Oct 28 Weekly Poem: Billy Collins reads 'Cheerios' By Victoria Fleischer // Cheerios One bright morning in a restaurant in Chicago as I waited for my eggs and toast, I opened the Tribune only to discover that I was the same age as Cheerios. Indeed, I was a few months… Continue reading
Oct 26 Women in Saudi Arabia stand up to authorities by breaking driving ban .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Women in Saudi Arabia took… Continue reading
Oct 25 Billy Collins reflects on his collection 'Aimless Love' and pretending to be serious By Victoria Fleischer Humor wasn't always integral to Billy Collins' poetry. The former U.S. poet laureate thought he had to be serious, or at least "pretend to be serious." Collins stopped by the NewsHour recently to speak with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown… Continue reading
Oct 25 Can't decide what to be this Halloween? How about a Banksy By Victoria Fleischer You will need plenty of face paint and a little patience to pull off these Halloween costumes inspired by Roy Lichtenstein's pop art. Photo by Flickr user Viktor Sekularac The pumpkins are out, the haunted houses are revving up… Continue reading
Oct 25 Billy Collins reflects on his collection 'Aimless Love' and pretending to be serious By Victoria Fleischer Humor wasn't always integral to Billy Collins' poetry. The former U.S. poet laureate thought he had to be serious, or at least "pretend to be serious." Collins stopped by the NewsHour recently to speak with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown… Continue reading
Oct 24 Reflections on the power of poetry in Detroit schools By Jeffrey Brown Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown and U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey talk to students learning poetry through InsideOut, a Detroit-based literary arts project that brings writers to public schools. Photo by Reid Riddell Our story on poetry in the Detroit… Continue reading
Oct 24 OneVoice uses kid-powered music for social good By Larisa Epatko Robbie Schaefer, guitarist and songwriter for the U.S. folk-rock band Eddie from Ohio, founded OneVoice in 2010 to bring children from different continents together through music. He soon realized it was an ever-evolving process. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 8:21 Young Detroiters unlock their inner poets, claim authorship of their experiences Detroit schools are turning their students into published poets with a little guidance from professional writers and a program called InsideOut. Jeffrey Brown reflects with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey about visiting the Motor City middle-schoolers and the "sense of… Continue watching
Oct 23 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey struck by 'sense of power' in Detroit students' work .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey… Continue reading
Oct 23 Teen poets writing in a troubled city By Mary Jo Brooks EmbedVideo(7741); In addition to workshops and classes, InsideOut hosts poetry readings throughout the city. The NewsHour recently attended one at the Dell Pryor art gallery in Midtown Detroit. Here are Patty Lare, and two InsideOut alumni -- Terrell Morrow… Continue reading