ICYMI: Congratulations to the Library’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song Honoree Garth Brooks for his CMA Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Award. Here’s Garth talking to us about his musical influences. Brooks will receive the prize at an all-star tribute concert in Washington, D.C., in March 2020. The concert will air on PBS stations nationwide in spring 2020 (a broadcast date will be confirmed at a later time). The program also will be broadcast via the American Forces Network

Today’s Best of the National Book Festival features author Don DeLillo, honored at the 2013 festival to receive the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Watch the full video on the festival blog: http://blogs.loc.gov/national-book-festival/2020/05/best-of-the-national-book-festival-don-delillo-2013/?loclr=fbloc | The Library of Congress

The Library is home to the Veterans History Project. VHP’s mission is to collect and preserve the stories of American war veterans. We encourage you to see and hear more of these kinds of stories at loc.gov/vets, where you can also learn how to donate items to VHP’s collections. You can learn more about Colonel John Edward Stavast via the link in our Instagram bio. Happy #VeteransDay! #veterans #vietnamwar #usveterans #archivesveterans | The Library of Congress

Tonight: Cap off your 2020 National Book Festival Weekend with this spectacular two-hour PBS special hosted by Hoda Kotb and featuring an impressive group of authors, including Colson Whitehead, Madeleine Albright, Melinda Gates, John Grisham & many more. Sunday 9/27 6pm ET on many PBS stations (check local listings) or streaming now at https://www.pbs.org/show/library-congress-national-book-festival/ | The Library of Congress