Around the Nation

_Here are some of the latest and greatest culture stories from public broadcasters around the nation._   - Last week, "Tamim Al-Barghouti":http://tamimbarghouti.net/Tamimweb/English/index.htm, a Palestinian writer born in Cairo, wrote a poem that has been embraced by the revolutionary movement. Studio 360's Kurt Andersen "talks to":http://studio360.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/poetry-at-the-revolution/ Al-Barghouti about how his poem has inspired protesters. ["Studio 360":http://beta.studio360.org/] - "Read an interview":http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/voices/the-role-of-the-artist-in-troubled-times/6921/ with Alan Riding, author of _And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris_, a recent book about the role of the artist in politics and society during times of turmoil. "[Need to Know]":http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/   - A new application for iPhones and iPads called "Storyville":http://www.storyvilleapp.com/ sends subscribers one new or classic short story by America's best contemporary authors every week. The man behind the app is Paul Vidich, a former AOL and Time Warner executive who wanted to bring short stories back to the masses. Thirteen's Bookish site "talks to":http://www.thirteen.org/bookish/storyville/ Vidich about his hopes for reviving the form as part of pop culture. "[Thirteen]":http://www.thirteen.org/   - Watch a "story":http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=80,1&pid=JV6qgAdOnEHpOimGKM8IHebJmlcy_lCa about a choreographer in Evanston, Ill., who adapted C.S. Lewis' "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" for high school-aged dancers. "[WTTW]":www.wttw.com
  - The new MTV series "_Skins_":http://www.mtv.com/shows/skins/series.jhtml has been called "the most dangerous television show for children," by the "Parents Television Council":http://www.parentstv.org/. "Listen to a discussion":http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2011/01/25/mtv-skins with Bob Thompson, founding director of "Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture":http://tvcenter.syr.edu/ at Syracuse University about the show. "[Here & Now]":http://hereandnow.wbur.org/