Jun 25 Watch 3:14 Donald Hall, 89, saw poetry as 'school for feeling' Donald Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate who was widely considered one of the greatest poets of his generation, died over the weekend at the age of 89. Jeffrey Brown remembers the renowned writer with a look back at a… Continue watching
Jun 25 A poem to remember Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate By Jennifer Hijazi Hall, a candid, unaffected writer who examined love, loss and rural American life, died Saturday at the age of 89. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 7:28 Crystal Bridges offers a world of art in Arkansas' backyard By Jeffrey Brown When you think of world-class art collections, you may think Paris, New York, but maybe not Bentonville, Arkansas. But the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has a mission that's helping to reshape the entire region. Jeffrey Brown reports as… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 3:47 This music critic says it's time to update our art consumption ethical standards In this #MeToo era, can we still separate art from the person who made it? New Yorker music critic Amanda Petrusich says that according to the "old rules," how an artist behaves or believes should be off-limits. Petrusich offers her… Continue watching
Jun 21 Try these 3 writing exercises from Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Less' By Elizabeth Flock In Andrew Sean Greer's comic novel “Less," protagonist Arthur Less works a stint as an English teacher in Germany, where he assigns his students absurd writing exercises. Try your hand at these, and they may be featured on our book… Continue reading
Jun 18 Remember the humanity of immigrants, this poet urges By Jennifer Hijazi Eduardo Corral's poems are an imagined glimpse into the internal lives of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border -- something he said has been forgotten or intentionally omitted in the national conversation. Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 6:16 'They didn't let racism win' -- The story of an interracial couple on opposite sides of WWII By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green During World War II, Elinor Powell, an African American nurse, joined the racially segregated army in Jim Crow-era Arizona. The discrimination she faced compounded after she fell in love with Frederick Albert, a German prisoner of war to whom she… Continue watching
Jun 15 Andrew Sean Greer annotates a page of his novel 'Less' By Elizabeth Flock Our June pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This,” is Andrew Sean Greers comic novel "Less."… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 3:41 A poet who holds 'the men behind the music' accountable Inspired by the people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, Imani Davis shares her poem “Platinum” and gives her Brief but Spectacular take on how society can overlook wrongdoing by famous artists. Continue watching
Jun 13 Opinion: A brief encounter with Anthony Bourdain By Steve Goldbloom Anthony Bourdain was authentic and arrestingly candid. He also seemed exhausted. Continue reading