Aug 06 Lessons we can learn from Toni Morrison By Joshua Barajas The American novelist wasn’t afraid to speak publicly about the themes in her novels and to challenge journalists on their questions. Here are several lessons to remember about Morrison’s career as a writer. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 9:32 Remembering Toni Morrison’s ‘beautiful human urgency’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison died Monday at age 88. The acclaimed writer, editor and professor helped transform American literature, bringing forth a black perspective that had rarely been heard. Jeffrey Brown reports and talks to Princeton University’s Tracy… Continue watching
Aug 06 Toni Morrison, celebrated author and Nobel laureate, dead at 88 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Toni Morrison, the first black woman to receive the Nobel literature prize, has died. Continue reading
Aug 02 ‘We did it ourselves’: Singer iLe on why she’s a voice among Puerto Rico’s uprising By Gabriela Martinez "So I needed to exteriorize everything I was feeling towards my own country, and the rest of the world. So that’s how this album comes from that anger, and from that need to recognize that we all have an interior… Continue reading
Aug 02 Rapper A$AP Rocky temporarily freed from jail By Jari Tanner, Dorothee Thiesing, Associated Press A$AP Rocky will be free until Aug. 14, when judges are expected to announce a verdict in the assault case against him. Continue reading
Aug 02 Discussion questions for ‘The Woman Warrior’ By Elizabeth Flock Here are some questions to guide you as you read "The Woman Warrior," our August book club pick. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 2:54 How collaborating with Idris Elba helped actor Aml Ameen connect with his roots For Aml Ameen, entertaining was a passion from childhood. At his request, the English actor's father sent him to drama school for 10 years. But it was a chance encounter with movie star Idris Elba that opened a path to… Continue watching
Aug 01 At 80, Judy Chicago isn’t done with the mysteries of life and death By Elizabeth Flock Chicago says there's not much that can get her upset anymore, but the feminist artist can still get her detractors "to foam at the mouth."… Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 3:17 What Broadway legend Harold Prince meant to American theater By Judy Woodruff, Anne Azzi Davenport Broadway director and producer Harold Prince died Wednesday at age 91. Prince won an astonishing, record-breaking 21 Tony Awards with shows that became household names -- and whose popularity still endures decades later. Judy Woodruff reports on a theater legend… Continue watching
Jul 31 Organizers cancel troubled Woodstock 50 festival By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press The three-day festival was originally scheduled for Aug. 16-18, but holdups included permit denials and the loss of a financial partner and a production company. Continue reading