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from the issue of October 7, 2004
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Kooser to read tonight at Library of Congress
Ted Kooser, the newly appointed poet laureate consultant to Congress, will conduct his first reading at the Library of Congress on Oct. 7. Kooser's evening reading will be his first at the Library and will open its annual fall literary series.
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| | | Ted Kooser will give his first reading at the Library of Congress today as the U.S. poet laureate. Photo by UNL Publications and Photography.
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Kooser, a visiting professor of English, will also be a featured author in the fourth National Book Festival on the National Mall Oct. 9. The festival will feature more than 70 authors in various literary genre: children's, fiction and imagination, science fiction and fantasy, home and family, biography and history, mysteries and thrillers, and poetry. Other authors at the daylong festival include Clive Cussler, Barbara Taylor Bradford, R.L. Stine, Joyce Carol Oates, Anna Quindlen, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Cokie Roberts and more. The Library of Congress Pavilion will feature two oral history projects: Voices of Civil Rights, a joint project of the Library of Congress, AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; and the Veterans History Project.
Kooser was announced as the poet laureate on Aug. 12. The job carries with it few specific duties so writers can work on their own projects. The post includes an office at the Library of Congress, a $35,000 salary and an obligation to deliver and organize readings. Kooser also has numerous outreach activities planned for the coming year, including visits to the American Library Association conference, the Des Moines National Poetry Festival, and the National Council of Teachers of English conference in Indianapolis, to name a few.
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