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| Literary Guide to the 2022 Oscar The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the winners of the first Academy Awards on February 18, 1929. The first award recipients' names were printed on the back page of the academy's newsletter. A few days later, Variety published the information-on page seven. Spearheaded by movie mogul Louis B. Mayer, the Academy was organized in May 1927 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and improvement of the film industry. The first awards went to movies produced in 1927 and 1928. Though the announcements were made in February 1929, the actual awards weren't given out until May 16, 1929, in a ceremony and banquet held in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Some 270 people attended the dinner, many paying $5 each for a ticket. The first Academy Award winners received gold statuettes designed by art director Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley. Here's a literary guide to this year's Oscar hopefuls. Check them out here |
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| Books on the Air An overview of talked-about books and authors. This weekly update, published every Friday, provides descriptions of recent TV and radio appearances by authors and their recently released books. See the hot titles from the media this week. |
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| In Memoriam-P.J. O'Rourke Author, journalist and political satirist P.J. O'Rourke has died. O'Rourke wrote more than twenty books about a range of topics, from politics to cars, and he was a longtime panelist on the NPR show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!. According to his publisher, Grove Atlantic, O'Rourke passed away due to complications from lung cancer. He was 74. O'Rourke began his career writing for the National Lampoon, and later led the foreign affairs desk at Rolling Stone, where he covered world politics from the Persian Gulf to the Philippines. His books Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance both reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Later in life he contributed to more conservative outlets including The Weekly Standard and served as the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute. Check out his books here. |
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| Biographies and Memoirs to Illuminate Black History These recent nonfiction releases take an up-close and personal look at Black Americans with incredible stories. Check them out here |
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| Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.-Toni Morrison
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