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
Jan 29 Carolyn Forche explores writing ‘as an outcry of the soul’ in ‘Poetry of Witness’ By artsdesk Carolyn Forche was deeply affected by her experience in war-torn countries. Forche is the co-editor of "Poetry of Witness." When she began collecting poems by writers who had endured warfare and other extreme situations, Forche wanted to look more deeply… Continue reading
Jan 29 Carolyn Forche explores writing ‘as an outcry of the soul’ in ‘Poetry of Witness’ By artsdesk Carolyn Forche, co-editor of the anthology "Poetry of Witness," read Major John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Field." Carolyn Forche was deeply affected by her experience in countries at war. Forche is the co-editor of the new anthology "Poetry… Continue reading
Jan 29 Michigan foundation pledges $40 million to Detroit’s art collection By Zachary Treu The W.K. Kellogg Foundation pledged $40 million to Detroit's art collection. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch Remembering Pete Seeger, 94, who made music to unite people By PBS News Hour A central figure of American music, Pete Seeger touched the lives of generations with his long list of folk and protest songs that became cultural landmarks of various social movements. Jeffrey Brown talks to Peter Yarrow, friend of Peter Seeger… Continue watching
Jan 28 Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary pays tribute to the legendary Pete Seeger By Victoria Fleischer Peter Yarrow sings a version of Pete Seeger’s “If I had a Hammer” to help remember the legendary folksinger. Peter Yarrow, a member of the folksinging trio Peter, Paul and Mary, remembers Pete Seeger as a “beacon of… Continue reading