GAZETTE Volume 26, No

Home , American Sphinx, Elliot Ackerman, Joseph Ellis, Louise Erdrich, Mary Jordan (journalist), Rick Atkinson

GAZETTE Volume 26, No. 33 • August 28, 2015 • A weekly publication for Library staff Inside -

A Hand from HACU The Library this month was honored for its work with an internship program sponsored by the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities. Page 3

An Abundance of Authors The National Book Festival this year will feature more than 175 authors, poets and other speakers. Here’s the complete schedule of their appearances. Pages 4–6 B. McCullough; Peter de Sève; David Rice; Amanda Lucidon; University of California-River William Convention Center side; Washington Clockwise from top left: David McCullough, the festival poster, a young reader, a family of visitors, Juan Felipe Herrera and the convention center. On Display: The Library The Library of Congress Pavilion will serve as a book-festival showcase for the collections and services the Library With Largest Cast Ever, provides to Congress and the public. Page 7 Festival Is One for the Books

in the District. By Mark Hartsell The event opens at 10 a.m. Saturday with the presentation, to author Louise he Library of Congress National Erdrich, of the Library of Congress Prize Book Festival next weekend opens for American Fiction. Twelve hours and T its latest chapter with a few new more than 170 speakers later, it closes plots and the largest cast of characters with Books to Movies – the sequel to in festival history. last year’s enormously popular program The 15th annual festival will offer exploring the adaptation of literary works its biggest-ever roster of speakers, take to the big screen. The Library’s John Cole presents “Jef- a first fling with literary love, go back In between, the festival presents ferson and the Library of Congress,” to the movies, pay tribute to America’s Pulitzer Prize-winning historians (David Sept. 2 in the Southwest Pavilion of the Jefferson Building. warriors and honor the Founding Father McCullough, Rick Atkinson), poets (new whose own library served as the basis for U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera), On Tap today’s Library of Congress collections. best-selling mystery writers (David Bal- Lectures, films, concerts, classes and The festival, themed “I Cannot Live dacci, Lisa Scottoline), chefs (Patrick other events at the Library of Congress in the coming week. Without Books,” takes place Sept. 5 at the O’Connell of the Inn at Little Washing- Page 8 Walter E. Washington Convention Center BOOK FESTIVAL, continued on page 8 2 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE AUGUST 28, 2015

NOTICES

Temporary Closure of Law Library Reading Room GAZETTE As part of the completion of the major renovation of the Law Library of www.loc.gov/staff/gazette Congress Reading Room, the temporary reading room in LM G-15 of the

Madison Building will be closed to the public Aug. 31–Sept. 2. The reading GAYLE OSTERBERG room also will be closed on Aug. 29 because of maintenance work on the Executive Editor MARK HARTSELL Madison Building power-distribution systems. The reading room will resume Editor regular operations on Sept. 3. Contributing Editors: Erin Allen, Calendar; Carlin “René” Sayles, Moving On and Length of Service; Lisa Davis, Donated Leave Proofreader: George Thuronyi Design and Production: Ashley Jones

Donated Time PETER BRAESTRUP GAIL FINEBERG JAMES W. McCLUNG Founder Founding Editor Founding Publisher (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 2009) (1990 – 1994) The following employees have satisfied eligibility requirements to receive leave donations from other staff members. Contact Lisa Davis at 7-0033. An official publication of the Library of Congress,The Gazette Lori Ayers Robin Lancaster encourages Library managers and staff to submit articles and photographs of general interest. Submissions will be edited to Craig Andrews Veronica Newman convey the most necessary information.

Luisa Blanchfield Donald Marcus Deadline for submission of articles is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one Christy Chason Megan McArdle week prior to publication date. Please submit text in digital form via e-mail ([email protected]) preferably as an attached Antoinette Childs Juan Perez Microsoft Word file. Steven Davenport Bernice Reyes Akinbileje Back issues of The Gazette in print are available in the Public Tanya Fletcher Pamela Russell Affairs Office, LM 105. Bart Gustafson Tomoko Steen Electronic archived issues and a color PDF file of the current issue are available online at www.loc.gov/staff/gazette. Megan Halsband Michael Waclawski Marieta Harper Donna Williams Library of Congress Gazette Jurretta Heckscher Lan Zhang Washington, DC 20540-1620 Editorial: Mark Hartsell, 7-9194, [email protected] Design and production: Ashley Jones, 7-9193, [email protected]

ISSN 1049-8184 Printed on paper that contains recycled paper by the Persian Book Lecture Series Printing Management Section, Office Systems Services

The Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division and the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryland on Sept. 3 present the latest in Gazette Welcomes Letters from Staff Staff is invited to use the Forum pages for lively and thoughtful its Persian book-lecture series. debate relevant to Library issues. However, just as other newspaper editors exercise discretion over which letters to publish and how to edit them, so do we. In deciding whether or how much to Matthew Thomas Miller of the University of Maryland will present “Embodying publish, we consider content (including misstatements of fact, the Beloved: (Homo)eroticism and Embodiment in Medieval Sufism.” libel, innuendo, ridicule of individuals or the institution, personal attacks, and redundancy) and length (the limit is 300 words). The event takes place at noon in the African and Middle Eastern Reading Letters must be signed by the author, whose place of work and telephone extension should be included so we can verify author- Room (LJ 220) in the Jefferson Building. ship. Letter writers should understand that when they sign their letters and release them to us for publication they are relinquishing privacy. If a letter calls for management response, for example, Contact Hirad Dinavari at 7-4518 or [email protected] for more information. an explanation of a policy or actions or clarification of fact, we will ask for management response.—Ed.

Gazette Deadlines CFC Fashion Show The deadline for editorial copy for the Sept. 11 Gazette is Wednesday, Sept. 2. The Library’s Combined Federal Campaign charitable-giving drive is seeking E-mail editorial copy and letters to the editor to [email protected]. diverse male and female models for its November fashion fundraising event. To promote events through the Library’s online calendar (www.loc.gov/loc/events) The fashion show will take place Nov. 5 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Coolidge and the Gazette Calendar, e-mail event and Auditorium. contact information to [email protected] by 9 a.m. Monday of the week of publication. To participate, contact D’Angelo Aguilar no later than Sept. 18 at dagu@loc. Boxed announcements should be submitted electronically (text files) by 9 a.m. Monday gov or 7-8809. the week of publication to [email protected]. AUGUST 28, 2015 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE 3

NEWS Library Honored for Work with HACU Intern Program For more than a decade, the Library of Congress has participated in an internship program sponsored by the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities, or HACU. These talented young students work paid, 10- to 15-week internships with vari- ous Library divisions, getting a hands-on view of the options here and helping the institution get its work done with the kind of team vision that only a diversity of eyes can bring. This month, HACU honored the Library of Congress for its work in the program, naming the Library the recipient of its Outstanding HACU Public Sector Partner Award for 2015. “HACU is delighted to honor those individuals and partners and institutions who have made significant contribu- tions to HACU’s mission through leader- OSI’s HACU summer interns: Alda Migoni (front row, from left), Yesenia Román and ship, advocacy, service, policy work and Juan Acosta. In the back row are Anmol Gupta, Jennifer Eiland and Kiara Candelaria. higher-education partnerships,” HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores Kiara Candelaria, Anmol Gupta, Yvonne requests for transportation subsidy. This said this month in announcing its awards. Ivey, Jennifer Eiland, Alda Allina Migoni fall, Acevedo will continue his studies at “Through collaborations with such excep- and Yesenia Román. Ivey recently Montgomery College. tional leaders, partners and institutions, accepted a permanent position with Meza worked in the Foreign Affairs, HACU continues to expand opportunities the National Archives, Candelaria was Defense and Trade Division, assisting for students, the future workforce of our accepted for a second term as a HACU international trade analysts on a variety nation.” intern, and Acosta is a current HACU of issues. She made significant contribu- Through HACU’s National Internship Cooperative Education student employed tions to an updated report for Congress Program (HNIP), more than 10,000 col- in the Library’s new National and Inter- on international trade concepts and poli- lege students have been placed in reward- national Outreach service unit through cies. She also assisted on U.S.-China trade ing and challenging internships in the June 2017. issues and co-authored a short report federal and corporate sectors. The Library The remaining interns are continuing on China’s housing-registration policies. has been home to more than 200 of these their educational endeavors or seeking Meza is continuing her graduate studies. students, providing training, mentoring, new opportunities. Sotelo-Sosa has focused on illegal advocacy and career-development oppor- “We are incredibly honored to be wildlife trade and other natural-resources tunities for each. named HACU’s Outstanding Public Sector issues in the Resources, Science and This summer, the Library’s Office of Partner,” said George Coulbourne, the Industry Division. He contributed to a Strategic Initiatives (OSI) hosted seven chief of internships and residencies in new report for Congress on the restoration HNIP interns and the Congressional National and International Outreach. of Puget Sound. Sotelo-Sosa graduated Research Service (CRS) hosted three. “HACU’s National Internship Program has from New Mexico State University in May The work of the OSI interns included 45 federal agencies participating, so we with a B.S. in agricultural economics. supporting national education and out- had some competition.” He is continuing his work for CRS as a reach programming, improving the user The CRS interns were Carlos Acevedo, research assistant through the end of the experience and search ecosystem of Con- Candy Meza and Sergio Sotelo-Sosa. fiscal year. He hopes to stay in D.C. and gress.gov, writing press communications Acevedo has performed a variety of is currently job-hunting. for OSI and the Office of the Chief Infor- tasks related to administrative, space plan- HACU represents more than 400 col- mation Officer, and processing records ning and facility management in CRS’s leges and universities across the country, for metadata remediation projects for Office of Finance and Administration. He the majority of which are Hispanic-serving the Library. updated floor plans, conducted a survey institutions – schools with Hispanic stu- The OSI interns were Juan Acosta, on office space and assisted with staff dent enrollment of 25 percent or greater. u 4 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE AUGUST 28, 2015

