Aug 02 What these Southerners reciting Walt Whitman verses can teach us about America By Elizabeth Flock For her new project "Whitman in Alabama," Jennifer Crandall spent two years crisscrossing the state and asking Alabamians to recite Whitman to find the threads that tie us together as a nation. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 7:29 A feast of African-American culinary contributions, baked into the South’s DNA By PBS News Hour In chef and culinary historian Michael Twitty's new book, ancestry -- both his own and that of Southern food -- is a central theme. With "The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South," Twitty addresses… Continue watching
Aug 01 This sorghum-brined chicken recipe is a lesson in African-American history By Elizabeth Flock In his new book "The Cooking Gene," historian Michael W. Twitty traces the culinary roots of the South. Continue reading
Aug 01 Was Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ inspired by a little-known story by Salvador Dali? By Elizabeth Flock New findings from a Harvard comparative literature professor suggest that Nabokov's seminal work "Lolita" may have been inspired by two works by surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 6:47 Remembering Sam Shepard, playwright who gave voice to drama of the heartland By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 31 Sam Shepard, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and keen observer of American family life, dies at 73 By Dayana Morales Gomez Shepard, 73, died in Kentucky last week following a battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a spokesperson for the family told news outlets. Continue reading
Jul 29 Black innovators shine through history in these animated films for kids By Jenna Gray Sweet Blackberry tells overlooked and little-known stories of African American accomplishments to children through animated short films. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch Artists reflect pain and consequences of Detroit riots By PBS News Hour Fifty years since Detroit devolved into a five-day period of violence and unrest between the National Guard and the city’s black citizens, known as the 1967 riots, some of the city's leading cultural institutions are asking questions and using art… Continue watching
Jul 28 Here are the 5 books by women of color you need to read right now By Elizabeth Flock Author and media executive Madhulika Sikka made a goal in 2017 to read 52 books in 52 weeks -- all of them by women, and many women of color -- to offset an overload of news and highlight books that… Continue reading
Jul 28 Hobby Lobby thinks the Bible can save America. Now its museum has to convince its critics. By Elizabeth Flock “It’s the most controversial topic in the world. It’s the biggest selling book, most banned, destroyed, influential book … We will irritate everybody.” - Cary Summers, President of Museum of the Bible… Continue reading