Jan 29 Jeffrey Brown Reports from Sundance By Arts Desk Our own Jeffrey Brown has been at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival this week as a juror for the World Cinema Documentary category. Continue reading
Jan 28 J.D. Salinger Dies at Age 91 By Tom LeGro J.D. Salinger, the author of the classic modern novel about teenage rebellion, "The Catcher in the Rye," has died. He was 91 and had lived for decades in isolation in a small, remote house in Cornish, N.H. Continue reading
Jan 28 NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Answers Your Questions By Tom LeGro I recently had the chance to talk with new NEA chairman Rocco Landesman for an interview we aired earlier this month, and invited you to send us your questions and comments for him. We compiled them and put them to… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch J.D. Salinger, American Literary Icon, Dies at 91 J.D. Salinger, the enigmatic American author best known for his classic novel "Catcher in the Rye" died Wednesday at the age of 91. Jim Lehrer talks to experts about the author's influence on American literature. Continue watching
Jan 26 Conversation: Salman Ahmad, Musician and Author of ‘Rock & Roll Jihad’ By Arts Desk Like every teenager in America, Salman Ahmad wanted to be a rock star. He played in garage bands and listened to Led Zeppelin. Continue reading
Jan 25 Weekly Poem: ‘Ports of Sorrow’ By Tom LeGro Patrick Sylvain is a Haitian-American writer, essayist and poet, and instructor of Haitian language and culture at Brown University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Continue reading