Dec 31 On Your New Year’s Eve NewsHour… AFGHAN ATTACK | The CIA announced today that seven of its employees were killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. Six others were injured. The dead included a mother of three who headed the targeted CIA post. Tonight, Jeffrey… Continue reading
Dec 31 The Decade in Literature By Arts Desk Books in the aughts were not all for naught: there were mega novels (like Jonathan Franzen's "The Corrections" and Junot Diaz's "The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"), a boom in book clubs, and the birth of the e-reader. Continue reading
Dec 31 The Decade in Film By Arts Desk From the fading dominance of the big screen to the prevalence of the small screen, the critical cinematic successes that came from abroad, and the return of the 3-D Hollywood blockbuster, we asked two critics to reflect on the films… Continue reading
Dec 31 Thursday on the NewsHour: Poetic Partnership By Tom LeGro You can watch Vera Pavlova read poems not shown on the program below and also check out our Poetry Series page for additional material. Continue reading
Dec 31 Vera Pavlova Reads ‘Eternalize Me Just a Bit’ and Other Poems By newshourpoetry Vera Pavlova was born in Moscow and began writing poetry at the age of 20. She is the author of 14 collections of poetry and the librettos to four operas and two cantatas. Her poems have been translated into 17… Continue reading
Dec 31 Russian Poet Vera Pavlova Celebrates Desire in New Collection By Margaret Myers A profile of Russian poet Vera Pavlova, who will release her first collection of poems in English, "If There is Something to Desire," next month. Continue reading
Dec 31 A Look at Google Books By Tom LeGro In another in our series about the future of literature and literacy, Spencer Michels looks at internet giant Google's controversial plan to offer millions of books online. Continue reading