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1.0KLoC GlobalNational Book Festival: Monica Hesse — That Time David Foster Wallace Came Over…
Author photo: Robert Cox. We’ll be chatting with several of this year’s National Book Festival authors on the blog. First up is...
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1.0KLoC GlobalCrowdsourcing Challenge!
By the People, the Library’s crowdsourcing transcription project, is calling on volunteers to complete 1,000 pages from the “Suffrage: Women Fight for...
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904LoC GlobalPic(s) of the Week: Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn… Special Edition!
Dusk, Las Vegas, Nevada. The Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Prints & Photographs Division. “Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn…” was part of a saucy...
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1.0KLoC GlobalRemembering Toni Morrison
This is a guest post by Guy Lamolinara of the Library’s Center for the Book. Toni Morrison accepts the Library’s fiction prize...
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1.1KLoC GlobalNow Online! The Love Letters of James and Lucretia Garfield
James and Lucretia Garfield, depicted in unnamed publication, ca. 1880 This is a guest post by Michelle Krowl, a historian in the...
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980LoC GlobalPic of the Week: Mo’Ne Davis Edition
Former Little League World Series star Mo’Ne Davis meets with the DC Force, part of the DC Girls Baseball program, in the...
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1.0KLoC GlobalGuest Column: Nancy Pelosi on Women’s Suffrage Anniversary
This is a guest post by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. It is (lightly) adapted from the “Last...
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1.2KLoC GlobalNow Online! The Gandhara Scroll, a Rare 2,000-Year-Old Text of Early Buddhism
The following is a guest post by Jonathan Loar, a South Asia reference librarian in the Asian Division. It is adapted from...
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1.0KLoC GlobalPic of the Week: Junior Fellows Edition
Anthony Lowe of the University of Maryland, a Junior Fellow at the Center for the Book, explaining his work during this week’s...
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1.2KLoC GlobalCharles Manson and “Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood”
Manson on trial in Los Angeles. Sketch: William Robles. Thomas V. Girardi collection, Prints & Photographs Division. This story is adapted from...
