Nov 24 Watch The Singing The National Book Awards were announced last week. Jeffrey Brown speaks with one of the winners: C.K. Williams, whose collection "The Singing" won the poetry prize. Continue watching
Nov 18 Massachusetts Court Rules Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional Massachusetts' highest court ruled in a 4-3 decision Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional and ordered the state legislature to come up with a solution within 180 days. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch Court Television Essayist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune explores America's interest in court television. Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch Moving Images: "Lost in Translation" and "Kill Bill" Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming sees a yin and yang in two recent critically acclaimed films: Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" and Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill."… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch Prize Winner Leszek Kolakowski, an anti-Communist Polish philosopher at Oxford University in England, was awarded the first $1 million John W. Kluge prize for lifetime achievement in the humanities. Jeffrey Brown reports on Kolakowski and the new honor. Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch Musical Man: Randy Newman In the recently recorded "Randy Newman Songbook," the famous musician provides listeners a fresh, stripped-down perspective on his songs, played only on piano. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Newman about his comprehensive career, which has earned him acclaim as first a… Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch The Last Word: Famous Last Words Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers the famous last words from Hamlet to Bob Hope. Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch The Art of Romare Bearden Jeffrey Brown reviews the artistic achievements of Romare Bearden, which are celebrated in an exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch Triangle Gwen Ifill speaks with historian David Von Drehle about his recent book, "Triangle: The Fire That Changed America," which chronicles the devastating blaze at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City in 1911 that killed 146 workers and led… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch Spanglish Ray Suarez speaks with author Ilan Stavans about his new book "Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language," a look at the new lexicon created by Latinos who live in the United States. Continue watching