Away in maine as i read and write. I dont have the opportunity to political in current and military things. But i have written biographies about Thomas Carlyle and Charles Dickens and henry james and mark twain. Somehow i got directed more towards some history and the interconnection between literature and politics in recent years. The figure that brought me there was our wonderful 16th president , Abraham Lincoln. My most recent book prior to John Quincy Adams american was lincoln, the biography of a writer. Me that lincoln was not only an extra ordinary politician and a deeply humane and beautiful man, he also was a great writer in his own way and contributed very importantly to american literature. That book focused on the development of literary genius. Lincoln brought me to John Quincy Adams because on various levels, items kept coming to my in terms of lincoln as a political philosopher, lincoln as a man reacting to contemporary issues, and lincoln as a writer. Suddenly it occurr
We cant thank all of you enough for your support of the library of congress back home. You know, we want to remind you that the library is there for you whether youre here in washington or youre at your library back home in your communities. We are the Nations Library and it is at your disposable to use any time. So if you want to look at Thomas Jeffersons collection or George Washingtons or rosa parks or Frederick Douglass collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. Thank you to everyone who have stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. We cant thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. We were so inspired by all the stories. We were hearing. One thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the Important Role of libraries across the nation. People discover that librarians are frontline worker
Washingtons or rosa parks or Frederick Douglass collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. Thank you to everyone who have stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. We cant thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. We were so inspired by all the stories. We were hearing. One thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the Important Role of libraries across the nation. People discover that librarians are frontline workers during this pandemic whether you were giving out free covid tests or doing Contact Tracing or just trying to help your communities get through that entire pandemic. So todays conversation is as vital as librarians you all have an Important Role in the release of proper information. So today that librarian of congress along with her with our esteemed colleague will be discussi
Jeffersons collection or George Washingtons or rosa parks or Frederick Douglass collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. Thank you to everyone who have stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. We cant thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. We were so inspired by all the stories. We were hearing. One thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the Important Role of libraries across the nation. People discover that librarians are frontline workers during this pandemic whether you were giving out free covid tests or doing Contact Tracing or just trying to help your communities get through that entire pandemic. So todays conversation is as vital as librarians you all have an Important Role in the release of proper information. So today that librarian of congress along with her with our est
Stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. We cant thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. We were so inspired by all the stories. We were hearing. One thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the Important Role of libraries across the nation. People discover that librarians are frontline workers during this pandemic whether you were giving out free covid tests or doing Contact Tracing or just trying to help your communities get through that entire pandemic. So todays conversation is as vital as librarians you all have an Important Role in the release of proper information. So today that librarian of congress along with her with our esteemed colleague will be discussing this important topic. So it is my distinguished honor to welcome the 14th librarian of congress carla hayden, and shes joined by Nancy D