Friday, May 17, 2013 2:00 pm
A Poetry Reading by Richard Blanco.

Montpelier Room
James Madison Building, 6th Floor
Contact: 7-6194 / wbth@loc.gov
The poet will read selections from his work.

Book sales and signing will follow

Co-sponsored by GLOBE and the Hispanic Division

Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov

Monday, April 22, 2013
Americans All: Good Neighbor Cultural Diplomacy in World War II

Darlene J. Sadlier, professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, discusses U.S. foreign policy during World War II, and presents a fine-grained study of a particularly successful instance of inter-American cultural diplomacy carried out with the help of Hollywood, Walt Disney,  Orson Welles, John Ford, Gregg Toland, and the Museum of Modern Art, among others, in order to promote hemispheric solidarity. -- Book sales and signing will follow.

Where: Mary Pickford Theater / 3rd floor, James Madison Building
When: Noon

Free and open to the public. Contact: cgom@loc.gov

Thursday, April 11, 2013
Literature in Conversation: Fred Arroyo and Maria Melendez.

Co-sponsored by the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Cente and Center for the Book,
and presented in collaboration with Letras Latinas

Authors Fred Arroyo and Maria Melendez will read from their work

Where: Montpelier Room / 6th floor, James Madison Building
When: 6:30 PM

Book sales and signing will follow.