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2.0KJoin the Celebration: Library to Livestream Events Honoring Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera at the Library of Congress in September 2015. Photo by Shawn Miller. The Library of Congress will honor Juan...
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2.0KPic of the Week: Two Poets Honored with Bobbitt Prize
Nathaniel Mackey Claudia Rankine Poets Nathaniel Mackey and Claudia Rankine accepted 2016 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prizes for Poetry at an evening...
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2.1KRussian Revolution: The Last Days of the Romanovs
A daughter of the Romanov family transports sod in one photo, aided by a soldier; in another, her father, the deposed Russian...
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2.0KWorld War I: The Library of Congress Memorial Tree
Tree planting ceremony. Photo by Underwood & Underwood, Dec. 7, 1920. Prints and Photographs Division. The Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building is bordered...
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2.1KInquiring Minds: African-American Soldiers in World War I
Adriane Lentz-Smith The following is an article from the March/April 2017 issue of LCM, the Library of Congress Magazine, in which Adriane...
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1.9KNational Poetry Month: New Recordings Uploaded to Recorded Poetry and Literature Archive
The following is a guest post by Anastasia Nikolis, a graduate student intern in the Poetry and Literature Center and a doctoral...
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2.0KFraud Inquiry Sparks Suit Against Airbus
Litigation is disclosed in annual report that lists investigations into alleged bribery Airbus is being sued by consultants and middlemen who were...
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2.0KSoros Sued by Fellow Billionaire in $10 Billion Mine Brawl
Companies controlled by Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz sued fellow billionaire George Soros, claiming he cost them at least $10 billion through...
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2.0KPic of the Week: Reading Without Walls
Gene Luen Yang. Photo by Shawn Miller. Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, launched his Reading Without Walls program...
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2.0KWhat Was in Abraham Lincoln’s Pockets on April 14, 1865?
This is a guest post by Gayle Osterberg of the Library’s Office of Communications. Contents of President Lincoln’s pockets on the night...
