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The American Folklife Center (AFC) documents and shares the many expressions of human experience to inspire, revitalize, and perpetuate living cultural traditions. Designated by the U.S. Congress as t...

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Virginia Literary Awards Save the Date for the Literary Awards ceremony on Saturday, September 20 and the Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz ceremony on Friday, September 19Purchase your tickets no...

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

If you review books, do your reviews change over time? How have they changed or stayed the same?

Books Podcast · Updated Bimonthly · A podcast from the Fall for the Book Festival team - Director Kara Oakleaf, and Manager, Suzy Rigdon. Each season, they sit down with writers from across the genre ...

“The Library of Congress: From Jefferson’s Vision to the Digital Age,” publishing May 2, is a new comprehensive history of the nation’s library as the institution turns 225 years old.

Project Poetic Justice offers 18 to 24-year-olds taking traditional academic classes at the D.C. jail an escape from the usual routine of their incarceration.

Adults 18 and over attend these schools, not children.

Do you love one-word titles? Do you have a list of favorite one-word titles? Have you read books on my list?

Why It Matters for the Future of Library Advocacy

A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.

Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week,

On April 24, 1800, President John Adams authorized the spending of $5000 for

This is about control—an attempt to control our history, and with it, the future of American democracy.

A bookstore and a retired navy commander launch Operation Caged Bird — and no, it’s not a movie plot.

The Trump Administration is attempting to have this case dismissed based on standing.