Library of Congress Poetry Resources

Webcasts

OVERVIEW

Poetry webcasts are located several places on the Library's web site. While a comprehensive list of poetry webcasts is available through the Library's poetry home page, the resources below list the individual sections of the Library's site from which the comprehensive list is generated. To locate poetry webcasts external to the Library, see Guide to Poetry & Literature Webcasts.


Library of Congress Poetry Webcast Resources

Center for the Book Sponsored Cybercasts

The Center for the Book was established in 1977 to use the resources and prestige of the Library of Congress to promote books, reading, libraries, and literacy. Cybercasts are available for selected events from 1998 to present.

Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Webcasts

A comprehensive listing of the Library's recent poetry and literature webcasts.

Library of Congress Poetry Webcasts

A comprehensive listing of the Library's recent poetry webcasts.

National Book Festival

Webcasts of award-winning and nationally known authors, illustrators, and storytellers from the National Book Festival. To access a webcast, from the Authors page select a Festival year from the drop-down menu. Then, scroll down to the Poetry or Poetry & Prose section to find a list of poets who read at the poetry pavilion. Click on a specific poet's name to find all webcasts of the poet reading at previous Festivals. A comprhensive list of authors who read at past Festivals is also available.

The Poet and the Poem Series

The Poet and the Poem is an ongoing series of live poetry interviews at the Library of Congress with distinguished artists. Webcasts are now available of recent events, including the appearances of a number of U.S. Poets Laureate and several Witter Bynner fellows.

Poet Vision Video Series

Poet Vision is a remarkable series of programs featuring great poets reading and talking intimately about their work and about poetry in general. The 12 episodes in the series were videotaped in 1988-1990 by a firm in Philadelphia and broadcast on TV in that area. Cybercasts of Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Allen Ginsberg, Louise Glück, Sam Hamill, Michael Harper, Stanley Kunitz, Denise Levertov, and Robert Penn Warren (direct link) are currently available online.