Nov 07 ‘Reading is part of my job,’ and more writing advice from author Katie Kitamura By Elizabeth Flock Kitamura, author of the November book club pick "A Separation," says reading "should be taken as seriously as the act of writing itself."… Continue reading
Nov 05 America’s poet laureate shares a poem for you to take to the polls By Jennifer Hijazi A new poetry collection invites readers to explore the diversity of American experiences in a different light. Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch 6:57 In ‘These Truths,’ historian Jill Lepore weaves in underappreciated political stories A new, single volume of history sets out to explore the experiment in government that is the United States. Jeffrey Brown sits down with award-winning Harvard historian Jill Lepore, author of “These Truths: A History of the United States,” to… Continue watching
Nov 02 These wicked Day of the Dead poems don’t spare anyone By Lora Strum, Patty Gorena Morales A proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico is the product of “the underworld” in one calavera literaria written for the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 7:12 This festival aims to bridge the urban-rural political divide ‘in a time of rot’ By Jeffrey Brown A food and arts festival in central Wisconsin has grand ambitions. “Fermentation Fest” celebrates art, farming and all things fermented. But in addition to serving up sauerkraut and kombucha, festival organizers from The Wormfarm Institute also hope it provides… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 3:57 Bryan Cranston on being ready for luck By Steve Goldbloom Oscar-nominated actor Bryan Cranston, best known for his role as Walter White in “Breaking Bad,” didn't get his big break until age 40, when he was cast in the family TV sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle." Now, he'll be playing… Continue watching
Nov 01 Discussion questions for ‘A Separation’ By Elizabeth Flock "A Separation,” our November book club pick, is a psychological thriller about a woman who learns that her estranged husband has gone missing in Greece, and tries to find him. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 6:31 ‘American Wolf’ author Nate Blakeslee answers your questions By Jeffrey Brown Nate Blakeslee, author of our October pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer questions from readers, plus Jeff announces November’s book. Continue watching
Oct 31 The November pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘A Separation’ By Elizabeth Flock "A Separation" is a moody psychological novel about a woman who learns that her estranged husband has gone missing in Greece, and tries to find him. Continue reading
Oct 28 Shut for over 6 years, Syria’s national museum reopens By Albert Aji, Associated Press More than six years after it was shut down as the country’s civil war encroached, Syria’s National Museum in the heart of Damascus reopened on Sunday. Continue reading