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2008
Library of Congress Honors Herman Wouk
September 10, 2008
Mark Stein discusses his new book, How the States Got Their Shapes
July 15, 2008
Adam Clymer discusses his new book, Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right
May 22, 2008
Bill McKibben discusses "American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau"
April 15, 2008
Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr. discusses his new autobiography
April 15, 2008
Stephen King, his wife and son discuss their writing styles and read to students from four Washington, DC classrooms
April 4, 2008
Jennifer 8. Lee discusses her new book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
March 17, 2008
Michael Dirda discusses his new book, Classics for Pleasure
March 6, 2008
Michael B. Oren discusses America in the Middle East
February 27, 2008
2007
Richard Kurin discusses his book, The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond
November 16, 2007
Raymond J. Batvinis discusses his new book, The Origins of FBI Counterintelligence
November 8, 2007
ALA President Loriene Roy speaks in honor of Native American Heritage Month
November 2, 2007
The new Center for the Book publication, Agent of Change: Print Culture Studies After Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, is featured at Book History Symposium -
November 2, 2007 - Presentation of Papers and Panel Discussion
Senior music specialist Robin Rausch discusses the book, A Place for the Arts: The MacDowell Colomy, 1907-2007
October 30, 2007
Novelist David Robbins discusses "The Nuts & Bolts of Historical Fiction"
October 24, 2007
Vincent Virga and Ron Grim discuss their new book, Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations, that highlights the Library's map treasures
October 23, 2007
Center for the Book hosts program on Library Accessibility
October 17, 2007
Martin Meredith discusses his new book, Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
October 11, 2007
2006 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature - Presentation
October 6, 2007
Albert N. Greco and Robert M. Wharton discuss "The State of the Book Industry in 2007"
June 28, 2007
Michael Blake discusses his new book, Indian Yell: The Heart of an American Insurgency
June 25, 2007
Elizabeth Brown Pryor discusses her new biography of Robert E. Lee
June 12, 2007
Poet Robert Hass Hosts River of Words Awards Ceremony
May 15, 2007
Arnold Rampersad discusses his new biography of Ralph Ellison
May 3, 2007
Stephen H. Grant discusses his new book, Peter Strickland: New London Shipmaster, Boston Merchant, First Consul to Senegal
March 22, 2007
Rovert R. Davila, president of Gallaudet University, is one of several speakers in a program marking a new partnership between the Center for the Book and the National Literary Society of the Deaf
March 13, 2007
Mary E. Neighbour discusses her new novel about Dred Scott, Speak Right On
March 6, 2007
Sara Paretsky discusses her latest mystery thriller, Fire Sale
February 27, 2007
Historian Douglas L. Wilson discusses his new book, Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words
February 21, 2007
2006
Seven authors discuss their books in the "Women Who Dare®" series published by the Library of Congress in association with Pomegranate. See also news
release for more information.
November 11, 2006.
Godfrey Hodgson discusses his new biography of Col. Edward House, Woodrow Wilson's Right Hand
October 31, 2006
David Baldacci discusses his new novel, The Collectors
October 17, 2006
W. Joseph Campbell discusses The Year That Defined American Journalism: 1897 and the Clash of Paradigms
October 4, 2006
2005 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature - Presentation
September 16, 2006
Steven Sage discusses Ibsen and Hitler: The Playwright, the Plagiarist and the Plot for the Third Reich
July 19, 2006
Theodore R. Malloch and Scott T. Massey discuss Renewing American Culture: The Pursuit of Happiness
May 25, 2006
Poets and Young Readers take part in National Poetry Month
April 27, 2006
Tom D.Crouch discusses Rocketeers and Gentleman Engineers
April 25, 2006
Poet Robert Hass hosts the 2006 River of Words ceremony
April 22, 2006
James Swanson discusses his best-selling book, Manhunt: The Chase for Lincoln's Killer
April 18, 2006
Margaret Wagner and Gary Gallagher discuss the Library of Congress book, The American Civil War: 365 Days
April 11, 2006
Gerard Gawalt My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives
March 30, 2006
Thomas J. Dodd discusses his book, Tiburcio Carias: Portrait of a Honduran Political Leader
March 24, 2006
Historian J. A., Lemay discusses Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History
March 9, 2006
Former Ambassador to Italy Richard Gardner discusses Mission Italy: On the Front Line of the Cold War
February 14, 2006
Robert Wilson discusses his biography, The Explorer King: Adventure, Science and the Great Diamond Hoax--Clarence King in the Old West
February 8, 2006
John Dickerson discusses his biography, On Her Trail: My Mother: Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star
February 6, 2006
Nicholas Basbanes discusses Every Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World
January 31, 2006
Jeffrey Matthews discusses his biography, Alanson B. Houghton and the New Era
January 27, 2006
Dana Stabenow discusses her new book, Blindfold Game: A Thriller
January 10, 2006
2005
Dane Kennedy discusses his new biography, Richard Burton and the Victorian World
November 30, 2005
Lewis Dabney discusses his new biography of Edmund Wilson
November 2, 2005
Historian John Hope Franklin discusses his new autobiography, Mirror to America
November 1, 2005
Edmund Morris discusses his new book, Beethoven: The Universal Composer
BOOKS & BEYOND, October 25, 2005
Stephen Borelli discusses his book, How About That! The Life of Mel Allen
BOOKS & BEYOND, October 18, 2005
2004 Americas Awards ceremony
October 1, 2005
Editor and translator Lori Marie Carlson discusses her book, Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States
A Hispanic Heritage Month program sponsored jointly with the Hispanic Division, September 29, 2005.
