Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016, Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. President Donald Trump on Thursday fired the head of the Library of ...

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FILE - Arthur Sze attends the 70th National Book Awards ceremony on Nov. 20, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File) At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission ...

At a time when its leadership is in question and its mission challenged, the Library of Congress has named a new U.S. poet laureate, the much-honored author and translator Arthur Sze. Speaking during ...

The Great Library is a short but breathtakingly beautiful stage. Upon entering, climb down the wooden ladder and run up the staircases ahead. From there, climb up the wooden ladder on the left. You'll ...

In the past, you could count on Tuesdays as the best day to book a great flight deal. However, that time has certainly passed, with airlines getting hip to the game. But that doesn't mean you can't ...

Thomas Jefferson had a big, if little known, influence on the Kentucky Constitution, according to a new book. Library of Congress In writing my new book, “Thomas Jefferson and the Kentucky ...

If you look closely enough, low to the ground, there are little creatures all over the State Library of New South Wales. The rows of ducklings are a breadcrumb-trail invitation up the stately stairs ...

The Library of Congress has announced Arthur Sze as the 25th U.S. poet laureate. Sze has had a decades-long career as a poet, with his work often drawing inspiration from philosophy, science and ...

Hephzibah wrote a book with a black lead character after complaining her local library lacked novels with protagonists of different backgrounds A girl who felt there were not enough books with lead ...

A girl who felt there were not enough books with lead characters from minority backgrounds decided to write her own novel. Bookworm Hephzibah Akinwale published Chronicles of The Time Keepers: Whisked ...

At least four people were killed and dozens injured on Wednesday as protests turned violent in Ladakh. Prohibitory orders were later clamped across leh — with Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta ...