Links of Interest

Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, is a world-class research center on Shakespeare and on the early modern age in the West... The Folger is known for its wide array of scholarly and public programs. These include plays, concerts, literary readings, family activities, and exhibitions, as well as numerous K-12 and college programs for students and teachers.

The Lannan Foundation
Lannan Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities... The Literary program was established in 1987 to support the creation of exceptional poetry and prose written originally in the English language and to increase the audience for contemporary literature. The foundation honors writers and poets whose work reflects and changes our understanding of the world as well as literary nonprofit organizations that have similar goals.

National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian is the sixteenth museum of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.

The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves... The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

DC Poetry
DCPoetry.com exists primarily to promote three readings series in Washington, DC -- Ruthless Grip at Washington Printmakers Gallery, in your ear at the D.C. Arts Center, and Bridge Street Books -- and the work of poets featured therein... The site also attempts to document some of the history of alternative or non-mainstream poetry activity in D.C. by gathering already-existing information and new contributions from those who were and are involved in the scene.

DC Poetry Readings
4 luv of poetry is a public service site that provides information about open mic readings, slams, calls for submissions, and upcoming events ordinarily revolving around poetry and the spoken word community.