Poetry Cybercasts
Selected Multimedia Presentations of Library of Congress Poetry Events. Also available - cybercasts from the PoetVision and The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress Series.Poet Laureate Billy Collins Reads his poems
Event Date: May 7, 2003, Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress.
Billy Collins is introduced by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington and gives the final reading of his tenure as U. S. Poet Laureate.
Poetry in America: A Library of Congress Bicentennial Celebration
Event Dates: April 3 - 4, 2000
Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, Rita Dove, Louise Glück, W.S. Merwin, Joshua Weiner and Naomi Shihab Nye gave readings of their "Favorite Poems." Mr. Pinsky presented the first video and audio recordings from the Favorite Poem Project, a project supported by the National Endowment for the Arts that has documented thousands of people from all walks of life reading their favorite poems. This event was sponsored by the Library of Congress, the Academy of American Poets, and the Poetry Society of America, with additional support from Borders Books.
The cybercast is available at http://www.connectlive.com/events/libraryofcongress/
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Laureate Robert Pinsky: "Poetry and American Memory"
Event Date: Thursday, October 8, 1998
With this lecture on "Poetry and American Memory," Mr. Pinsky officially opened the Library's 1998-1999 poetry and literature series. The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry is appointed each year by the Librarian of Congress.
See and hear Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky
Photo by N. Alicia Byers.
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