LITERATURE

Addresses

Presentation of Medal of Freedom to Harper Lee: President Bush, E2512 [6DE]

Articles and editorials

For the Record, E2639 [19DE]

Martin Luther King Papers Go on Display, H527 [16JA]

Town Hangs Hope on Holiday Trees—Project Spruces Up Morale After Layoffs, H7356 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions

Copyrights: promote innovation, encourage introduction of new technology, enhance library preservation efforts, and protect fair use rights of consumers (see H.R. 1201), H1967 [27FE]

Free Comic Book Day: observance (see H. Res. 374), H4486 [3MY]

Hurston, Zora Neale: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 59), H1272 [6FE]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 91), S2355 [28FE]

Simic, Charles: selection as Poet Laureate of the U.S. (see S. Res. 304), S10902 [3AU]

Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 374), S1057 [24JA]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 548), S1848 [12FE] (see H.R. 1524), H2570 [14MR]

———designate overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 218), H118 [5JA]

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 324), H3694 [19AP]

Letters

Authorship of the Dasam Granth: Gurmit Singh Aulakh, Council of Khalistan, E73 [11JA]

Poems

``Around the Corner,'' Charles H. Towne, H4762 [10MY]

``At a Way Ed,'' Albert C. Caswell, E635 [23MR]

``Easter Morn,'' Louise Lewin Matthews, S4154 [29MR]

``Face of Courage,'' Albert C. Caswell, S8405 [26JN]

``Farewell! But Whenever You Welcome the Hour,'' Thomas Moore, S7035 [5JN]

``Ghost of Abercrombie,'' Representative Pascrell, E1778 [4AU]

``God, Give Us Men!,'' Josiah G. Holland, S13403 [25OC]

``Great Men,'' Ralph Waldo Emerson, S4422 [12AP]

``I Am From God,'' Dustin L. Workman II, S10777 [2AU]

``In Our Search for the Truth,'' Albert C. Caswell, E579 [19MR]

``In the Game of Life,'' Albert C. Caswell, E578 [19MR]

``Life,'' Charlotte Bronte, H1940 [27FE]

``May They Not Be Forgotten,'' James McNulty, S7842 [19JN]

``Morning Star,'' Albert C. Caswell, E2265 [29OC]

``Mother's Love'', S6011 [11MY]

``O Ship of State,'' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, S11539 [17SE]

``Ode to the Fallen Soldiers of Iraq,'' Liam Swan, E1513 [13JY]

``One Fine Thing,'' Albert C. Caswell, E2036 [1OC]

``Police Officer Prayer'', S228 [8JA]

``Promise of Thomas,'' Albert C. Caswell, S9772 [23JY]

``Psalm of Life,'' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, H1940 [27FE]

``Song of Life,'' Ella Wheeler Wilcox, H3674 [19AP]

``Spring,'' Christina Rosetti, S3702, S3703 [23MR]

``Still I Rise,'' Maya Angelou (excerpt), E2183 [18OC]

``Strange Fruit,'' Abel Meeropol, H14202 [5DE]

``Sunset Fancy'', S7035 [5JN]

``To an Early Daffodil,'' Amy Lowell, S3702 [23MR]

``Tribute to Nathan Goodiron,'' Albert C. Caswell, E1572 [19JY]

``We Are Virginia Tech,'' Nikki Giovanni, H3486, H3491 [18AP]

``West Virginia,'' Louise McNeill, S8052 [20JN]

``When I Must Leave You,'' Helen Steiner Rice, S7030 [5JN]

``You Are Our Heroes'', E436 [1MR]

Remarks in House

American Library Association: tribute, E1412 [26JN]

Bercovitch, Sacvan: American Studies Association Bode-Pearson Prize recipient, E2475 [4DE]

Carmel, CA: tribute to Carmel Writers Festival, E1973 [25SE]

Changing Hands (business): Publisher's Weekly (publication) Bookseller of the Year Award recipient, E1163 [25MY]

Colvin, Ruth: Presidential Medal of Freedom award recipient, E217 [30JA]

Copyrights: promote innovation, encourage introduction of new technology, enhance library preservation efforts, and protect fair use rights of consumers (H.R. 1201), E407 [27FE]

de Cristoforo, Violet: National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient, E1909 [18SE]

Denton, TX: tribute to Pecan Creek Elementary School students for book project to raise money to plant trees in Uganda, E2495 [5DE]

Douglasville, GA: tribute to Chestnut Log Middle School reading team, E1406 [25JN]

Great Britain: lawsuit against publisher of ``Alms for Jihad'' book, E1974 [25SE]

Green, Archie: Library of Congress Living Legend Award recipient, E1741 [4AU]

Hans, Patricia: New Jersey Council for the Humanities Teacher of the Year award recipient, E2253 [25OC]

Harris, Sarah: National Endowment for the Humanities ``Poetry Out Loud'' Michigan State Championship winner, E909 [2MY]

Lee, Harper: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, H13216 [7NO], E2512 [6DE]

Library Day on the Hill: observance, E1411 [26JN]

Martin, Katja: Library of Congress Letters About Literature competition winner, H7631 [11JY]

Monterey County, CA: National Steinbeck Center organizing of community participation in National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Program, H1933 [27FE]

National Bible Week: observance, H12483, H12484, H12485, H12486, H12711, H12712, H12713, H12714, H12715, H12717, H12725 [5NO], H12807 [6NO]

Read Across America Day: observance, E461 [5MR]

Smithtown, NY: anniversary of Smithtown Library, E2528 [10DE]

``Voices in Wartime'': tribute, H6166 [7JN]

Remarks in Senate

Lee, Harper: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, S13985 [6NO]

Martinez, Charles J.: Library of Congress Letters About Literature competition winner, S8604 [27JN]

National Bible Week: observance, S14736 [4DE]

Read Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 91), S2434 [28FE]

Simic, Charles: selection as Poet Laureate of the U.S. (S. Res. 304), S10986 [3AU]

Smith, Carley: Library of Congress Letters About Literature competition winner, S8604 [27JN]

Taxation: adjust capital gains treatment of art and collectibles and provide a deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (S. 374), S1059 [24JA]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (S. 548), S1851 [12FE]

Statements

Professor Sacvan Bercovitch: American Studies Association, E2475 [4DE]

Saudi Billionaire vs. Cambridge University Press—No Contest: Robert O. Collins, E1975 [25SE]

Summaries

Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act (H.R. 1201), E408 [27FE]

Texts of

S. 374, Art and Collectibles Capital Gains Tax Treatment Parity Act, S1060 [24JA]

S. 548, Artist-Museum Partnership Act, S1852 [12FE]

S. Res. 91, Read Across America Day, S2378, S2434 [28FE]

S. Res. 304, selection of Charles Simic as Poet Laureate of the U.S., S10943, S10986 [3AU]

Tributes

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.: tribute, E802 [19AP]