Oct 06 ‘The Magician’s Land’ author Lev Grossman on breaking the rules of fantasy By artsdesk Lev Grossman recently published "The Magician's Land," the third installment in his "The Magicians" trilogy. Watch this online exclusive from his conversation with senior correspondent Jeffrey Brown. Continue reading
Oct 06 Weekly Poem: Jennifer Michael Hecht reads ‘A Marriage of Love and Independence’ By artsdesk Listen to Jennifer Michael Hecht read her poem "A Marriage of Love and Independence" from her new collection, "Who Said."… Continue reading
Oct 06 Two poems on what it’s like to live with Ebola, climate change By Larisa Epatko The two women live in different parts of the world: one on a tropical island in the Pacific, another in a former war-torn African country now fighting Ebola. Their lives are very different but they chose the same way to… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch Why adults are buzzing about YA literature By PBS News Hour Young adult literature has become a booming business and one of the fastest growing book categories for publishers in recent years, with more than 715 million books sold in 2013 -- mostly to adults. NewsHour Weekend's Tracy Wholf reports. Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch Photographers use Instagram to paint more complete picture of life in Africa By PBS News Hour Instead of focusing on only hardships, a group of photographers living and working in Africa have started an Instagram campaign to show the rest of the world what life in Africa is really like. Saskia de Melker reports. Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch Kevin Spacey on playing a politician who ‘gets stuff done,’ and cultivating new talent By PBS News Hour “It's interesting to play a politician who gets stuff done,” says “House of Cards” star Kevin Spacey. “Ignore the murdering and the conniving.” On the eve of a benefit performance with the Shakespeare Theatre Company in the nation’s capital, Jeffrey… Continue watching
Oct 02 Full interview with Kevin Spacey: ‘I’m always looking for the shy kid in the corner because that was me’ By Anne Azzi Davenport Two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey made a splash in Washington this week at the Shakespeare Theatre Company as he promoted his educational foundation. But it wasn't with his acting or speaking that he wowed a gala crowd, but… Continue reading