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Film, Video 2017 Asian American Literary Festival

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Title

  • 2017 Asian American Literary Festival

Summary

  • The Library of Congress hosted the concluding day of the groundbreaking Asian American Literature Festival. The day featured a lecture and reading by writer and American Book Award winner Karen Tei Yamashita titled, "Literature as Community: the Turtle, Imagination, and the Journey Home." The afternoon session included a lecture by poet Kimiko Hahn on "Angel Island: The Roots and Branches of Asian-American Poetry," and closed with a poetry reading.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-07-29.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Literature
  • -  Poetry
  • -  The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Asian American Poets, Asian American Writers, Asian American Literary Scholars

Notes

  • -  Classification: Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General).
  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Kimiko Hahn, Karen Tei Yamashita.
  • -  Recorded on 2017-07-29.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690588

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office. Asian American Literary Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-29, 2017. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690588/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office, S. B. (2017) Asian American Literary Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-29. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690588/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office. Asian American Literary Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-29, 2017. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690588/>.