News2021 Great Reads: Your Mama
Every year, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress features a book from each of the affiliate Centers for the Book, creating an annual list of Great Reads. …
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News2021 Route 1 Reads: Poetry
As summer gets underway, Route 1 Reads can kickstart your summer reading! A road trip-inspired reading list from state Centers for the Book along Route 1, this year’s Route 1 …
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NewsWhat does it take to be an informed citizen?
How do you read, hear, or view the news? How do you learn about local, regional, or state government policies and actions? Where do you find sports scores? Arts listings? …
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NewsChallenging Slavery in the Courtroom: A Question of Freedom
William G. Thomas III shares his intricate and intensely human history of enslaved families of Prince George’s County, Maryland, and the hundreds of lawsuits they brought against slavery…
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EventFurious Flower: Legacy Seminar for Educators
The biennial seminar celebrates living Black writers whose careers have been marked by creative distinction and critical acclaim. Intended to engage scholars, poets, and college/high school educators, but open to the …
NewsBlack Women’s Battle for the Ballot with Evette Dionne & Martha S. Jones
Evette Dionne, editor-in-chief of Bitch Media and author of Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box, discussed her book with Martha S. Jones…
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NewsSHELF LIFE—Worlds within Words: A Poetry Reading
Watch the Shelf Life event with poets Nin Andrews, Sandra Beasley, Vijay Seshadri, and Katherine E. Young…
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NewsResources for Educators
Whether you’re a classroom teacher, librarian, parent, or someone who wants to share a love of reading with the young people in your life, we invite you to check out …
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NewsBook Arts receives Jefferson Trust Flash Grant
We are honored to have received a Jefferson Trust flash grants to support Book Arts at the Virginia Center for the Book. The Jefferson Trust makes grants to innovative ideas …
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NewsQ&A with Shelf Life author Katherine E. Young
Get to know Shelf Life poet Katherine E. Young…
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NewsQ&A with Shelf Life author Sandra Beasley
Get to know Shelf Life poet Sandra Beasley…
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NewsQ&A with Shelf Life author Nin Andrews
Get to know Shelf Life poet Nin Andrews…
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