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Children 2:00-2:30 Amy Krouse Rosenthal 3:00-4:00 Time Author Signing 2:00-2:30 Tom Lichtenheld 3:00-4:00 10:00-11:10 Kate DiCamillo 11:30-12:30 2:40-3:10 Tad Hills 4:00-5:00 11:20-11:50 Jarrett J. Krosoczka 12:30-1:30 3:20-3:50 Jean Reagan 5:30-6:30 Noon-12:30 Naomi Shihab Nye 1:00-2:00 4:00-4:30 Dan Santat 5:00-6:00 12:40-1:10 Mac Barnett 1:30-2:30 4:40-5:10 Stephen Savage 5:30-6:30 5:20-5:50 Don Wood 6:30-7:30 1:20-1:50 Buzz Aldrin 2:30-3:30 5:20-5:50 Audrey Wood 6:30-7:30 2:00-2:30 Rachel Renee Russell 3:00-4:00 6:00-6:30 Tom Angleberger 2:30-3:30 2:40-3:10 Jon Scieszka 3:30-4:30 6:40-7:10 Diane Muldrow 5:30-6:30 3:20-3:50 Gennifer Choldenko 1:00-2:00 4:00-4:30 Cece Bell 5:00-6:00 4:40-5:10 Lynne Rae Perkins 6:00-7:00 Biography & Memoir Time Author Signing 5:20-5:50 Juan Felipe Herrera 6:30-7:30 10:00-10:45 Amy Wilentz 11:00-noon 6:00-6:30 Jennifer L. Holm 7:00-8:00 10:55-11:40 Walter Isaacson 1:30-2:30 6:40-7:10 Trevor Pryce 4:30-5:30 11:50-12:35 Jeanne Theoharis 1:00-2:00 7:20-7:50 Lin Oliver 6:00-7:00 12:45-1:30 Evan Thomas 11:30-12:30 1:40-2:25 Harlyn Geronimo 3:00-4:00 Teens 2:35-3:20 Mary Jordan 3:30-4:30 Time Author Signing 2:35-3:20 Kevin Sullivan 3:30-4:30 10:00-11:10 Cynthia Levinson 11:30-12:30 3:30-4:15 Richard Zoglin 2:00-3:00 11:20-11:50 Kwame Alexander 12:30-1:30 4:25-5:10 Bryan Stevenson 3:00-4:00 Noon-12:30 Ellen Oh 1:00-2:00 5:20-6:05 David McCullough 6:30-7:30 12:40-1:10 Letters About Literature — 6:15-7:00 John Riordan 5:00-6:00 12:40-1:10 A Book That Shaped Me — 7:10-7:55 Maureen Corrigan 5:30-6:30 Contest 1:20-1:50 Jenny Han 2:30-3:30 2:00-2:30 Michael Buckley 3:00-4:00 Contemporary Life 2:40-3:10 Libba Bray 3:30-4:30 Time Author Signing 3:20-3:50 David Baldacci 4:30-5:30 10:00-10:45 Robin Givhan 11:30-12:30 4:00-4:30 Sabaa Tahir 2:30-3:30 10:55-11:40 Morton Kondracke — 4:40-5:10 Phillip M. Hoose 6:00-7:00 10:55-11:40 Manuel Castells — 5:20-5:50 Sonia Manzano 6:30-7:30 10:55-11:40 Julia G. Young Noon-1:00 6:00-6:30 Laura Amy Schlitz 7:00-8:00 11:50-12:35 Al Roker 1:00-2:00 6:40-7:10 Meg Wolitzer 5:00-6:00 12:45-1:30 Lisa Scottoline 2:00-3:00 12:45-1:30 Francesca Serritella 2:00-3:00 Picture Books 1:40-2:25 Barry Svrluga 3:00-4:00 2:35-3:20 Tom Gjelten 3:30-4:30 Time Author Signing 2:35-3:20 Erika Lee 3:30-4:30 10:00-10:30 Christian Robinson 11:00-Noon 2:35-3:20 Ray Suarez 3:30-4:30 10:40-11:10 Steve Light 11:30-12:30 3:30-4:15 Héctor Tobar 2:00-3:00 11:20-11:50 William Joyce 12:30-1:30 4:25-5:10 Sheryl WuDunn 5:30-6:30 Noon-12:30 Cale Atkinson 1:00-2:00 4:25-5:10 Nicholas Kristof 5:30-6:30 12:40-1:10 Peter Sís 1:30-2:30 5:20-6:05 Yochi Dreazen 6:30-7:30 1:20-1:50 Elise Parsley 2:30-3:30 6:15-7:00 Shelia P. Moses 5:00-6:00 AUGUST 28, 2015 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE 5

