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A u n i q u e u n d e r t a k i n g : T o c e l e b r a t e t h e w o r d s t h a t h a v e s h a p e d A m e r i c a .
P u b l i s h i n g a u t h o r i t a t i v e n e w e d i t i o n s o f A m e r i c a n l i t e r a t u r e .
P u b l i s h i n g a u t h o r i t a t i v e n e w e d i t i o n s o f A m e r i c a n l i t e r a t u r e .
P r e s e r v i n g t h e w o r d s t h a t b u i l t A m e r i c a .
L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a , a n o n p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n , c h a m p i o n s o u r n a t i o n ’ s c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e b y p u b l i s h i n g A m e r i c a ’ s g r e a t e s t w r i t i n g i n a u t h o r i t a t i v e n e w e d i t i o n s a n d p r o v i d i n g r e s o u r c e s f o r r e a d e r s t o e x p l o r e t h i s r i c h , l i v i n g l e g a c y . W i d e l y r e c o g n i z e d a s t h e d e f i n i t i v e c o l l e c t i o n o f A m e r i c a n w r i t i n g , L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a e d i t i o n s e n c o m p a s s a l l p e r i o d s a n d g e n r e s — i n c l u d i n g a c k n o w l e d g e d c l a s s i c s , n e g l e c t e d m a s t e r p i e c e s , a n d h i s t o r i c a l l y i m p o r t a n t d o c u m e n t s a n d t e x t s — a n d s h o w c a s e t h e v i t a l i t y a n d v a r i e t y o f A m e r i c a ’ s l i t e r a r y l e g a c y . A d d i t i o n a l p u b l i c p r o g r a m s , d i g i t a l r e s o u r c e s , a n d c o m m u n i t y p a r t n e r s h i p s h e l p r e a d e r s w o r l d w i d e m a k e m e a n i n g f u l c o n n e c t i o n s w i t h t h e n a t i o n ’ s w r i t t e n h e r i t a g e . “ T h e r e ’ s n o t h i n g l i k e L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a , i t ’ s a n a t i o n a l t r e a s u r e — t r u e t o t h e p r o t e a n , m u l t i - v o c a l , d e m o c r a t i c s p i r i t o f A m e r i c a i t s e l f . ” — T o n y K u s h n e r ( P u l i t z e r P r i z e – w i n n i n g p l a y w r i g h t )
M o r e t h a n a p u b l i s h e r , L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a i s a v i t a l p a r t o f t h e c u l t u r a l l a n d s c a p e — a n i n v a l u a b l e p o r t a l t h r o u g h w h i c h t h e w o r d s a n d i d e a s t h a t f o r m e d a n d c o n t i n u e t o s h a p e A m e r i c a c a n e n r i c h o u r l i v e s f o r y e a r s t o c o m e . C l i c k h e r e t o s e e a c o p y o f o u r c u r r e n t A n n u a l R e p o r t .
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W h y L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a ? “ A m e r i c a i s h a r d t o s e e , ” p o e t l a u r e a t e R o b e r t F r o s t f a m o u s l y w r o t e . A l t h o u g h i n t h i s p o e m F r o s t a l l u d e d t o C o l u m b u s ’ s d i f f i c u l t y i n n a v i g a t i n g t o w a r d t h e s e s h o r e s , h i s w o r d s r e s o n a t e w i t h t h e c o n t i n u e d c h a l l e n g e o f c l e a r l y u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n a t i o n s o d i v e r s e a n d s o c o m p l e x . H o w , t h e n , d o w e g a i n a t r u e v i e w o f A m e r i c a ? T a k e n t o g e t h e r , t h e w r i t i n g s o f t h e F