ERIC Number: EJ565493
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Publication Date: 1998
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In the Eye of the Library: Poets at the Library of Congress.
D'Ooge, Craig
American Libraries, v29 n4 p48-52 Apr 1998
Chronicles the evolution of the position of consultant in poetry (in 1989, officially titled Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry) at the Library of Congress from the 1930s to the present. Poets highlighted include Howard Nemerov, Alan Tate, Robert Penn Warren, Robert Hayden, Joseph Brodsky, Rita Dove, and Stanley Kunitz. A sidebar discusses building poetry audiences in libraries. (MES)
Descriptors: Consultants, Federal Government, Library Role, Library Services, National Libraries, Poetry, Poets
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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