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56.1KLoC GlobalANOTHER KARAMEH YACHT ARRESTED
“MOKA” the personal yacht of Mofid Karameh has been arrested yet again, followed by terrorist threats in demand for its release. In...
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3.5KLoC GlobalThe advisers helping turn MbS into a cinema mogul
After having promised to invest massively in Saudi Arabia’s culture and historical heritage, Prince Mohammed bin Salman has begun a second attempt...
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1.1KLoC GlobalWe’ll Miss You, Jerry Pinkney
Jerry Pinkney designed the Library’s 2005 poster for the National Book Festival.. This is a guest post by Naomi Coquillon, Chief of...
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977LoC GlobalIntroducing Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress
Manuscript Division archivists make sense of materials that often come to them folded, bundled, stacked, or mangled. Pictured is a suitcase holding...
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973LoC GlobalThe “Day Dream” of Billy Strayhorn’s Music
Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington. Photo: Unknown. Music Division. It was just a few years into the 20th century. Times were impossibly...
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983LoC GlobalHazel Scott: The Gorgeous Face of Jazz at the Mid-Century
Hazel Scott in an undated publicity photo from early in her career. Music Division. Hazel Scott was the gorgeous face of jazz...
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997LoC GlobalLa Biblioteca Podcast: Season 2!
“We the People Defend Dignity,” 2017. Artist: Shepard Fairey. Prints and Photographs Division. Courtesy of Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant Art. This is...
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1.0KLoC GlobalBy the People: Transcribe Early Copyright Applications
Title page copyright application for “The Female Spy,” a romance novel of 1846. Rare Book and Special Collections Division. The Library’s newest...
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1.0KLoC GlobalThomas Jefferson’s Quran at the World Expo in Dubai
Yasmeen Khan (center), head of the Library’s Paper Conservation Section, helps install Jefferson’s copy of the Koran in the U.S. exhibit in...
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462LoC GlobalNational Book Festival: That’s a Wrap!
The Library’s first live event since the spring of 2020. Crossword puzzle experts Adrienne Raphel (l), Will Shortz (c) and Lulu Garcia-Navarro...
