Nov 11 Sister's worry over another deployment inspires this Veterans Day poem By Mary Jo Brooks Gretchen Marquette has written several poems about the complicated feelings she has about her brother fighting in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Continue reading
Nov 11 Leonard Cohen, legendary singer-songwriter and poet, dies at 82 By Corinne Segal Leonard Cohen's songs on love, spirituality, human connection and mortality marked some of the most important moments in contemporary music. Continue reading
Nov 10 Photos: These wildlife photography winners will put a smile on your face By Julia Griffin This year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards honored humorous moments captured in animal photography. Continue reading
Nov 07 Column: What Westworld gets wrong (and right) about human nature By Alan Jern, The Conversation Research by psychologists provides some insight into how most humans would actually act in HBO's Westworld. Continue reading
Nov 06 In 'Whitman's Descendants,' photographing some of America's greatest living poets By Corinne Segal Photographer B.A. Van Sise, himself a descendant of Walt Whitman, has set out to create a portrait of his legacy. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch 6:48 In 1980s Miami, the triple crisis of growing up black, gay and poor By PBS News Hour Based on a true story, the new movie “Moonlight” follows Chiron, a boy growing up black, gay and poor in 1980s Miami. The film documents Chiron’s identity struggle in three acts, featuring a different actor for each. It’s a landscape… Continue watching
Nov 02 A Mexican-American artist on why more brown faces are needed in children's books By Joshua Barajas Duncan Tonatiuh chooses protagonists and stories that are seldom sought for young audiences. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 5:55 Why red states depend on and distrust government the most By PBS News Hour Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild set out to explore what she saw as a paradox in American political life: red states depend the most on the federal government, but also distrust it the most. It’s the topic of her new book,… Continue watching
Nov 01 What baseball is, according to this lifetime fan By Mary Jo Brooks Gail Mazur says she’s been obsessed with baseball her whole life, but she resisted the temptation to write any poems about the game because she worried how it would be received by other poets. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 5:26 The nightmare zombie movie that started with a dream By PBS News Hour Two years ago, two best friends with Down syndrome came up with an idea that would change their lives. With the dream of making a zombie movie, Sam Suchmann and Mattie Zufelt raised nearly $70,000 in a Kickstarter campaign, and… Continue watching