Mar 10 Author Colum McCann recommends what to read and listen to this weekend By Elizabeth Flock Irish author Colum McCann, who wrote the National Book Award-winning "Let the Great World Spin" and "TransAtlantic," shares his perfect afternoon. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 3:00 She wanted to express her love for her dad. It took 300 pages of writing By PBS News Hour Kelly Corrigan’s dad always used to tell her she was going to write the “great American novel.” At age 36, she was diagnosed with cancer, and soon after, her father got the same bad news. The prognosis unleashed a panic… Continue watching
Mar 09 Photo: Celebrating Holi, the Spring 'festival of colors' By News Desk Students at the Institute of Management Studies play with colors to celebrate Holi, on March 9, in Noida, India. Holi is a Hindu spring festival in India and Nepal, also known as the "festival of colors" or the "festival of… Continue reading
Mar 09 This photographer chronicles Pennsylvania's forgotten industrial towns and people By Elizabeth Flock Photographer Niko J. Kallianiotis chronicles Pennsylvania’s forgotten coal towns and people. After the presidential election, his work took on special resonance. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch Finding Emily Dickinson in the power of her poetry By PBS News Hour Who was Emily Dickinson? A new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York takes a closer look at the iconic American cultural figure through her poems and the remnants of her life, and finds a less reclusive… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 7:38 'The Americans' sees a perfect moment to humanize Russian espionage By PBS News Hour As investigations examine Russia’s role in last year’s election, the highly acclaimed television series “The Americans” has been delivering an intimate, fictional look at the old Cold War and the lives of two Russian spies working undercover in the U.S. Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 2:03 What it's like to curl up inside a rock for a week By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, performance artist Abraham Poincheval knows what it's like to be stuck between a rock and a hard place: For an entire week, he lived inside a boulder at the Palais de Tokyo… Continue watching
Mar 07 Jonathan Franzen remembers author Paula Fox, whose work he helped bring back to light By Elizabeth Flock Novelist Jonathan Franzen shares an appreciation for Paula Fox, the adult and children's author whose work he brought back to light. Fox died last week at the age of 93. Continue reading
Mar 07 How Gwendolyn Brooks' poetry is connecting Emmett Till with the violence in Chicago today By Elizabeth Flock Some worry that poet Gwendolyn Brooks is in danger of being forgotten. “The Golden Shovel Anthology,” a new book of poems honoring Brooks, seeks to make sure that doesn’t happen. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 8:15 'Get Out' dials up the scary side of race in America By PBS News Hour A trip to meet the parents in well-heeled, white suburban America -- what could go wrong? The new horror film "Get Out" is about the very real horror of racism. Jeffrey Brown sits down with director Jordan Peele to discuss… Continue watching