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Oct 7, 2019

Will AI Become Conscious? A Conversation with Susan Schneider

By Dan Turello Susan Schneider is associate professor of philosophy and the director of the A.I., Mind and Society Group at the University of Connecticut. She was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Kluge Center in the spring and will be back in residence as the Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress…

Artificial Intelligence

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Will AI Become Conscious? A Conversation with Susan Schneider
Will AI Become Conscious? A Conversation with Susan Schneider
Artificial Intelligence

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Aug 30, 2019

Watch the National Book Festival Livestream on Saturday, August 31

Watch Richard Ford, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, José Andrés, David Brooks, Raina Telgemeier, David McCullough, Michael Beschloss — By Michelle Rago We hope we see you this Saturday, August 31, at the Library’s National Book Festival. If you are attending in person get all the info you need on the National Book Festival website. If you can’t attend in person we’ll miss you, but do not despair. We…

Books

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Watch the National Book Festival Livestream on Saturday, August 31
Watch the National Book Festival Livestream on Saturday, August 31
Books

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Aug 2, 2019

Unveiling the 2019 National Book Festival Poster

By John Sayers The poster for the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival has been unveiled! This year’s poster is the work of Marian Bantjes, a designer, illustrator, typographer and writer whose work is invested in beauty and structure, and the intersection of words and graphics. …

Books

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Unveiling the 2019 National Book Festival Poster
Unveiling the 2019 National Book Festival Poster
Books

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Jul 3, 2019

The Shooting of James Garfield in 1881 and the Medical Disaster That Ensued

By Mark Hartsell This story is adapted from an upcoming story in the Library of Congress Magazine. It recounts the day of July 2, 1881–138 years ago — when President James A. Garfield was shot at a train station in…

History

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The Shooting of James Garfield in 1881 and the Medical Disaster That Ensued
The Shooting of James Garfield in 1881 and the Medical Disaster That Ensued
History

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Jun 22, 2019

25 Years of LOC.gov

By Michelle Rago What does the Library of Congress website have in common with Justin Bieber, Harry Styles, Amazon.com, the TV show “Friends” and Netscape’s first web browser? Give up? They were all born 25 years ago. (Did you have other guesses?) We debuted our website at the American Library…

Libraries

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25 Years of LOC.gov
25 Years of LOC.gov
Libraries

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Jun 17, 2019

Jeannette Rankin: the First Woman Elected to Congress

By Neely Tucker Montana’s Jeannette Rankin came to Capitol Hill as the first woman elected to Congress in the spring of 1917. She was 36, Republican, single, a trailblazing suffragist and lobbyist. Nearly 7,000 representatives had served in the House’s 128 years, all of them men. …

Women

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Jeannette Rankin and “Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote”
Jeannette Rankin and “Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote”
Women

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Apr 21, 2019

“Game of Thrones” and Dragon Warfare

By Neely Tucker “Game of Thrones” is back for its final season, and the fate of Westeros may well depend on how the ice dragon (Viserion), now the winged weapon of the White Walkers, fares against his still-living counterparts. If you’re still reading, you know that the HBO series is…

Game Of Thrones

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“Game of Thrones” and Dragon Warfare
“Game of Thrones” and Dragon Warfare
Game Of Thrones

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Apr 19, 2019

Tracy K. Smith Bids Farewell as U.S. Poet Laureate

By Neely Tucker Tracy K. Smith concluded her remarkable term as U.S. Poet Laureate with a speech and on-stage conversation at the Library of Congress Monday night, capping two years of travel, podcasts and community conversations across the nation. Smith began her tenure with a packed reading at the Coolidge…

Poetry

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Tracy K. Smith Bids Farewell as U.S. Poet Laureate
Tracy K. Smith Bids Farewell as U.S. Poet Laureate
Poetry

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Mar 20, 2019

Cyndi Lauper, Jay-Z and Others Join the National Recording Registry

By Neely Tucker “Super Fly”! “September”! “Sweet Caroline”! “Soul Man”! And those are just the ones that start with “S”! Ladies and gentlemen, this year’s selections for the National Recording Registry are now official, as per the announcement of the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. The inductees span a century…

Sound

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Cyndi Lauper, Jay-Z and Others Join the National Recording Registry
Cyndi Lauper, Jay-Z and Others Join the National Recording Registry
Sound

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Mar 9, 2019

A Soldier’s Story: Thomas Michael Martin

By Neely Tucker In Tom Martin’s life, the U.S. Army seemed like the family trade. His dad, Ed, put in 29 years. His mom, Candy, 38. Erika (Noyes) Holownia, his fiancé, graduated from West Point in 2005, the same year as Tom. They served in Iraq together. She flew helicopters…

Military

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A Soldier’s Story: Thomas Michael Martin
A Soldier’s Story: Thomas Michael Martin
Military

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