Dec 04 Poet Claudia Rankine on the violent deaths of black men By Mary Jo Brooks Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine is fascinated with stories about the interactions -- both intimate and large scale -- between the races. In her latest book of poetry, “Citizen: An American Lyric”, Rankine intersperses small vignettes about everyday injustices with… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 0:50 Using poetry to uncover the moments that lead to racism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 04 Nashville photographer's dreamy snaps expose hidden truths in the Deep South By Laura Santhanam "Southern Route,” a series of photographs by Tamara Reynolds, offers glimpses into the lives of people throughout the Deep South, as if she's capturing something out of the side of her eye. Her images are romantic and nostalgic, but not… Continue reading
Dec 04 'Gangnam Style' proved to be swan song for YouTube's view limit By Joshua Barajas Psy's horse-galloping music video "Gangnam Style" exceeded YouTube's view limit, a potential problem Google, which owns the video service, said it anticipated months ago. Continue reading
Dec 03 From sheep to shop: Scotland's tweed reinvents itself By Lorna Baldwin Tweed, once a staple of the British landed gentry, is taking off on the path of rebirth and reinvention. It graces runways in Paris and New York. It adorns Hollywood A-listers from Benedict Cumberbatch to Miss Piggy. It’s the reason… Continue reading
Dec 01 Weekly Poem: Remembering Mark Strand By Victoria Fleischer Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand died Saturday from liposarcoma, a cancer in the fat cells. The former U.S. poet laureate, MacArthur fellow and author of more than a dozen books of poetry was 80 years old. We remember him with… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 7:52 The Pulitzer Poet By PBS News Hour A conversation with Mark Strand, who won this year's Pulitzer for poetry for his book Blizzard of One. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 1:03 Poet Mark Strand reads 'A Suite Of Appearances: 4' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 30 Watch 4:10 Generations apart, Ozark musicians find friendship through fiddling By PBS News Hour An accomplished Kansas musician known for her fiery style of fiddling recounts the special relationship she has with her 97-year-old fiddling mentor from Arkansas. The two discuss their life lessons learned from fiddling, the nuances of their individual sounds, and… Continue watching
Nov 28 Watch Benedict Cumberbatch on 'The Imitation Game' and making Alan Turing less of an enigma By PBS News Hour Continue watching