Journalist Jay Feldman discusses his book, When the Mississippi Ran Backwards: Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
BOOKS & BEYOND, August 4, 2005
Historian A. Roger Ekirch discusses his book At Day's Close: Night in Times Past
BOOKS & BEYOND, June 20, 2005
Kelly Cresap discusses his book, Pop Trickster Fool: Warhol Performs Naiveté
May 17, 2005
Poet Jorie Graham reads at Library's celebration of National Poetry Month
April 26, 2005
Ann McClellan discusses her book on the National Cherry Blossom Festival
BOOKS & BEYOND, March 30, 2005
U. S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison discusses her new book American Heroines: The Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Country
BOOKS & BEYOND, March 14, 2005
Journalist Nick Kotz discusses his new book on civil rights, Judgment Days
March 1, 2005
Historian Susan Ware discusses her biography of Mary Margaret McBride
BOOKS & BEYOND, February 22, 2005.
Librarian and historian John
Y. Cole, director of the Center for the Book, discusses the Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress: For Congress,
the Nation, and the World, an authoritative one-volume reference work
of new essays, articles, and statistical appendices. Edited by Cole and historian Jane Aikin, the volume describes the development of the Library's collections, functions, and services from its origin in 1800 to 2004.
February 18, 2005
Literary scholar and Hammett specialist Richard Layman presents an informal talk "The Maltese Falcon at 75" to mark the 75th anniversary of the Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon
BOOKS & BEYOND, February 15, 2005
Ned Crouch discusses his book Mexicans & Americans: Cracking the Cultural Code
BOOKS & BEYOND, February 14, 2005
Promoting Literacy in South Africa
discussed by Lorato Trok and Joseph Lekuton
February 8, 2005
Gerard W. Gawalt and Ann G. Gawalt discuss their new book, First Daughters: Letters Between U. S. Presidents and Their Daughters
October 27, 2004
Historian and biographer Ernest B. Furgurson discusses his new book Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War
BOOKS & BEYOND, October 26, 2004
Author Daniel Mark Epstein discusses his book, Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington
September 30, 2004
Library hosts 2003 Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
September 24, 2004
Author and journalist Larry Tye discusses his new book Rising from the Rails
BOOKS & BEYOND, July 21, 2004
Paul Krugman discusses recent book The Great Unraveling
BOOKS & BEYOND, July 21, 2004
John Norton Moore discusses his recent book Solving the War Puzzle
BOOKS & BEYOND, June 30, 2004
The History and Myths Surrounding the U.S. Flag are discussed by Karal Ann Marling and Vincent Virga
BOOKS & BEYOND, June 14, 2004
Kenneth A Tucker and Vandana Allman dicsuss their new book, Animals, Inc.
