Dec 23 Watch Don Quixote Last year, a panel of 100 writers from around the world picked "Don Quixote" as the greatest novel of all time. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Edith Grossman, who wrote the most-recent translation of Miguel de Cervantes' 17th-century Spanish classic. Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Silent Places Essayist Roger Rosenblatt looks at a new book of photographs called "Silent Places," which shows some of the houses and institutions in Poland that were evacuated by the Jews during the Holocaust. Rosenblatt says a human element remains even in… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Musical Mission: The Iraqi National Symphony The Iraqi National Symphony made its first visit to Washington this week. Jeffrey Brown reports that the tour, which mixes high culture and international politics, has come with a note of discord. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch Hip Hop Literature Spencer Michels reports on an increasingly popular genre of streetwise fiction called "hip hop literature."… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch Things That Matter Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming says that separation and loss teach us that the written word we share with loved ones is often one of the things that matters most. Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch Selling a Dream Ray Suarez continues the NewsHour series on how and where Americans live their lives with a look at the divorce between expectations and reality in the wedding business. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Hope Dies Last Studs Terkel has written 11 books of oral history, allowing ordinary Americans to tell their stories through him. Ray Suarez speaks with Terkel about his latest work, "Hope Dies Last," which looks at human perseverance in challenging circumstances. Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch An Artist’s History: Kerry James Marshall Jeffrey Brown reports on a contemporary artist with a keen sense of history. Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch Think Small Essayist Roger Rosenblatt offers some thoughts on Thanksgiving. Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch The Jazz Singers Spencer Michels reports on a school for aspiring jazz singers and the growing popularity of this musical form. Continue watching