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

7:10-7:55 David Maraniss 6:00-7:00 5:20-6:05 Lawrence Wright 6:30-7:30 6:15-7:00 Danielle Allen 4:30-5:30 Food Time Author Signing International Programs 10:00-10:45 Bridget Lancaster 11:00-noon Time Author Signing 10:00-10:45 Bryan Roof 11:00-noon 10:00-11:40 Jack Miles Noon-1:00 10:55-11:40 Najmieh Batmanglij Noon-1:00 10:00-11:40 Donald S. Lopez Jr. Noon-1:00 11:50-12:35 Nora Pouillon 1:00-2:00 10:00-11:40 Jane McAuliffe Noon-1:00 12:45-1:30 Patrick O’Connell 2:00-3:00 11:50-12:35 Homero Aridjis 1:00-2:00 12:45-1:30 Álvaro Enrigue 11:30-12:30 Fiction 12:45-1:30 Mariá José Navia 11:30-12:30 Time Author Signing 12:45-1:30 Cristina Rivera Garza 11:30-12:30 10:00-10:45 Louise Erdrich 11:00-noon 12:45-1:30 Alejandro Zambra — 10:55-11:40 Viet Thanh Nguyen Noon-1:00 1:40-2:25 Santiago Roncagliolo 3:00-4:00 11:50-12:35 Marilynne Robinson 1:00-2:00 2:35-3:20 Alejandro Zambra 4:00-5:00 12:45-1:30 Stephen L. Carter 2:00-3:00 3:30-4:15 Valeria Luiselli 2:00-3:00 1:40-2:25 Jane Smiley 3:00-4:00 4:25-5:10 Andrés Neuman 5:30-6:30 2:35-3:20 Ha Jin 4:00-5:00 5:20-6:05 Juan Gabriel Vásquez 6:30-7:30 3:30-4:15 Phil Klay 4:30-5:30 6:15-7:00 John Hemming 5:00-6:00 4:25-5:10 Lalita Tademy 5:30-6:30 7:00-8:00 David Good — 5:20-6:05 Ward Just 6:30-7:30 7:00-8:00 Mark Plotkin 5:30-6:30 6:15-7:00 Thomas Mallon 4:30-5:30 Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction Graphic Novels Time Author Signing Time Author Signing 10:00-10:45 Lisa Scottoline 11:00-noon 7:15-8:05 Scott Stantis 6:00-7:00 10:55-11:40 David Ignatius Noon-1:00 7:15-8:05 Lalo Alcaraz 6:00-7:00 11:50-12:35 Jane Lindskold 1:00-2:00 7:15-8:05 Keith Knight 6:00-7:00 12:45-1:30 Walter Mosley 2:00-3:00 8:10-8:55 Trina Robbins 6:00-7:00 1:40-2:25 Marlon James 3:00-4:00 8:10-8:55 Miss Lasko-Gross 6:00-7:00 2:35-3:20 Laura Lippman 4:00-5:00 8:10-8:55 Diane Noomin 6:00-7:00 3:30-4:15 David Weber 2:00-3:00 9:00-10:00 Stephan Pastis 6:00-8:00 4:25-5:10 Jeffery Deaver 5:30-6:30 5:20-6:05 Dan Wells 6:30-7:30 History 6:15-7:00 David Baldacci 4:30-5:30 Time Author Signing 10:00-10:45 Cokie Roberts 11:00-noon Poetry & Prose 10:55-11:40 Joseph Ellis 2:00-3:00 Time Author Signing 11:50-12:35 Jan Jarboe Russell 1:00-2:00 10:00-10:45 Poetry Out Loud — 12:45-1:30 Edward J. Larson 2:00-3:00 10:55-11:40 Kevin Young Noon-1:00 1:40-2:25 Elizabeth A. Fenn 3:00-4:00 11:50-12:35 Geoffrey Kloske — 2:35-3:20 Evan Osnos 1:00-2:00 11:50-12:35 Kevin Larimer — 3:30-4:15 Anne-Marie O’Connor 5:00-6:00 11:50-12:35 Lynn Freed 1:00-2:00 4:25-5:10 Jay Winik 3:00-4:00 12:45-1:30 Claudia Rankine 2:00-3:00 6 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE AUGUST 28, 2015

