The Ukazoo Books Blog
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2009
The 81st Annual Academy Awards airs tonight at 8, and being movie geeks, almost as much as we are book geeks, we’ve got our fingers crossed for our favorites. It’s no surprise that our favorites started out on the written page.
Nominated for Best Picture is The Reader, based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink. Then, [...]
Posted in Literary History, Opinion on Feb 25th, 2009
The first issue of New Yorker magazine hit the stands 84 years ago today. It was founded by Harold Ross, who wanted to create a humor magazine that covered life in New York City … social, cultural, and literary. Ross had a knack for getting his buddies from the Algonquin Round Table to contribute to the magazine and early [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2009
We know we’re nearly a decade into the 21st century, but we’re taking our time, making sure it’s not some kind of fad. Now that it’s 2009, though, we’re convinced that this new century is here to stay, at least for a while, so we’re stepping into it by starting this blog. We already have a website (www.ukazoo.com), which provides [...]