Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The main reading room is seen at the Library of Congress on June 13, 2025, in Washington. Kevin Carter/Getty Images Carla ...

The 2026 Library Of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize For Film has announced six finalists in the running for the lucrative ...

SPAN's Book TV has provided in-depth, uninterrupted coverage of the. On Saturday, August 22nd, Book TV is once again providing its signature coverage of the 2026 National Book Festival LIVE from the ...

On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of "such books as may be necessary for ...

It never occurred to Anaïs Mitchell, the Tony-winning composer of “Hadestown,” that the little show she birthed in Vermont 17 years ago would make it to Broadway, let alone into the annals of the ...

This extensive essay explores the relationship of the Library of Congress with the Smithsonian Institution. The Library developed relationships with other national libraries over the years, but ...

Millions of children had stocked bookshelves by the time they turned 5 thanks to Dolly Parton, but the Imagination Library ...