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

1:40-2:25 Ishmael Reed 3:30-4:30 3:30-4:15 Rick Atkinson 2:00-3:00 2:35-3:20 Jeffrey Brown 3:30-4:30 4:25-5:10 Christian G. Appy 5:30-6:30 2:35-3:20 Jane Hirshfield 3:30-4:30 5:20-6:00 Rajiv Chandrasekaran 6:30-7:30 2:35-3:20 Azar Nafisi 3:30-4:30 6:10-6:55 Elizabeth D. Samet 4:30-5:30 3:30-4:15 Daniel Alarcón 2:00-3:00 6:10-6:55 Roxana Robinson 4:30-5:30 4:25-5:10 Jerome Charyn 6:00-7:00 6:10-6:55 Phil Klay 4:30-5:30 5:20-6:00 Marilyn Chin 6:30-7:30 6:10-6:55 Elliot Ackerman 3:30-4:30 6:10-6:55 Eric Pankey 4:30-5:30 7:30-9:00 Poetry Slam — 8:00-10:00 Lawrence Wright — Science 8:00-10:00 A. Scott Berg 6:30-7:30 Time Author Signing 8:00-10:00 Anne-Marie O’Connor — 10:00-10:45 Andrea Wulf 11:00-noon 10:55-11:40 Rachel Swaby Noon-1:00 Romance Fiction 11:50-12:35 David Quammen 1:00-2:00 Time Author Signing 12:45-1:30 Judy Foreman 11:30-12:30 7:15-7:40 Sarah MacLean 9:00-10:00 1:40-2:25 Casey Schwartz 3:00-4:00 7:40-8:05 Beverly Jenkins 9:00-10:00 2:35-4:15 Jeffrey D. Sachs 4:30-5:30 8:05-8:30 Paige Tyler 9:00-10:00 2:35-4:15 Edward O. Wilson 4:30-5:30 4:25-5:10 Paul Halpern 5:30-6:30 First Nations of Australia 5:20-6:05 Norman Doidge 7:00-8:00 Time Author Signing 6:15-7:00 Terrence Holt 5:00-6:00 2:35-3:20 Jeanine Leane 6:00-7:00 2:35-3:20 Tony Birch 6:00-7:00 Special Programs 3:30-4:15 Dub Leffler 6:00-7:00 Time Author Signing 3:30-4:15 Bruce Pascoe 6:00-7:00 10:00-10:45 Peter de Sève 11:00-noon 3:30-4:15 Jared Thomas 6:00-7:00 10:55-11:40 Henry Wiencek 1:00-2:00 4:25-5:10 Ellen van Neerven 6:00-7:00 11:50-12:35 Annette Gordon-Reed 1:00-2:00 4:25-5:10 Tony Birch 6:00-7:00 12:45-1:30 Joseph Ellis 2:00-3:00 4:25-5:10 Bruce Pascoe 6:00-7:00 1:40-2:25 Jon Meacham 3:00-4:00 2:35-3:20 Tom Brokaw 4:00-5:00 Festival Sponsors

