Q&A with LCM: Interviews with Library of Congress Magazine

The Library’s Sheryl Cannady talks with Carla Hayden, who discusses her decision to become a librarian and her plans as the new Librarian of Congress.

The Library’s Sheryl Cannady talks with poet Charles Wright, who discusses the work and experience of serving as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. Wright was named Poet Laureate in 2014 and served to 2015, and is the author of 24 collections of poems.

Karen Keninger, newly-appointed director of the National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped at the Library of Congress, discusses with Jon Munshaw her work managing the Library’s free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.

The Library’s Sheryl Cannady chats with Michael Lothian, a member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, where he sits as the Marquess of Lothian. A member of the British Parliament and descendant of King John, Lord Lothian discusses Magna Carta’s legacy.

Renowned singer-pianist Michael Feinstein, a proponent of the Great American Songbook, talks about the importance of sound preservation and the Library’s National Recording Preservation Board, an organization dedicated to safeguarding America’s audio heritage.

Renowned singer/songwriter Bonnie Raitt remembers her father, a legend of the Broadway stage, whose papers have joined the collections at the Library of Congress.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro discusses the political acumen of Lyndon B. Johnson. His latest bestseller, “The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson,” is the fourth volume of the critically praised series about the 36th president.