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| Notorious RBG From her lively questions to her scathing legal writing to her black velvet "dissent collar" she wore to indicate her disapproval of an opinion, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg built her career on the fight for women's rights. Before her days as a judge, she acted as general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), where she argued over 300 gender discrimination cases-six before the Supreme Court-and cofounded the ACLU's Women's Rights Project. As a civilian, Ginsburg earned a reputation as a dogged advocate for gender equality. As a judge, first during 13 years as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge, then during 27 years as a Supreme Court Justice, she built upon that legacy. Though she had a lifelong interest in gender equality, she was warned that to pursue a legal career that hinged on fighting discrimination against women was a nonstarter. Nevertheless, after being appointed Associate Justice by President Bill Clinton in 1993, Ginsburg authored some 200 opinions-and broke new ground for gender equality in the United States. Celebrate the life and legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and 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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| In Memoriam-Winston Groom Winston Groom, a Southern writer who found a measure of belated celebrity when his 1986 novel, "Forrest Gump," was made into the 1994 Oscar-winning film starring Tom Hanks, died on Thursday at his home in Fairhope, Ala. He was 77. Mr. Groom had published three well-regarded novels and a nonfiction finalist for a Pulitzer Prize-Conversations With the Enemy-when he wrote the book that would define him as a writer and turn the Gumpian phrase "life is like a box of chocolates" into a modern-day proverb. After attending the University of Alabama, where he edited humor and literary magazines and was a member of the ROTC, Mr. Groom was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry in 1965 and was shipped out to Vietnam the following year. War was a formative experience, and one that would find its way into much of his writing. Check out his books here. |
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| Banned Books Week Banned Books Week (September 27-October 3, 2020) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community-librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types-in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. Check them out here |
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| Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you-Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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