Sep 17 Mary Jo Salter’s ‘Nothing By Design’ a Mixture of Darkness and Whimsy By Margaret Myers "Nothing By Design," the new collection from poet Mary Jo Salter, is a mix of light and dark. In it, Salter explores the end of a marriage, the loss of friends, having fun with MFA programs and responding to "The… Continue reading
Sep 17 Mary Jo Salter’s ‘Nothing By Design’ a Mixture of Darkness and Whimsy By Margaret Myers "Nothing By Design," the new collection from poet Mary Jo Salter, is a mix of light and dark. In it, Salter explores the end of a marriage, the loss of friends, having fun with MFA programs and responding to "The… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Edwidge Danticat Reflects on ‘Going Back’ to Haiti Through Her Writing In a seaside town in Haiti, a fisherman's daughter goes missing on her seventh birthday. What happens to the community as they search for her is the subject of a new novel, "Claire of the Sea Light." Acclaimed author Edwidge… Continue watching
Sep 16 Meena Alexander Reads Her Poem, ‘Experimental Geography’ By Margaret Myers Meena Alexander's latest collection of poems, "Birthplace with Buried Stones," will be published Sept. 30, 2013. Alexander is an English professor at the City University of New York and teaches at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of… Continue reading
Sep 16 Weekly Poem: ‘Experimental Geography’ Meena Alexander reads a poem, "Experimental Geography," from her soon to be published collection, "Birthplace with Buried Stones." Alexander is an English professor at the City University of New York and teaches at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 50 Years Ago, Baptist Church Bombing Shakes Nation Remembering Civil Rights figures on the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham bombing. Continue watching
Sep 15 Female director takes on strict Saudi social mores Credit: Sony Pictures Classics The film world is abuzz about a new movie making the rounds at major film festivals. "Wadjda" is the first feature film to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, a country that not only… Continue reading
Sep 14 New, critical edition of George and Ira Gershwin’s works to be compiled Credit: Library of Congress George and Ira will soon be getting the Shakespeare treatment. The estates of the two Gershwin brothers have reached a deal with the University of Michigan, in which the University will be granted access… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Gilding the Ages: Edith Wharton’s Berkshire Sanctuary Edith Wharton’s novels rarely go more than a couple of years without a film or television adaptation. They are certainly never absent from high school and college curricula. Wharton was a taste-maker in other ways -- she wrote popular books… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Innovative Art of Burning Man Ditches the Desert to Find New Life in Cities Innovative Art of Burning Man Leaves the Desert to Find New Life in Cities… Continue watching