o u n d e r s , t h e p o e m s o f F r o s t a n d W a l t W h i t m a n , t h e n o v e l s a n d s t o r i e s o f M a r k T w a i n a n d E d i t h W h a r t o n , t h e s l a v e n a r r a t i v e s o f F r e d e r i c k D o u g l a s s a n d W i l l i a m W e l l s B r o w n , t h e e s s a y s o f H e n r y D a v i d T h o r e a u , J a m e s B a l d w i n , a n d S u s a n S o n t a g , t h e s p e e c h e s a n d l e t t e r s o f A b r a h a m L i n c o l n a n d T h e o d o r e R o o s e v e l t , t h e l y r i c s o f C o l e P o r t e r a n d I r a G e r s h w i n , a n d m a n y o t h e r e x c e p t i o n a l w o r k s o f A m e r i c a n w r i t i n g b e g i n t o r e v e a l t h e c o u n t r y ’ s m u l t i - f a c e t e d i d e n t i t y . T h e s e w r i t i n g s a r e o u r s h a r e d b i r t h r i g h t . E v e r y o n e s h o u l d h a v e a c c e s s t o t h e e n j o y m e n t a n d e n l i g h t e n m e n t t h e y p r o v i d e . Y e t t h e c l o s i n g o f b r i c k - a n d - m o r t a r b o o k s t o r e s a n d t h e l o s s o f m a n y b o o k r e v i e w p a g e s h a v e g r e a t l y e r o d e d t h e p o t e n t i a l f o r p e o p l e t o b r o w s e a n d d i s c o v e r i m p o r t a n t b o o k s . T h r o u g h t h e m a i n s t r e a m m e d i a , r e a d e r s l e a r n o f o n l y a h a n d f u l o f t h e m o s t p o p u l a r a n d b e s t s e l l i n g b o o k s . W h i l e m i l l i o n s o f t i t l e s a r e n o w a v a i l a b l e i n l i b r a r i e s a n d t h r o u g h o n l i n e r e t a i l e r s , t h e r e a r e f e w p l a c e s t o t u r n f o r g u i d a n c e i n f i n d i n g a n d a p p r e c i a t i n g t h e e x c e p t i o n a l w r i t i n g t h a t b e s t r e f l e c t s t h i s c o u n t r y ’ s h i s t o r y a n d c u l t u r e . T o a d d r e s s t h i s n e e d , L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a p u b l i s h e s c a r e f u l l y c u r a t e d e d i t i o n s o f w o r k s b y t h e g r e a t e s t a n d m o s t s i g n i f i c a n t A m e r i c a n w r i t e r s a n d d e v e l o p s n a t i o n w i d e a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l i n i t i a t i v e s t o h e l p r e a d e r s d i s c o v e r t h e s e t i m e l e s s w o r k s . I n N e w Y o r k C i t y , w e a l s o e n g a g e r e a d e r s i n a d e e p e r a p p r e c i a t i o n o f A m e r i c a n w r i t i n g w i t h l o c a l p r o g r a m s o n l i t e r a r y a n d h i s t o r i c a l t o p i c s a n d t h e i r c o n t i n u e d r e l e v a n c e . R e a d e r s v a l u e t h e t i m e l e s s w o r k s p u b l i s h e d i n L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a c o l l e c t i o n s a n d c a n e n c o u n t e r t h i s w r i t i n g i n a v a r i e t y o f w a y s . W e s e r v e t h o u s a n d s o f s u b s c r i b e r s t o t h e L O A s e r i e s a n d t o L O A ’ s f r e e d i g i t a l S t o r y o f t h e W e e k . L O A v o l u m e s a r e a v a i l a b l e i n b o o k s t o r e s a n d o n l i n e r e t a i l e r s a n d i n p u b l i c l i b r a r i e s a n d u n i v e r s i t i e s w o r l d w i d e . T o d a t e , m o r e t h a n 8 m i l l i o n c o p i e s o f L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a v o l u m e s h a v e b e e n s o l d .
