Apr 29 ‘Mockingbird for a new generation’: A classic text goes digital By Anya van Wagtendonk Though its themes of justice, honor and tolerance are timeless, “To Kill a Mockingbird” will take on a distinctly 21st-century form later this year when, half a century after its publication, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel will be released electronically. Continue reading
Apr 28 American History in 17 syllables and 140 characters By Victoria Fleischer For historian H. W. Brands, there are many ways to write about history. When teaching his students at the University of Texas the different tried and true formats for a good paper, Brands, who is known for his books Andrew… Continue reading
Apr 28 Weekly Poem: Nikki Giovanni reads ‘The Lost Cause … Lost’ By artsdesk Nikki Giovanni's poem "The Lost Cause ... Lost" is published in "Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration: Poems and Photographs, Past and Present." In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Smithsonian's National Poetry Gallery… Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch To be … performed: Hamlet to haunt stages in every country in the world By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 25 Madrid on quest to find the remains of ‘Don Quixote’ author By Anya van Wagtendonk He has been hailed as the father of the novel, a writer who wielded the Spanish language so forcefully that it is nicknamed for him: la lengua de Cervantes (“the language of Cervantes”). But when Miguel de Cervantes died nearly… Continue reading
Apr 24 Andy Warhol computer artwork rescued from Amiga floppy disks By Joshua Barajas Previously unknown Andy Warhol artwork, made on a 1985 Commodore Amiga computer, was recently extracted from obsolete floppy disks. Continue reading
Apr 23 Your photos of places that have gone ‘extinct’ By Colleen Shalby We want you to tell us about the spaces in your life that have, more or less, gone extinct. Continue reading
Apr 23 ‘Made in the USA’ examines the evolution of American art By Frank Carlson What does an 1886 oil painting share with an abstract mobile made of sheet metal and wire in 1950? They both belong to "Made in the USA," an exhibit at Washington, D.C.'s Phillips Collection that chronicles how American artists evolved… Continue reading
Apr 23 Future unclear for unpublished manuscript by Gabriel García Márquez By Anya van Wagtendonk When author Gabriel García Márquez died Apr. 17, he left behind a literary legacy that launched the magical realist style, drew international attention to Latin American artists, and garnered him a Nobel Prize and the admiration of world… Continue reading