Nov 24 Watch Writer Phil Klay returns to war and the strangeness of coming home for 'Redeployment' By PBS News Hour “Redeployment,” a collection of stories about the Iraq War and the struggles veterans face when they return, was this year’s winner of the National Book Award for Fiction. Jeffrey Brown interviews writer and Marine Corps veteran Phil Klay about writing… Continue watching
Nov 24 Weekly Poem: Setting the Thanksgiving table with a poem by Louise Glück By artsdesk “Lamentations” by Louise Glück might not seem like a Thanksgiving poem, but technical writer Annik Stahl would disagree. Back in 2001, she read “Lamentations” for a NewsHour series started by former poet laureate Robert Pinksy that asked Americans to read… Continue reading
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Nov 21 Watch In changing publishing world, Miami Book Fair celebrates old-fashioned tech and face time with writers By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 21 Auction brings record for O'Keeffe and women artists By Lorna Baldwin Georgia O'Keefe's 1932 "Jimson Weed, White Flower No. 1" made history at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Thursday, selling for $44.4 million. Continue reading
Nov 21 WATCH LIVE: hear from the authors at Miami Book Fair International By Victoria Fleischer The 31st year of the annual Miami Book Fair International is underway, with hundreds of thousands of book lovers browsing the stalls set up along the streets of the coastal city in southern Florida. Throughout the weekend Street Fair, PBS… Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch Remembering Mike Nichols, legendary director of sophisticated crowd-pleasers By PBS News Hour Mike Nichols, a prolific figure in theater and film, directed numerous American classics, including “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Graduate,” a film known for its commentary and influence on American life. Nichols, who arrived in the U.S. at… Continue watching
Nov 20 Award-winning director Mike Nichols dies at 83 By Victoria Fleischer Mike Nichols, an award-winning director known for his versatility and genre-blending productions for film, TV and stage, died on Wednesday evening. Over the course of a more than five decades long career, Nichols, known for such hits as “The Graduate,”… Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch New attention and consequences for rape allegations against Bill Cosby By PBS News Hour NBC scrapped development of a new Bill Cosby show, Netflix postponed the release of a new comedy special and TV land canceled his reruns in light of new and renewed accusations by five women that the comedian sexually assaulted them. Continue watching