Co-Chairman, Festival Board The Junior League of Washington The Hay-Adams David M. Rubenstein Jacqueline B. Mars Inter-American Development Bank National Geographic The Jefferson Hotel Charter Sponsors PBS Book View Now Susan Carmel Lehrman AARP Scholastic Inc. Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Institute of Museum and Library Services WAMU 88.5 FM. with support from board chair Roger The Washington Post A. Strauch Wells Fargo Friends Mensa Education & Research Foundation Australia Council for the Arts Patrons Mexican Cultural Institute Marshall B. Coyne Foundation Inc. Lissa Muscatine and Bradley Graham James Madison Council Embassy of Peru National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities Georgetown University’s Department NPR Contributors of Spanish and Portuguese Small Press Expo C-SPAN2 Book TV Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Split This Rock AUGUST 28, 2015 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE 7

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL Library of Congress Pavilion Display Schedule Copyright 9 a.m.−8:00 p.m. Geography and Map 9 a.m.−3 p.m. Law Library 9 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Local History and Genealogy 9 a.m.−3 p.m. NLS 9 a.m.−3 p.m. Preservation 9 a.m.−6 p.m Prints and Photographs 9 a.m.−3 p.m. Publishing Office 9 a.m.−3 p.m. World Digital Library 9 a.m.−8:00 p.m. American Folklife Center 3 p.m.−8:00 p.m. Music 3 p.m.−8:00 p.m. National Digital Newspaper Program 3 p.m.−8:00 p.m. Veterans History Project 3 p.m.−8:00 p.m.

Presentation Schedule Law.gov, Congress.gov Robert Brammer 10:30–11:00 a.m. Mapping the West with Ralph Ehrenberg, 11:10–11:40 a.m. Lewis & Clark Herman Viola Copyright Primer Bill Roberts 11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. WWI Sheet Music Paul Fraunfelter 12:20–12:50 p.m. That All May Read Richard Smith 1–1:30 p.m. Revolution Richard Brown 1:40–2:10 p.m. Chronicling America Deborah Thomas 2:15–2:45 p.m. We Cannot Live Without Stephen Winick 2:50–3:40 p.m. Folklife LOC In the Classroom Kathleen 3:40–4:10 p.m. McGuigan To Know Wisdom & Lee Avdoyan 4:15–4:45 p.m. Instruction World Digital Library Mark Cooper 4:50–5:20 p.m. VHP Lisa Taylor 5:25–6 p.m.

Apply for Parking Permits Now Sing with the LOC Chorale

The Parking Program Office will accept applications from Aug. The Library of Congress Chorale will hold 23 through 5 p.m. on Sept. 4 for the next parking cycle (Oct. 4– the first rehearsal of its fall 2015 season on April 2). Sept. 2 at noon in Room 516A of the Madison Building. Weekly rehearsals are one hour, and Eligible staff members can apply online at http://staff.loc.gov/ there will be a concert in December. Come sites/iss/parking-information/ (click “parking-permit application”). sing Elgar and Vivaldi with us! Contact Andrew Additional information may be obtained by visiting www.loc.gov/ Druliner at [email protected] for more staff/iss/ or by calling the Parking Program Office at 7-5822. information. 8 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GAZETTE AUGUST 28, 2015

