Feb 20 Watch 6:18 How poet W.S. Merwin found paradise by planting palm trees By PBS News Hour In the late 1970s, the renowned poet W.S. Merwin bought three acres of an old pineapple plantation in Hawaii -- a “paradise lost,” where little would grow due to deforestation and chemicals leftover in the soil. Little by little, he… Continue watching
Feb 20 Urban explorer reveals an abandoned world, frozen in time By Victoria Fleischer Urban explorer Andre Govia is "addicted to decay." He visited 900 locations in 22 countries. While confronting the hazards of trespassing in derelict buildings, he photographed abandoned hospitals, hotels, theme parks and mansions. Continue reading
Feb 20 Reporter’s Notebook: the difficulty of getting to Timbuktu By Jeffrey Brown For these trips, these stories, we calibrate the details so finely – the days away, the money spent, the interviews to be done, the shots we have to get, the places we have to get to. Take out one thing… Continue reading
Feb 20 8 things you didn’t know about this year’s Oscar nominees By Ruth Tam Which film featured a fake baby? Who wanted her character to die of in the midst of filming? Find out before Sunday's Oscars. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 5:16 Diva Deborah Voigt on the ‘lonely business’ of opera that led to addictions By PBS News Hour Opera performer Deborah Voigt has starred on some of the world’s great stages, rising to be one of the most prominent singers of her generation. But she’s also made headlines for her figure, which has sometimes stopped her from portraying… Continue watching
Feb 19 Quiz: Match the critic’s snark to the Oscar-nominated film By Joshua Barajas Ahead of the 87th Academy Awards this Sunday, can you guess which Oscar-nominated film these critics' reviews praised or bashed this past year?… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 7:10 Photojournalist Lynsey Addario focuses on war and love in her new memoir By PBS News Hour Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has traveled the world, capturing images of war, famine, brutality and displacement, from Darfur to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. She joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss her career, how she managed her fear and a new memoir, "It's… Continue watching
Feb 18 Photos: Lynsey Addario’s life as a witness to war By Victoria Fleischer Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has covered conflict in Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. She tells her story in her new memoir, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War.”… Continue reading
Feb 18 Newly discovered Dr. Seuss book to be published in July By Sarah Corapi A previously unearthed manuscript from the beloved children’s book author, titled “What Pet Should I Get?" will be published by Random House on July 28, 2015. Its release will come more than two decades after the passing of Dr. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 6:37 Author Alexandra Fuller on how growing up in Africa inspired a ‘very honest’ divorce memoir By PBS News Hour Continue watching