Aug 14 After Charlottesville, people share poems to grieve, resist and understand By Elizabeth Flock Poet Nicole Sealey reads her poem, "In Defense of 'Candelabra with Heads.'"… Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 3:34 What to do when you realize classic books from your childhood are racist By PBS News Hour Do you have an old children’s book you love? Well, there’s a good chance that it might be racist, says kids’ author Grace Lin. She offers her humble opinion on how you can keep loving your favorite classics while acknowledging… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 5:00 This Baltimore school helps girls step up for college By PBS News Hour "Step," a new documentary, follows students from the Baltimore Leadership School for Girls, an institution with the primary goal of 100 percent college acceptance. But that's not their only success. Girls at the school channel their strengths into practicing step,… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 2:36 How this artist turned bad karma into raw honesty By PBS News Hour Artist and poet G Yamazawa grew up Asian-American and Buddhist in the southern Bible Belt, where he often felt as though he didn't belong. But insecurity transformed into a love for the stage and performance. G Yamazawa gives his Brief… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 2:43 A postcard from where Alaska's oil industry and wilderness meet By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, oil started flowing down the Trans-Alaska Pipeline 40 years ago. Every summer, thousands of workers file through Deadhorse, Alaska, an operations center for the oil field, including postal worker Les Dunbar. Eric… Continue watching
Aug 10 In long-lost play, the author of 'Peter Pan' spoofs 'Sherlock Holmes' and the mystery genre By Elizabeth Flock The play will be published this week in the Strand Magazine, a quarterly mystery magazine that has previously unearthed and published works by John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams, Joseph Heller, and H.G. Wells. Continue reading
Aug 09 Should museums be able to sell their art? This museum says its future depends on it By Dayana Morales Gomez The Berkshire Museum has drawn criticism for planning to auction some of its most prominent art pieces, including several by beloved painter Norman Rockwell. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 5:03 In 'Transit,' novelist Rachel Cusk tells story of rebuilding a house and a life By PBS News Hour In "Transit," a new novel by Rachel Cusk, a woman and her two sons prepare to begin a new life. The second book in a planned trilogy, her novel is gaining acclaim for the writing and form. Cusk joins Jeffrey… Continue watching
Aug 08 Glen Campbell's last song chronicled his struggle with Alzheimer's disease By Elizabeth Flock The "Rhinestone Cowboy," country music legend, hitmaker, and TV star, is dead at 81. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 5:55 Novelist explores borderlands and gray areas of the Syrian war By PBS News Hour In "Dark at the Crossing," the upheavals and horrors of the Syrian civil war are given fictional life, centered in the border zone between Syria and Turkey. Author Elliot Ackerman is a former Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan… Continue watching