Events sponsored by the Center for the Book

Author discussions, symposia and other events are an important part of the programming of the Center for the Book. The long-running Books & Beyond author series has attracted writers from across the country to discuss their books and the writing life, and to talk about how they have used the resources of the Library of Congress in their work. Most of these presentations are filmed for later webcasting.

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MARCH 15 (Thursday), 12 noon, Montpelier Room, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Amanda Hood Smith will discuss and sign her book Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011). Cosponsored with the Serial and Government Publications Division.

APRIL 13 (Tuesday) 12 noon, Dining Room A, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Sam Watters will discuss his new book Gardens for a Beautiful America, 1895-1935, Photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston (Acanthus in association with the Library of Congress, 2012). Cosponsored with the Prints & Photographs Division.

APRIL 14 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Young Readers Center

The Young Readers Center will host Wendy Henrichs the author of I am Tama, Lucky Cat: a Japanese Legend. She will read her book and talk about Japan.  There will also be a book display and video presentation about the famous Washington, DC cherry trees and Japan. Two simple craft projects will be available throughout the day as well as activities with chopsticks.  These activities support the Library of Congress exhibit, Sakura: Cherry Blossoms as Living Symbols of Friendship, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the gift of the cherry trees.

APRIL 23 (Monday), 7:00 pm, Montpelier Room, Madison Building

River of Words awards ceremony for winners and finalists of the 2010-2011 environmental poetry and art contest for young people. Hosted by Robert Hass, U.S. Poet Laureate 1995-1997.

APRIL 26 (Thursday) 12 noon, Pickford Theater, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Francisco Aragon, director of Letras Latinas, will moderate a program featuring poet Blas Falconer and writer Lorraine Lopez, co-editors of the recent anthology The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity (University of Arizona Press, 2011). They will discuss the contemporary state of Latino literature. A book signing will follow. Cosponsored with the Poetry and Literature Center and the Hispanic Division and presented in partnership with Letras Latinas and the University of Arizona Press.

APRIL 26 (Thursday) 6:30 pm, Mumford Room, Madison Building

Poet Blas Falconer and writer Lorraine Lopez, co-editors of the recent anthology The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity (University of Arizona Press, 2011) will read selections from their works. Cosponsored with the Poetry and Literature Center and the Hispanic Division and presented in partnership with Letras Latinas and the University of Arizona Press.

MAY 1 (Tuesday), 12 noon, Whittall Pavilion, Jefferson Building

Books & Beyond program. Paul Dickson will discuss and sign his new book Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick (Walker & Company, 2012). Cosponsored with the Humanities and Social Sciences Division.

MAY 7-13 (Monday-Sunday), Children's Book Week, Young Readers Center

MAY 11 (Friday), 11 am, Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building

In celebration of Children's Book Week, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Walter Dean Myers, will present the Jonah S. Eskin Memorial Lecture.

MAY 24 (Thursday), 12 noon, Pickford Theater, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Jacob R. Straus, editor, will discuss and sign his new book Party and Procedure in the United States Congress (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012). Cosponsored by the Congressional Research Service.

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