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April 4, 2000

As part of "Poetry in America: A Library of Congress Bicentennial Celebration," the symposium Poetry and the American People: Reading, Voice, and Publication in the 19th and 20th Centuries was held on April 4, 2000. Panelists provided perspectives on the historical context of poetry, the state of publishing, and poetry as a medium of expression. The symposium was planned in conjunction with a presentation by Robert Pinsky the previous evening of the first 50 videotaped Favorite Poems to the Library. The symposium was sponsored by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, the Library's Madison Council, the Library's Poetry and Literature Center, the Poetry Society of America, and the Academy of American Poets.

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