Mar 30 Weekly Poem: 'Evening Walk' Charles Simic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1938 and moved to the United States in 1954. He was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2007-2008. Continue reading
Mar 27 Conversation: Robert Lynch, President, Americans for the Arts By Arts Desk Amid the economic downturn, many arts organizations around the country are feeling the hurt right now, along with everyone else. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch Seattle Coffee Company Uses Profits to Aid Bean Growers Seattle-based coffee company Pura Vida's core mission is to help its bean growers in Central America improve their lives. NewsHour special correspondent Lee Hochberg reports. Continue watching
Mar 26 Conversation: Mary Gaitskill's 'Don't Cry' Vladimir Nabokov once wrote that art is "beauty plus pity." It's a formula author Mary Gaitskill took to heart, after quoting his words in a tribute essay years ago. They've both been accused, after all, of varying levels of perversity… Continue reading
Mar 26 U.S. Economic Downturn Worsened at End of 2008 By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. economy contracted at its fastest pace since 1982 at the end of last year, and it likely isn't faring much better now, according to a Commerce Department report released Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 25 Kay Ryan Reads 'The Other Shoe' and 'Salvage' Kay Ryan was named 16th Poet Laureate in July 2008. She was born in California in 1945 and grew up in the small towns of the San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert. Her work has been selected four times… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch Kay Ryan Reflects on Role as Nation's Poet Laureate Known for compact writing and for leading a quiet life, Kay Ryan has taken on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. For more than 30 years, she has taught remedial English in Marin County, Calif. Her poems… Continue watching
Mar 25 Witness to the American West Like most great figures of the American West, there is a touch of legend in the tale of how Ernest L. Blumenschein made it to New Mexico. Continue reading
Mar 25 Kay Ryan Reflects on Role as Nation's Poet Laureate Known for compact writing and for leading a quiet life, Kay Ryan has taken on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. For more than 30 years, she has taught remedial English in Marin County, Calif. Her poems… Continue reading