BOOKS & BEYOND, June 14, 2004
Mystery Writer Carolyn Hart speaks at the Library of Congress
BOOKS & BEYOND, April 28, 2004
Daniel J. Boorstin Memorial Service
April 27, 2004
Herman Wouk discusses his new book (A Hole in Texas) with journalist William Safire at the Library of Congress
BOOKS & BEYOND, April 21, 2004
Jerry Pinkney discusses "A Sense of Place"
February 17, 2004
David
Levering Lewis and Deborah Willis discuss their essays based on images `in the new book, A
Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of
Progress
October 29, 2003
Henry Wiencek discusses his new book, An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America
BOOKS & BEYOND, October 29, 2003
Michael Dirda discusses his memoir, An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland
BOOKS & BEYOND, October 14, 2003
W. Ralph Eubanks discusses his new memoir, Ever is a Long Time: A Journey Into Mississippi's Dark Past
BOOKS & BEYOND, September 17, 2003
Robert Caro discusses his new book on President Lyndon B. Johnson
BOOKS & BEYOND, May 20, 2003
Vartan Gregorian discusses his new autobiography
BOOKS & BEYOND, May 19, 2003
"Sodom Laurel Album" Explores North Carolina Mountain Community
April 21, 2003
Linda Monk discusses her new book, The Words We Live By; Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution
BOOKS & BEYOND, April 14, 2003
Amy Shapiro Discusses Millicent Fenwick: Her Way
BOOKS & BEYOND, April 1, 2003
Women's Activism and Social Change: Documenting the Lives of Margaret Sanger and Jane Addams
BOOKS & BEYOND, March 24, 2003
Native American women writers discuss new book, Sister Nations.
BOOKS & BEYOND, March 4, 2003
Kenneth Janken discusses his new book, White: The Biography of Walter White
BOOKS & BEYOND, February 25, 2003
Peter Bridges discusses his new book Pen of Fire: John Moncure Daniel
BOOKS & BEYOND, November 18, 2002
A symposium marking the publication of Perspectives on American Book History: Artifacts and Commentary
Event date: October 21, 2002
Lawrence W. Levine and Cornelia R. Levine present a talk about their book, The People and the President: America's Conservations with FDR
BOOKS & BEYOND, October 15, 2002
Robert Pinsky:
Poetry in the Public Sphere
May 13, 2002
A program
featuring readings from Andrew Carroll's War Letters: Extraordinary
Correspondence from American Wars
BOOKS & BEYOND, May 1, 2002
River of Words
Awards Ceremony
April 27, 2002
David C. Major
and John S. Major discuss their book One-Night Reads: A Book
Lover's Guide
BOOKS & BEYOND, April 17, 2002
Celtic
Roots: Stories, Songs, and Traditions Across the Sea
March 13, 2002
William B. Jones,
Jr. discusses his book Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History,
with Illustrations
BOOKS & BEYOND, March 5, 2002
Photographer
Carl Fleischhauer and folklorist Neil V. Rosenberg discuss their
book Bluegrass Odyssey
BOOKS & BEYOND,February 27, 2002
Jill Lepore discusses
her book A is for American: Letters and Other Characters in
the Newly United States
BOOKS & BEYOND, February 26, 2002
Kathleen Thompson
and Hilary MacAustin present an illustrated talk about their new
book Children of the Depression
BOOKS & BEYOND, February 12, 2002
Joanne
B. Freeman discusses her books Affairs of Honor:National Politics
in the New Republic and Alexander Hamilton: Writings
BOOKS & BEYOND, December 12, 2001
Allen
Kurzweil discusses his book The Grand Complication: A Novel
BOOKS & BEYOND, November 28, 2001
Nicholas
Basbanes discusses his book: Patience and Fortitude
BOOKS & BEYOND, November 8, 2001
Sharon Robinson
discusses her book Jackie's Nine: Jackie Robinson's Values
To Live By
BOOKS & BEYOND, November 6, 2001
Warren Coville
describes his experience collecting works by photographers associated
with the Clarence H. White School of Photography
October 11, 2001
Louis
Menand discusses his book The Metaphysical Club: A Story of
Ideas in America
BOOKS & BEYOND, May 30, 2001
Discovering
Hidden Washington: A Journey Through the Alley Communities of
the Nation's Capital.
Program, May 22, 2001
Historians
Joseph Ellis and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss Jefferson and his
legacy.
BOOKS & BEYOND, July 25, 2000.
Harold
Bloom discusses his book How to Read and Why,
BOOKS & BEYOND,June 28, 2000.
Poetry and
the American People: Reading, Voice, and Publication in the 19th
and 20th Centuries, a Library of Congress Bicentennial symposium
sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, Center for the Book
in the Library of Congress, the Madison Council of the Library
of Congress, the Library's Poetry and Literature Center, and the
Poetry Society of America - April 4, 2000.
The
discussion between William Styron and Styron biographer James
L.W. West III,
BOOKS & BEYOND, November 4, 1998.
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