CALENDAR AUGUST training and floor exercise. 12:15 p.m., LA G-06. Contact 28 FRIDAY Aerobics Class: High-Low. 12:30 p.m., LC Wellness [email protected]. Noon, LC Wellness Center, Center, LA B-36. Contact Film: “The Public Enemy” Aerobics Class: Strength 7- 86 37. training and floor exercise. LA B-36. Contact 7-8637. (Warner Bros., 1931). 7:30 Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA Bloomsday Camerata: Yoga/Pilates: Start at your p.m., Packard Campus B-36. Contact 7-8637. Reading aloud Poe’s tales. own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. Theater, Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-3013. Contact 7-9994. Film: “The Longest Day” Noon, LM 227. Contact (20th Century Fox, 1962). 7-6971. SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 7:30 p.m., Packard Campus Meditation: Open to all. 3 THURSDAY 4 FRIDAY Theater, Culpeper, Va. 12:15 p.m., LA G-06 and LM Lecture: Matthew Thomas Aerobics Class: Strength Contact 7-9994. 507. Contact [email protected] Miller, Roshan Institute training and floor exercise. and [email protected]. AUGUST research fellow at the Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA SEPTEMBER University of Maryland, B-36. Contact 7-8637. 29 SATURDAY presents “Embodying the WEDNESDAY Film: “Venus of the South 2 Beloved: (Homo)eroticism SEPTEMBER Seas” (Davis Distributing Gallery Talk: John Y. Cole, and Embodiment in Medieval SATURDAY Division, 1924). 7:30 p.m., director of the Library of 5 Sufism.” Noon, African and Event: The Library of Packard Campus Theater, Congress Center for the Middle Eastern Division Culpeper, Va. Contact 7-9994. Book, presents “Jefferson Congress National Book Reading Room. Contact Festival celebrates its 15th AUGUST and the Library of Congress.” 7-4518. Noon, Southwest Pavilion, anniversary with a wealth 31 MONDAY Jefferson Building. Contact Aerobics Class: High-Low. of notable authors, evening Yoga/Pilates: Start at your 7-0185. Noon, LC Wellness Center, LA activities and expanded own level. 1 p.m., LM SB-02. B-36. Contact 7-8637. genre pavilions. 10 a.m.–10 Forum: Bible study. Open p.m., Walter E. Washington Contact 7-3013. to all. 12:05 p.m., LM 542. Yoga: Noon, LM SB-02. Contact 7-5984. Convention Center. Visit www. SEPTEMBER Contact [email protected]. loc.gov/bookfest/. Contact 1 TUESDAY Aerobics Class: Strength Meditation: Open to all. 7-5221.

BOOK FESTIVAL, continued from page 1 • Erdrich, author of critically O’Connor (“The Woman in Gold”). Wash- acclaimed novels “Love Medicine” and ington Post film critic Ann Hornaday will ton), weathermen (Al Roker), cartoonists “The Plague of Doves,” will receive moderate. (“Pearls Before Swine” creator Stephan the third Library of Congress Prize for The festival has an evening fling with Pastis) and one moon-walking astronaut: American Fiction in recognition of life- literary love: the first program devoted to Buzz Aldrin, author of a new children’s time achievement in writing fiction that romance fiction, the second-best-selling book. explores the American experience. category in the publishing business. The Special programs highlight the day A complete list of special programs program features three of the genre’s best- and evening sessions: is available at www.loc.gov/bookfest/ loved writers – Sarah MacLean (“Never • In honor of the 200th anniversary information/specialprogramming. Judge a Lady by Her Cover”), Beverly of the purchase of Thomas Jefferson’s For the second straight year, the fes- Jenkins (“Destiny’s Captive”) and Paige personal library by the Library of Con- tival will extend into the late hours – this Tyler (“Wolf Trouble”). gress, Rare Book and Special Collec- year with poetry, movies and romance. The festival again provides a show- tions Division chief Mark Dimunation will The festival again will stage a youth case for its host – the Library. The Library host presentations by “American Sphinx” poetry slam – a competition that drew a of Congress Pavilion features exhibitions author Joseph Ellis, Annette Gordon-Reed raucous standing-room-only crowd for its by 13 offices and 10 presentations that (“The Hemingses of Monticello”), Jon 2014 festival debut. The event this year highlight services, collections and pub- Meacham (“Thomas Jefferson: The Art features teen poets from the District of lications. of Power”) and Henry Wiencek (“Master Columbia, Los Angeles, Houston and Chi- Those presentations explore, for of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and cago – and a celebrity judge who knows example, World War I sheet music, map- His Slaves”). a thing or two about poetry: Herrera, the ping the West with Lewis and Clark, • “Greatest Generation” author Tom new U.S. poet laureate. Congress.gov, the World Digital Library Brokaw and Pulitzer Prize-winner Atkin- At Books to Movies, author A. Scott and Chronicling America. The complete son are among eight authors who will Berg (“Genius”) will present a multimedia schedule for the pavilion is on page 7 explore “The Human Side of War,” a trib- overview of the film industry, then join a and at www.loc.gov/bookfest/lcpavilion. ute to American warriors of the past 75 panel discussion about film adaptations The complete schedule of events, and years. Veterans History Project Director with Lawrence Wright (“Going Clear,” his other information about the festival, is Robert Patrick hosts the program. book on Scientology) and Anne-Marie available at www.loc.gov/bookfest/. u

Request ADA accommodations for events five business days in advance at 7-6362 or [email protected]. See www.loc.gov/loc/events for the Library’s online calendar.