Apr 20 Watch Well-traveled Poet Finds Consistency in Words Poet, playwright and editor Nathalie Handal has lived in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Arab world. She talks with Jeffery Brown about how she has ensconced her memory and transient experiences in poetry. Continue watching
Apr 20 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced today. Jeffrey Brown recently talked to two other winners in the category about their winning works. Continue reading
Apr 20 Around the Country, Newspapers Cut Arts Critics By Arts Desk The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today. It's a time to celebrate the best in journalism, but also a chance for us to look at changes in the industry and their impact on the quality of newspaper coverage. Continue reading
Apr 20 Nathalie Handal Reads ‘Intermission’ and Other Poems Poet Nathalie Handal reads "Intermission," a poem about in-between moments, among others. Continue reading
Apr 20 Poem of the Week: ‘Where’ Taha Muhammad Ali has published several collections of poetry and is also writes short stories. He has published two collections in English, and a new biography of Taha Muhammad Ali written by Adina Hoffman has just come out. Continue reading
Apr 20 Well-traveled Poet Nathalie Handal Finds Consistency in Words Poet, playwright and editor Nathalie Handal has lived in the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Arab world. She talks with Jeffery Brown about how she has ensconced her memory and transient experiences in poetry. Continue reading
Apr 17 Conversation: John Richardson, Biographer and Friend of Pablo Picasso By Arts Desk For much of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was at the forefront of modern art, but the work of his later years has at times been taken less seriously, as more an appendage to his earlier, revolutionary turns. Continue reading
Apr 17 Come Together: The YouTube Orchestra From home computer to Carnegie Hall, a Wednesday night performance capped off YouTube's first experiment with its online collaborative orchestra. Continue reading
Apr 17 EPA Report Marks First Step Toward Climate Change Regulations By Brian Santalone Carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare, and possibly even national security, according to an Environmental Protection Agency scientific review released Friday. Continue reading