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Conversation: Matthew Crawford, Author of 'Shop Class as Soulcraft'

By Arts Desk

Friday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown spoke with philosopher and motorcycle-repair shop owner Matthew Crawford about his book, "Shop Class as Soulcraft."…

The Value of Work in 'Shop Class as Soulcraft'

Jeffrey Brown speaks with philosopher, author and motorcycle-repair shop owner Matthew B. Crawford about the fulfillment found in building and fixing things, which he details in the new book "Shop Class as Soulcraft."…

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Conversation: Writer, Professor Mark Slouka on America's 'Dehumanized' Education

By Arts Desk

As students head back to high schools and colleges across the country, an essay in the September issue of Harper's Magazine declares that, "Education in America today is almost exclusively about the GDP."…

Around the Nation, Friday Roundup

By Arts Desk

Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation.

Health Care Reform Splits Retailers

In a summer of health care reform twists and turns, few things may have surprised the public more than the debate over the positions that their favorite -- and least-favorite -- places to shop have taken on the issue.

Of Dollars and Spidey Sense: Disney Has Much to Gain by Purchasing Marvel

Disney's plan to buy Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4 billion opens up the gates of the Magic Kingdom to a whole host of new characters and helps complete the evolution of comics from a dime-store fringe market to a global…

Two Decades On, India Eye Clinic Maintains Innovative Mission

By Talea Miller

In this Reporter's Notebook, Fred de Sam Lazaro visits the Aravind Eye Care System, 20 years after he first reported on the hospital in 1989.

A New Deal for Artists

Artists today have a number of safety nets to help ease the pain brought on by a battered economy, but during the Great Depression it took a federal stimulus program of sorts to protect many of the nation's painters and…

Slide show: a Look at Festivals

By Arts Desk

Images from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, the "300% Spanish Design" expo in Mexico City and the Hindu Ganesha Festival in India.

Weekly Poem: 'Erasers'

Mary Jo Salter is a poet, lyricist, playwright and essayist, whose latest collection of poems, "A Phone Call to the Future: New and Selected Poems," was published in March 2008.