Born in Harlem on August 2nd, 1924, novelist and essayist James Baldwin (1924 – 1987) is regarded as one of America’s greatest writers. At the time of his death on December 1st, 1987, Baldwin was working with sculptor and printmaker Leonard Baskin (1922–2000) of the Gehenna Press to publish a fine press edition of an unpublished work. Gypsy and Other Poems features six of Baldwin’s poems that reveal an intimate, introspective side of the writer.
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A new find makes one fossil trackway even more incredible because the trackway is split between two continents and separated by the Atlantic Ocean.
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Learn about Sebastian Gryphius, one of the most celebrated printers of sixteenth century Lyon, and about the books printed by him which are held by the Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Gryphius printed Latin textbooks and works by humanist authors and was instrumental in divulging the ideas of the renaissance to Lyon and France.
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We are right only because God has taught us to know what is right. How quickly we can forget that.
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The end of August is near and you know what that means…back to school time! Let’s close out summer with comic book stories, from the Simpsons to Superman and more!
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Crockett Johnson (1906-1975), born David Johnson Leisk, had a career as a cartoonist and newspaper comic strip artist before he wrote children’s books, most notably “Harold and the Purple Crayon.” See where you can find his work in the journals and newspapers at the Library of Congress.
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The purpose of this book is to give you a starting point in understanding rocket science from a biblical perspective and how to defend your faith in a currently secular space industry.
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According to a 2013 study, 31% of post-abortive US women chose to have an abortion—chose to kill their unborn child—for “partner related reasons.”
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While the British military burned the federal properties of Washington during the War of 1812, some soldiers sought souvenirs to commemorate their conquest of the nascent U.S. capital. Seized by a British officer, one particular American bible in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division bears the marks of its dramatic removal, its captivity, and later its homecoming to the United States.
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This year the Washington Nationals will celebrate their 5-year anniversary since winning the World Series in 2019. But did you know that the Nationals won the World Series 100 years ago as well? Better known as the Washington Senators at the time, the team had officially changed its name to the Washington Nationals in 1905, …
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For a good many years, when I was in the library, they would not buy science fiction and fantasy books, because those were considered trash… So I fought and fought to get them on library lists.” -Andre Norton (Dream Makers Volume II: The Uncommon Men & Women Who Write Science Fiction, 1983) The first woman …
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When it comes to people with disabilities, Christians need to rethink what it means
to be “fearfully and wonderfully made.”
This blog post rounds up some favorite newspaper titles we’ve come across in working with the collections.
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According to a recent article, “Gender reveals are a testament to how society is squeezing children into one of two predetermined gender boxes before they are even born.”
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Author of two nonfiction books about Kennedy, L. D. C. Fitzgerald’s ‘Saving Jackie K’ is a science fiction odyssey with a time traveler twist on the biggest conspiracy theory of modern times. In this riveting tale, fact and fiction collide to solve the greatest mystery of the 20th Century. Saving Jackie K is a thrilling, intellectual journey and is the most provocative science fiction thriller that you will ever read.
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The 4th of July, known as Independence Day, is a cherished national holiday in the United States, celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. This historic document marked the thirteen American colonies’ declaration of freedom from British rule, laying the foundation for the nation’s democratic ideal
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The killing of Christians because of their refusal to deny Christ has been recorded countless times since the martyrdom of Stephen in Acts 7.
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Learn how to find 21st century newspapers (current newspapers) in the Serial and Government Publications Division collections. These are mostly accessible on-site only, but you can look up titles from the comfort of your own computer using our interactive lists. “How to find” is a new blog series on tips, tricks, and tools to help you navigate the collections of the Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room.
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According to reports, a recent manuscript found details Jesus performing miracles as a child. How should Christians think about this find?
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Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood lived in Berlin from 1929 to 1932 and observed first-hand the rise of the Nazis and the damage and terror inflicted on the famously tolerant city and its inhabitants. He drew from his journals that he kept from those years to write “Mr. Norris Changes Trains” (1935) and “Goodbye to Berlin” (1939), which would later be combined into an omnibus volume entitled “The Berlin Stories” (1945). Playful and powerful, Isherwood’s depiction of Berlin captured the imagination of later artists, whose work is also represented in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
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Satan has always attacked children—he hates the “seed of the woman” and has always sought to steal, kill, and destroy the most vulnerable.
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Many people think that it’s perfectly acceptable to allow for the abortion of disabled children in the womb simply because of their disability.
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One of the Library’s many outstanding comic book holdings is the 24 original drawings by Steve Ditko for Amazing Fantasy No. 15 in August 1962, including the Spider-Man origin story. The iconic images were donated to the Library by an anonymous donor in 2008. They are included in the opening exhibit of the David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery.
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What will the weather be like in the year 2070? Well, apparently we can know that, according to an Australian-produced app called My Climate View.
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Published in 1978, Paul Avrich’s “An American Anarchist: The Life of Voltairine de Cleyre” was the first substantial biography of Voltairine de Cleyre (1866-1912), an influential member of the American labor movement at the turn of the 20th century. Donated to the Library of Congress in 1986, the biography refers to de Cleyre as “one of the most interesting if neglected figures in the history of American radicalism.”
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Staff of the Manuscript and Serial & Government Publications divisions will hold a roundtable discussion with three comic studies scholars who will make brief presentations on current research, and discuss psychiatrist Fredric Wertham’s anti-comics legacy.
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Has a new study on Psittacosaurus really proven that so-called feathered dinosaurs had both reptile and birdlike skin?
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Genesis 1:27 says God made them “male and female.” People can’t wish away this fundamental physical reality—and that’s a good thing.
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In an interview on what George Barna sees as the biggest threats to our churches, he said “We’ve reached a time of Christian invisibility.” What does that mean?
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In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, we are highlighting some of the many Asian American and Pacific Islander comic book creators, writers, and characters that can be found in the Library of Congress’ vast comic book collections.
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Are our cities, roadways, waterways, and more driving “a new kind of evolution” across animal species?
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Researchers found a fossilized brittle star “frozen in time” during the brief period between splitting and full regrowth of its missing body half.
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The evolutionary model is not clear about when flowering plants arrived on earth. Evolutionists remain unsure when the angiosperms emerged.
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Printed in Basel in 1543, Andreas Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis Fabrica is considered to be the first “modern” medical book that emphasizes clinical observation over a dependence on ancient texts. The Library of Congress has recently digitized its copy of De Fabrica, which was part of the generous gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald to the nation.
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The case of UCYN-A is an interesting one but does not represent what pop-sci articles claim.
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Scientists claim some bacteria have been resurrected after hundreds of millions of years. But what’s really happening?
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