ENGAGEMENT
The National Book Festival with the Library of Congress
Washington D.C.
TRAVELING STANZAS AT THE NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
The Library of Congress and the Wick Poetry Center collaborated together to bring the Traveling Stanzas exhibit to the 2018 National Book Festival. Thousands of visitors engaged with Emerge texts curated by LOC librarians with a focus on rare books and manuscripts. Over 250 Emerge poems were created over the course of the day.
Adults and children alike read historical texts excerpts from of the Library of Congress archives. They then created expressive responses using the Traveling Stanzas Emerge application.
View a gallery of Emerge Poems created by participants below. To explore further, be sure to click the link which will connect you to the original document on the Library of Congress website.
Traveling Stanzas community arts projects bring poetry to people’s everyday lives through innovative methods and digital platforms.
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