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Conversation: Daniel Mendelsohn Discusses Two New Collections of Poet C.P. Cavafy

Constantine Cavafy, the greatest Greek poet since antiquity, never published a complete book of his poems during his lifetime. Instead, he would print them himself as pamphlets or broadsheets and distribute them to a small group of friends.

High-tech India Contrasts With Rural Ways

India has benefited from supplying other countries with outsourcing services from computer help to legal document analysis, while in other parts of the country poor farmers are struggling to make a living. NewsHour special correspondent Simon Marks reports on the…

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Character Project Captures Faces of America

A new photography exhibit called the 'Character Project' features the work of 11 contemporary photographers who each shot a small series of photographs of Americans during the summer of 2008.

Where the Indigenous and Comics Meet

By Arts Desk

Until recently, American Indians appeared only as stereotypes in comic books, their real narratives and folklore obscured by generic images of teepees and headdresses.

In Famous Mumbai Slum, Redevelopment Plans Stir Controversy

Hundreds of thousands of Indian citizens are upset with the government's plans to level Mumbai's Dharavi Slum, the now-famous setting for the film "Slumdog Millionaire", to make way for commercial buildings and luxury housing. Simon Marks reports from Mumbai.

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Study Finds Honor Killings a Major Portion of Pakistan’s Homicides

By PBS News Hour

One in every five homicides in Pakistan is a so-called "honor killing," according to a new epidemiological study published in the European Journal of Public Health.

Weekly Poem: ‘Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down’

Bob Hicok is the author of five collections of poems, including "This Clumsy Living" (2007), which won the 2008 Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress.

Conversation: Filmmaker Ramin Bahrani

By Arts Desk

"Goodbye Solo" is the third film by 34-year-old director Ramin Bahrani. It film won the Critic's Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2008, and is just beginning to be seen in selected theaters around the country.

Iowa Court Decision Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

By PBS News Hour

Iowa became the first non-coastal state and the third nationwide to legalize gay marriage Friday when the state Supreme Court unanimously found that the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples.

Conversation: Jonathan Lethem & L.J. Davis Ponder ‘A Meaningful Life’

L.J. Davis' 1971 novel, "A Meaningful Life," re-published with an introduction by Jonathan Lethem, is a black humor romp into the bowels of life's greatest disappointments.