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January 22, 2021
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 | Inaugural Tradition Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took their oaths of office on Wednesday using Bibles that are laden with personal meaning, writing new chapters in a long-running American tradition-and one that appears nowhere in the law. The Constitution does not require the use of a specific text for swearing-in ceremonies and specifies only the wording of the president's oath. That wording does not include the phrase "so help me God," but every modern president has appended it to their oaths and most have chosen symbolically significant Bibles for their inaugurations. That includes Biden, who used the same family Bible he has used twice when swearing in as vice president and seven times as senator from Delaware. The tradition of using a Bible dates as far back as the presidency itself, with the holy book used by George Washington later appearing on exhibit at the Smithsonian on loan from the Masonic lodge that provided it in 1789. Washington's Bible was later used for the oaths by Warren G. Harding, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. But not every president has used a Bible. Theodore Roosevelt took his 1901 oath without one after the death of William McKinley, while John Quincy Adams used a law book in 1825, according to his own account. Check out these titles |
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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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 | Kristin Hannah Kristin Hannah is an award-winning and bestselling author. Her novel, The Nightingale, has been published in 43 languages and is currently in movie production at TriStar Pictures, which also optioned her novel, The Great Alone. Her novel, Home Front has been optioned for film by 1492 Films with Chris Columbus attached to direct. Hannah was born in California. After Hannah graduated with a degree in Communication from the University of Washington, she worked at an advertising agency in Seattle. She graduated from law school at University of Puget Sound and practiced law in Seattle before becoming a full-time writer. She currently lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with her husband and their son. Check out her books here. |
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 | Inauguration Books for Kids Courtesy of Bookshop.org-books for kids to celebrate the inauguration of our next President. Check them out here |
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| The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it.-National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, during the inauguration ceremony
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