. Cervantes and Zetta Elliott: Questing for Peace in Fantasy Worlds Battles of wits (and witches), vanishing magic, the strength of family ties, a search for peace, and the power that can be found within every kid: it's all here, in "Daggers of…- Contributor: Elliott, Zetta - Cervantes, J.C.
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoTess Taylor, Forrest Gander and Ruben Quesada: Poems of the Earth "Leaning Toward Light" is an anthology featuring today's most notable nature poets. Anthology editor Tess Taylor and poets Forrest Gander and Ruben Quesada discuss poetry that takes stock of the natural world…- Contributor: Casper, Robert - Gander, Forrest - Quesada, Ruben - Taylor, Tess
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoStuart Eizenstat: Diplomacy or Talking When We Don't Agree Former diplomat and negotiator Stuart E. Eizenstat spoke with historian Douglas Brinkley about his account of the greatest diplomatic negotiations of the past 50 years in his book, "The Art of Diplomacy."…- Contributor: Brinkley, Douglas - Eizenstat, Stuart
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoArash Azizi and Celeste Marcus: Who Needs Cultural Critics Anyway? What do young cultural critics think about their role in the world, where people have been encouraged to think that critics aren't necessary? Arash Azizi, author of "What Iranians Want" and Celeste…- Contributor: Givhan, Robin - Azizi, Arash - Marcus, Celeste
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoAbby Jimenez and Casey McQuiston: Modern Dating, We Love It, We Hate It Relationship status: it's definitely complicated. In Abby Jimenez's rom-com "Just for the Summer," Justin and Emma agree to date to break their curses, and in Casey McQuiston's "The Pairing," Theo and Kit…- Contributor: Jimenez, Abby - Labrise, Megan - McQuiston, Casey
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoSandra Cisneros: 40 Years of 'The House on Mango Street' Sandra Cisneros celebrates the 40th anniversary of her novel, "The House on Mango Street," a modern classic taught in schools nationwide. She talked about the book and its legacy in a talk…- Contributor: Cisneros, Sandra - Martin, Rachel
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoMax Greenfield: Good Night Thoughts What do we do when our thoughts are racing? And they're made worse by knowing it's bedtime and you have to get to sleep right away? Actor and author Max Greenfield has…- Contributor: Buttigieg, Chasten - Greenfield, Max
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoJames McBride: Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden presented author James McBride with the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. McBride spoke…- Contributor: Hayden, Carla D. - McBride, James - Martin, Michel
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoJames Patterson: The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians James Patterson is known for his addictive thrillers, but his nonfiction book "The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians" profiles Americans who get good books into the hands of readers across the…- Contributor: Patterson, James - Rubenstein, David M.
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoAnna Lapera and Sherri Winston: A Kid vs. the World Sharkita may be 12, but she takes care of her younger siblings, their mother often absent. Mani doesn't want to go to Guatemala until she starts discovering her family's stories of activism…- Contributor: Lapera, Anna - Winston, Sherri - Montelongo, Ofelia
- Date: 2024-08-24