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Thursday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, fears from Britain about loaning the Cyrus Cylinder and a real Museum of Innocence for Orhan Pamuk.

FBI File Provides Key to Revealing Civil Rights Photographer's Spying

This week, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that celebrated civil rights-era photographer Ernest Withers had been a paid informant for the FBI, reporting on the whereabouts and activities of the movement's leaders -- many of whom considered him a…

Author Per Petterson Reads from Newly Translated Novel "I Curse the River of Time"

Norwegian author Per Petterson reads from his novel "I Curse this River of Time."…

Mexico Dispatch: Tijuana Is No Juarez, Residents Say

TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, Mexico | Toiling with a pile of wood planks in his garage turned woodshop, 46-year-old Roberto Carrillo exclaims without hesitation: "Tijuana is not Ciudad Juarez. We don't have the level of violence that you read…

Wednesday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, David Foster Wallace's last, unfinished work will be published next year.

Texas Poet Twists Newsprint Into Verse

Austin Kleon is a Texas-based poet, writer, cartoonist and designer. He's found a playful way of making poetry from discarded newspapers, as demonstrated in his new book "Newspaper Blackout." Jeffrey Brown reports as part of the NewsHour's poetry series.

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Mexico Dispatch: Perception vs. Reality at One Beach Town

ROSARITO BEACH, Mexico | Walking or driving down boulevard Benito Juarez, the main street of Rosarito Beach, gives no hints of the struggles this tourist community has been fighting for the past four years. As the sun sinks over…

Tuesday on the NewsHour: Austin Kleon's 'Newspaper Blackout'

Austin Kleon is a Texas-based poet, writer, cartoonist and designer. He's found a playful way of making poetry from the newspaper. His first book, "Newspaper Blackout," was published this summer.

Update | Mott's Strike Settled: Workers Returning to Apple Sauce Factory

By Paul Solman

There was considerable viewer interest in last week's story on increased U.S. productivity being caused by a reservoir of unemployed workers, allowing firms to pressure workers to toil longer and harder for the same or lower wages. Our…

Tuesday's Art Notes

In today's arts and culture headlines, a photographer who made some of the most famous images of the Civil Rights era was also spying on his subjects.