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H i s t o r y L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a w a s l o n g a d r e a m o f t h e l i t e r a r y c r i t i c E d m u n d W i l s o n ( 1 8 9 5 – 1 9 7 2 ) , w h o w a s c o n c e r n e d t h a t m a n y w o r k s b y A m e r i c a ’ s b e s t w r i t e r s w e r e e i t h e r o u t o f p r i n t o r n e a r l y i m p o s s i b l e t o f i n d . W i t h o u t a d e l i b e r a t e p u b l i s h i n g e f f o r t t o p r e s e r v e A m e r i c a n w r i t i n g a n d m a k e i t w i d e l y a v a i l a b l e , m a n y i m p o r t a n t w o r k s w o u l d d i s a p p e a r f r o m t h e c u l t u r a l c o n v e r s a t i o n . A s a c o n s e q u e n c e , d e p r i v e d o f a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f t h e i r c u l t u r a l i n h e r i t a n c e , A m e r i c a n s w o u l d l o s e a c o l l e c t i v e s e n s e o f t h e c o u n t r y ’ s l i t e r a r y a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d t h e v i t a l r o l e w r i t i n g h a s p l a y e d i n o u r h i s t o r y . L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a r a n t h i s a d i n T h e N e w Y o r k T i m e s i n 1 9 8 2 t o a n n o u n c e i t s m i s s i o n a n d i t s f i r s t p u b l i s h e d v o l u m e s . L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a r a n t h i s a d i n T h e N e w Y o r k T i m e s i n 1 9 8 2 t o a n n o u n c e i t s m i s s i o n a n d i t s f i r s t p u b l i s h e d v o l u m e s . L O A ’ S F O U N D E R S I N C L U D E D ● D a n i e l A a r o n ( P r o f e s s o r o f A m e r i c a n s t u d i e s a t H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y a n d E d m u n d W i l s o n ’ s l i t e r a r y e x e c u t o r ) ● D a n i e l A a r o n ( P r o f e s s o r o f A m e r i c a n s t u d i e s a t H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y a n d E d m u n d W i l s o n ’ s l i t e r a r y e x e c u t o r )
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W a t c h : T h i s t h r e e - m i n u t e v i d e o p r e s e n t s L O A ’ s m i s s i o n , p u b l i s h i n g , a n d c o m m u n i t y o u t r e a c h . ( V i d e o : L o s A n g e l e s T i m e s )
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F r o m p o e t r y , n o v e l s , a n d m e m o i r s t o j o u r n a l i s m , c r i m e w r i t i n g , a n d s c i e n c e f i c t i o n , t h e m o r e t h a n 3 0 0 v o l u m e s p u b l i s h e d b y L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a a r e w i d e l y r e c o g n i z e d a s A m e r i c a ’ s l i t e r a r y c a n o n . B e n e f i t s o f U s i n g S a f e C r y p t o C a s i n o s . O n e o f t h e m o s t c a p t i v a t i n g r e a s o n s p e o p l e d r i f t t o w a r d s A u s t r a l i a n c a s i n o s o n l i n e - c a s i n o - a u c o m i s t h e p r o m i s e o f a n o n y m i t y . S a f e p l a t f o r m s g u a r a n t e e t h a t y o u r i d e n t i t y r e m a i n s a s e c r e t . Q u i c k P a y o u t s a n d M i n i m a l F e e s . N o o n e l i k e s w a i t i n g , e s p e c i a l l y f o r w i n n i n g s . S a f e c r y p t o c a s i n o s e n s u r e t h a t p a y o u t s a r e s w i f t a n d t h e f e e s m i n i m a l , i f n o t n o n - e x i s t e n t .
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W i t h c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m d o n o r s , L i b r a r y o f A m e r i c a p r e s e r v e s a n d c e l e b r a t e s a v i t a l p a r t o f o u r c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e f o r g e n e r a t i o n s t o c o m e . O z w i n C a s i n o o f f e r s a n e x c i t i n g a r r a y o f t o p - n o t c h s l o t s t h a t c a t e r t o e v e r y p l a y e r ' s p r e f e r e n c e s . F r o m c l a s s i c f r u i t m a c h i n e s t o c u t t i n g - e d g e v i d e o s l o t s , O z w i n C a s i n o R e a l M o n e y c o l l e c t i o n h a s i t a l l . W i t h s t u n n i n g g r a p h i c s , i m m e r s i v e t h e m e s , a n d s e a m l e s s g a m e p l a y , t h e s e s l o t s d e l i v e r a n u n p a r a l l e l e d g a m i n g e x p e r i e n c e . S o m e p o p u l a r t i t l e s i n c l u d e M e g a M o o l a h , G o n z o ' s Q u e s t , a n d S t a r b u r s t , k n o w n f o r t h e i r m a s s i v e j a c k p o t s a n d t h r i l l i n g b o n u s f e a t u r e s . O z w i n C a s i n o ' s s l o t s a r e n o t j u s t a b o u t l u c k ; t h e y o f f e r h o u r s o f e n t e r t a i n m e n t a n d t h e c h a n c e t o w i n b i g , m a k i n g i t a m u s t - v i s i t f o r s l o t e n t h u s i a s t s .
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