Dec 10 Jeffrey Brown: New Series Will Explore the Next Chapter of Reading It's six years ago now that I interviewed Philip Roth about his novel, "The Plot Against America," and his life as a writer. Near the end of that conversation, I asked Roth how he saw his own role, the… Continue reading
Dec 10 Conversation: Rick Moody and Andy Hunter By Arts Desk Author Rick Moody has just published a new short story titled "Some Contemporary Characters." But the delivery system was unusual: The story was "published" on a Twitter feed in serial tweets every 10 - 20 minutes over three days, with… Continue reading
Dec 10 Patchwork Nation: In One Boom Town, 'Simple Supper' Offers Community Relief By Online DA As the recession has dragged on in Eagle, Colo., a church dinner has provided relief to dozens of local residents hard hit by the economy's slide. Continue reading
Dec 10 School Opens Doors with Second Language Learners in Focus By Anna Shoup The New America School in Eagle County, Colo., opened three years ago to educate the area's Latino high school students. Continue reading
Dec 09 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Pianist Richard Glazier Is 'Crazy for' Gershwin By Arts Desk Movie musicals led a young Richard Glazier to the piano, first for classical training and then to develop a devotion to the music of a golden period of American songs, particularly the George and Ira Gershwin. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Pianist Glazier's Love for Gershwin is Here to Stay Pianist Richard Glazier speaks with Jeffrey Brown about his adoration for the music of George and Ira Gershwin. Continue watching
Dec 08 Our Correspondents' Picks of 2009 By Tom LeGro As the year draws to a close, and critics everywhere are drawing up their "Best Of" lists, we thought we'd enlist the PBS NewsHour mindshare to give us their picks for their favorite books, films, concerts and plays of 2009. Continue reading