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Rocker, Poet Jim Carroll Dies at Age 60

Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," passed away Friday at the age of 60.

Celebrating a Duchamp Masterwork

During the last two decades of his life, Marcel Duchamp appeared to have given up art for chess, publically claiming he had gone underground. But hidden in his New York apartment was the final, enigmatic piece he had been working…

Conversation: Oxford American Takes On Southern Literature

By Arts Desk

The Oxford American bills itself as "the Southern Magazine of Good Writing." This month the emphasis is on the good and the truly great, as the magazine offers its first ever "Southern Literature" issue.

U.S. Poverty Rising, Family Incomes Fall

The poverty rate increased in 2008 to its highest point since 1997 and median household income declined 3.6 percent as the effects of the recession set in, according to new census data released Thursday.

Decades Later, Beatles Hits Continue to Draw New Fans

Jeffrey Brown speaks with NPR music critic Tim Riley about the Beatles' influence decades later.

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Wednesday on the NewsHour: Beatlemania

By Arts Desk

Wednesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown talks to Tim Riley, a contributing music critic for NPR, about the release of the Beatles Remastered. Earlier Wednesday, Michelle Steele of Bloomberg News gave the business angle on the Beatles' releases.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Go 'Over the River' and Through the 'Lion's Den'

According to the proposal for a major upcoming art project in Southern Colorado, the artists (and spouses) known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude will suspend a snaking ribbon of porous polypropylene, totaling nearly six miles, above the Arkansas River.

Beatlemania Returns with Re-mastered Catalogue

More than 20 years after Beatlemania took hold of music fans across the globe, a newly re-mastered Beatles catalogue and video game are being released.

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The Beatles Remastered

On Wednesday, EMI Music and the Beatles will release the band's entire catalog -- every album and single -- digitally remastered in mono and stereo versions, with superior digital quality to the current CD recordings out since 1987.

Weekly Poem: 'First Thing'

Paul Hunter is a poet, musician and teacher. He produces letterpress books and broadsides under the imprint of Wood Works Press, his poems have appeared many journals, and he's the author of several chapbooks and four books of poetry.