Our newest Board Member, author Marie Arana, is curating the Tree Talk series at the Kennedy Center’s Reach to Forest festival from Feb 20 - Mar 2! ✨🌳

⭐If you’re in DC, don’t miss out on this exciting celebration of the world’s trees! kennedy-center.org/whats-on/festi…

The AG Foundation announces Marie Arana as the new president of the organization, replacing Laura Pedersen, who served for 5+ years. Roxana Robinson is the incoming secretary with several new members also joining the board.

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In Peru, investigations into the killing of protesters by security forces are often closed without any charges. An unusually high death toll during antigovernment protests after the removal of the country’s president last year has spotlighted the issue. nyti.ms/42YLddc

Thank you Margaret E Atwood for retweeting notice of this lovely exchange at the Library of Congress between you and your brilliant editor Nan Talese.

The Library of Congress offers this tribute to a giant of American ingenuity & loyal public servant, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Watch her appearance at last year's National Book Festival: blogs.loc.gov/national-book-… #NatBookFest

Great talk by Stephen, rebroadcast today by the Library of Congress! ⁦Stephen King⁩ ⁦Library of Congress⁩ ⁦Carla Hayden⁩ blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/04/be…

“We have learned to witness history with a certain helplessness” - Marie Arana #CTMPodcast

Does the exit of Evo in Bolivia mark the end of the left in Latin America? “It’s less about ideology and more about practical matters as people see for themselves the rampant physical evidence that things are going wrong' author Marie Arana tells The Associated Press apnews.com/41bd23fa9bb74c…

Thanks to WaPo for publishing this piece, a product of deep grief and outrage. washingtonpost.com/outlook/a-hist…

Never before have things seemed so hard for Hispanics. The signals are stark and dire. #MustRead ✍🏽 Marie Arana wapo.st/2yKXju6

Congratulations to the American Writers Museum! Love the place! And loved the celebratory gala with a rebecca and Scott! Thank you for all you do!@rebeccamakkai A. Scott Berg American Writers Museum

Thank you Emery Uhlig, Kansas City area teens and MidContinent Library for a wonderful day with Pamela Newkirk, Nnedi Okorafor, PhD🕷️, Rainbow Rowell and other terrific authors at the all-teen produced @litupfest twitter.com/litupfest/stat…

So happy to be at the LitUp Festival, book fest for teens given by teens in Independence Mo. @LitUpFest - First speaker @ishmaelbeah !

Library of Congress Celebrates the Late Denis Johnson publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in… via @publisherswkly

Library of Congress Celebrates the Late Denis Johnson publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in… via @publisherswkly

Looking forward to honoring Denis Johnson Library of Congress on March 28th alongside Jonathan Franzen, Sam Quinones and Elizabeth Cuthrell loc.gov/item/prn-18-02…

Wonderful tribute to Claribel Alegría. Qué placer me da. Carolyn Forché washingtonpost.com/local/obituari…

Thank you for your witness to this wonderful poet, #carolynforche

Claribel Alegría, Central American poet who wrote of personal and political anguish, dies at 93 washingtonpost.com/local/obituari…

I met with 15-year-old Emery Uhlig of Kansas City, KS who is organizing a book festival for teens, by teens. litup2018.org. Bravo!