Jun 15 46 years later, Yoko Ono gets songwriting credit with John Lennon for ‘Imagine’ By Alison Thoet In a 1980 interview, Lennon said the song “should be credited as a Lennon-Ono song because a lot of it — the lyric and the concept — came from Yoko.” He said he received inspiration from Ono’s 1964 book “Grapefruit.”… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 7:24 For newly named U.S. poet laureate, the power of poetry is opening ourselves to others By PBS News Hour Tracy K. Smith, a writer and teacher, is taking on a very public role as the nation's poet laureate. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Smith to discuss how language can be a tool of revelation, her reflections on race in… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch new poet laureate Tracy K. Smith read two of her poems By Larisa Epatko Tracy K. Smith, the nation’s newest poet laureate, says writing is not just about expressing emotion but of the choices you make when putting words on the page. She reads two of her poems here. Continue reading
Jun 12 Why this poet is posting meaningless verse on Instagram By Elizabeth Flock Thom Young, a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, launched an experiment to show how easy it is to become a social media star. Continue reading
Jun 12 “Dear Evan Hansen” is the biggest winner at the 71st Tony Awards By Dayana Morales Gomez This year’s Tony Awards honored the best and brightest of plays and musicals on Broadway. "Dear Evan Hansen" and "Oslo" took home the awards for best new play and musical -- the most coveted prizes of the night, respectively. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 4:28 New exhibit follows the hunt for a Nazi leader By PBS News Hour In 1962, Adolf Eichmann, one of the key architects of the Holocaust, was executed in Israel, the culmination of a years-long search for him by the Israeli government. The backstory that led to that moment is now on vivid display… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 7:14 Broadway’s ‘Oslo’ captures behind-the-scenes drama of painstaking diplomacy By PBS News Hour “Oslo,” a Tony-nominated Broadway drama, takes a deep look at the secret negotiations that went into the historic Middle East peace accords, and their relevance in today’s world. Using real characters and real events, the play imagines what went on… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 3:13 Why the world needs more filmmakers with disabilities By PBS News Hour Filmmaker Reid Davenport wants people to know that his biggest obstacle isn’t living with cerebral palsy, but how others perceive and respond to his diagnosis. Davenport, whose films focus on people living with disabilities, gives his Brief but Spectacular take… Continue watching
Jun 09 How one photographer is challenging the myth that being LGBTQ is ‘un-African’ By Kamaria Roberts The Nigerian-Swedish American photographer said he often heard growing up that being LGBTQ was not traditionally African. Continue reading
Jun 09 10 things to read when you’re grieving By Joshua Barajas The NewsHour asked its staff for recommendations of books or poems that helped them survive a period of loss. In their own words, here are 10 possible reads for someone who's grieving. Continue reading