Robert Casper is the Head of the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress.

On July 25, 2017, O, Miami and The Betsy Writer's Room present an evening with Rob Casper and Matthea Harvey.

O, Miami director P. Scott Cunningham leads a discussion with Casper, the current head of the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress, about the state of poetry in America, the process for selecting the Poet Laureate of the United States, and the role of publishing in contemporary culture.

The talk is followed by a reading by award-winning poet Matthea Harvey.