Limón's work documents everything from kingfisher birds to the cosmos itself. "I'm embracing my strangeness," she says of her poetry. Her new collection is Startlement.

Louis Armstrong, Odetta, Nas, Janet Jackson, Connie Smith and more join the National Recording Registry along with a Lone Star music legend.

"The @librarycongress has the largest flute collection in the world with more than 1, 800. It includes President James Madison's 1813 crystal flute. @lizzo we would love for you to come see it and ...

The history of this country is haunted by white men hunting down Black women because their flight, their freedom, and their refusal to bow threatened the whole architecture of white power.

FILE - Arthur Sze attends the 70th National Book Awards ceremony on Nov. 20, 2019, in New York. At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission challenged, the Library of Congress has ...

Discover the recent developments at the African American Museum of Dallas, including new leadership, grants, exhibitions, and the impact of federal pressure.

At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission challenged, the Library of Congress has named a new U.S. poet laureate, the much-honored author and translator Arthur Sze. The library ...

“During the 19th century, America was hugely ambitious for itself and regarded its people as both a great investment and the future of the country,” says Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian at Oxford ...