Feb 05 Watch Rabbitte remembered: Novelist Roddy Doyle revisits working-class Dublin music scene By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 05 Roddy Doyle reads an excerpt from ‘The Guts’ By artsdesk Irish writer Roddy Doyle reads an excerpt from his latest novel “The Guts.” Doyle spoke with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. That conversation airs Wednesday night on the PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Feb 05 Charlie Chaplin’s only novel to see ‘light’ of day after six decades By Justin Scuiletti The world has known Charlie Chaplin the actor, director, composer and comedian. Soon, one will be able to experience Chaplin the novelist for the first time -- while getting a look inside the actor’s mind. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch New media models disrupt traditional journalism By PBS News Hour A slew of made-for-Web news sites are increasingly undermining the platform of print media. In this shifting landscape, how will journalism and storytelling survive, and what are readers to gain? Judy Woodruff talks to Re/code’s Walt Mossberg, VOX Media’s Jim… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman, an unconventional movie star By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 03 Weekly Poem: ‘Poetry of Witness’ co-editor Carolyn Forché reads ‘A Letter from Aragon’ By Victoria Fleischer Carolyn Forche, co-editor of "Poetry of Witness," reads "A Letter from Aragon," written by English poet Rupert John Cornford. Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch ‘Poetry of Witness’ co-editor Carolyn Forche reads Rupert John Cornford’s ‘A Letter from Aragon’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 02 Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead at 46 By News Desk Oscar award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday. He was 46. Continue reading
Jan 30 ‘These Birds Walk’ takes an intimate look at the lives of Pakistan’s runaway children By Noreen Nasir In a busy neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan, Abdul Sattar Edhi runs a well-known humanitarian organization -- The Edhi Foundation. Known as a "living saint," he cares for runaway children. Bassam Tariq and Omar Mullick's documentary "These Birds Walk" tells the… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch Poet Carolyn Forché gathers 500 years of suffering in new anthology By PBS News Hour Continue watching