Dec 16 Music writer Robert Hilburn on the love, artistry and comeback of Johnny Cash By Arts Desk Robert Hilburn talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his new book, “Johnny Cash: The Life.” “Johnny Cash talked right from the heart,” says Robert Hilburn, longtime former music critic for the Los Angeles Times and author… Continue reading
Dec 16 Weekly Poem: David Lehman reads ‘Yours the Moon’ By Victoria Fleischer Yours the Moon Yours the moon mine the Milky Way a scarf around my neck I love you as the night loves the moon's dark side as the sky, distant, endless, wears her necklace of stars over her dress under… Continue reading
Dec 15 Calculating a living wage across the United States By News Desk Workers chant outside a McDonald's restaurant in Harlem in April, 2013. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images In "Life in the cash economy for 'underbanked' Americans" and "One NYC family's struggle to survive on a fast food salary," PBS… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays By PBS News Hour Ann Patchett lets readers into her personal life in new collection of essays… Continue watching
Dec 13 Ann Patchett gets personal in her new collection of essays, ‘This is the Story of a Happy Marriage’ By Arts Desk // Ann Patchett reflects on fiction version nonfiction and the state of books today in a conversation with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. "Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard." That's according to Ann Patchett, author of "Bel Canto" and… Continue reading
Dec 13 Gwen’s Take: Of handshakes, selfies and budget deals By Gwen Ifill You've got to hand it to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. He's consistent. No wishy-washy budget deals for him. Only all or nothing will do. So he and another half-dozen conservatives denounced the budget compromise reached by fellow Republican Rep. Paul… Continue reading
Dec 11 ‘Detroit Art City’: The story of a town on the verge of losing more than just its van Gogh By Arts Desk "Detroit Art City: The Detroit Institute of Arts Story," a documentary by Detroit Public Television, tells of the story of the one of America's most significant art collections and how it's fate came to rest in a legal battle… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Carlos Santana on the conviction and charisma that inspired his rock career By PBS News Hour Carlos Santana on the conviction and charisma that inspired his rock career… Continue watching
Dec 09 Weekly Poem: Michael Collier reads ‘At the End of a Ninetieth Summer’ By Victoria Fleischer Poet Michael Collier grew up in Arizona, but he hadn't lived there for a while when he wrote "At the End of a Ninetieth Summer." His father was celebrating his 90th birthday, but Collier couldn't return to his home state… Continue reading
Dec 06 Carlos Santana remembers Nelson Mandela as a ‘supreme warrior’ By Arts Desk Carlos Santana remembers Nelson Mandela during an interview with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown at the Smithsonian Museum for African Art. Continue reading