Library of America is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to preserving America's best and most significant writing.
www.loa.org
Library of America
Founding myths, landmark victories, and the promise embedded in the phrase “We the People” were the focus of a recent House of SpeakEasy event at Joe’s Pub marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Watch the video, including opening remarks from LOA’s president Max Rudin.
He is simply our greatest living features writer, an American treasure, and a supreme master of nonfiction. New from @libraryofamerica.bsky.social John McPhee, Encounters in Wild America.
“The work of writing poems, or publishing books, is like the work of picking apples, or mowing hay, or chopping wood,” notes LOA president Max Rudin in his keynote at the 2026 @whitingfoundation.bsky.social Awards. Read his full remarks on the invaluable work of creating (and preserving) literature.
Author, podcaster, and Avett Brothers bassist Bob Crawford discussed his new book on John Quincy Adams, America’s Founding Son @zandoprojects.bsky.social, and his era with LOA. "The case I make in this book is he’s our greatest public servant." Watch the interview and read the transcript on loa.org.
Read John Muir’s awe-inspiring nature writings before you graduate, urges @theatlantic.com. “This more-than-900-page book ... is pretty close to a perfect antidote to the cynicism undergirding so much digital slop.” www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
Celebrated novelist William Kennedy, the author of Ironweed, joins LOA LIVE on June 22 for a special conversation with Paul Grondahl, editor of the just-published Library of America edition of the Albany Trilogy. RSVP now for this free online program with one of our greatest living writers.
LOA volumes are going on a road trip this summer with the House of SpeakEasy! Starting June 9, they’ll distribute 6,000 free books as part of a weeklong America 250 bookmobile tour hitting up 28 cities. It’s like an ice cream truck, but with books! More info via @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
It was with deep sadness that we learned of the death of historian Gordon S. Wood yesterday. A longtime friend and advisor to LOA, he helped shepherd five volumes to print, including a landmark edition of writings from the American Revolution. Read our tribute: www.loa.org/news-and-vie...
That's an Earthsea box from @libraryofamerica.bsky.social, y'all.
I am humbled but not surprised that The Black Fantastic was nominated for the British Science Fiction Association Awards, the Locus Awards, AND the Ignyte Awards. The authors & stories are 🔥🔥🔥🔥. @libraryofamerica.bsky.social made the right call. We're in good company.
Library of America
Brad Craft
“Figuring things out” is a lifelong endeavor, but these titles offer inspiration for young adults finding their way.
On June 9, the organization’s Bookmobile will embark on a 27-day tour of 28 cities across the original 13 colonies, distributing 6,000 free books. The truck will carry titles from Library of America, ...
It is with deep sadness that we learn of the death of historian Gordon S. Wood at the age of 92. Wood was a longtime friend and advisor to the Library of America who generously shared his incomparable...
John Quincy Adams was the great visionary of America’s post-founding era, a writer and orator of consummate skill who reframed the origins and principles of the republic for a new generation. It’s fit...
Library of America has long been an enthusiastic supporter of the Whiting Awards, given annually to ten exceptional emerging writers. At this year’s ceremony, held in New York City on April 15, LOA pr...
The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works (4/5):
The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories: ED. @andrecarrington.bsky.social
