Nov 18 ‘Selfie’ named Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year By Colleen Shalby First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama take a selfie to commemorate their dad's inauguration in January. Photo by Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images … Continue reading
Nov 18 From the archives: Doris Lessing’s unfinished business with ‘Ben, in the World’ By News Desk EmbedVideo(8022); Ray Suarez talks to writer Doris Lessing about her novel, "Ben in the World." This interview first aired in 2000. Video by PBS NewsHour. In 2000, Ray Suarez interviewed Doris Lessing about "Ben, in the World,"… Continue reading
Nov 18 Weekly Poem: Michael Davidson reads ‘The Second City’ By Victoria Fleischer The Second City for Cathy Simon Even though there are motorized conveyances I am on foot; even though there is a map I negotiate the streets by landmark there are no landmarks but a series of edges common to several… Continue reading
Nov 18 Obama looks to halt Democratic dissent By Terence Burlij President Obama met with CEOs from across the health insurance industry at the White House Friday. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images President Barack Obama and his team are running out of time to fix the problems with the Affordable… Continue reading
Nov 15 How many more $100 million ‘pictures’ can the art market absorb? By Victoria Fleischer Bidding representatives speak on the phone with their clients during an auction at Sotheby's on Wednesday in New York City. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images Even for the high stakes world of fine art auctions, $1.8 billion dollars is a… Continue reading
Nov 15 Ann Patchett gets personal in her new collection of essays, ‘This is the Story of a Happy Marriage’ By Victoria Fleischer // 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
Nov 15 Obama’s health care mea culpa By Terence Burlij In an hour-long press conference Thursday, President Barack Obama says his administration "fumbled the rollout" of his signature health care law. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Barack Obama entered the White House briefing room Thursday needing to accomplish… Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch For ‘Portrait of Julia,’ Robert MacNeil paints art-full tale In his latest novel, NewsHour's own Robert MacNeil revisits a character he created 20 years ago: a young widow and painter living in post-WWI Canada. Jeffrey Brown sits down with MacNeil to discuss his use of art to frame "Portrait… Continue watching
Nov 14 Robert MacNeil explores one woman’s cultural awakening in his new novel ‘Portrait of Julia’ By Victoria Fleischer Set in 1920 Halifax, "Portrait of Julia" follows Julia Robertson, the young war widow featured in the bestselling book "Burden of Desire." In his fourth novel, Robert MacNeil, longtime anchor and executive editor of the PBS NewsHour, Julia ventures out… Continue reading
Nov 14 JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History By Kristin Miller A selection of images from the exhibitions JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander’s View of History (at the International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, October 4, 2013 –January 19, 2014). Continue reading