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This Chicago program connects incarcerated youth to poetry

By artsdesk

Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who…

PHOTOS: How David Bowie transformed into a cultural icon

By Abbey Oldham

From David Robert Jones to Davie Jones to David Bowie to Ziggy Stardust and back, transformative British rocker David Bowie was a counterculture icon with a following that transcended music, fashion and beyond.

Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts returns to the city that nearly broke him

By Frank Carlson

Betts' new book touches on the way he believes institutions -- schools, the police, the judicial system -- helped create a lost generation of young black men.

David Bowie, the man who fell to earth, dies at 69

By Joshua Barajas

David Bowie, legendary pop singer-songwriter, died at the age of 69, following a months-long battle with cancer, a rep confirmed Monday to The Hollywood Reporter.

'The Revenant' takes home top prizes at the Golden Globes

By Corinne Segal

Find out who else won at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.

Reginald Dwayne Betts reads 'For the city that nearly broke me'

By Corinne Segal

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Quiz: What are critics saying about the Golden Globes nominees?

By Yena Oh

Get ready for a celebration of the some of the best voices in TV and film: the Golden Globes, airing this Sunday.

Obama can't pardon 'Making a Murderer' convicts

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

Armchair detectives hoping for a different ending for two convicts featured in "Making a Murderer" will have to look beyond the president for help.

It's David Bowie Day! Listen to this all-day marathon of his music

By Joshua Barajas

From 12 hours Friday, Seattle-based KEXP will pay tribute to pop music’s favorite saxophone-wielding androgynous alien with an all-day broadcast that runs through David Bowie’s storied career.