Mar 04 Poet David Ferry on Writing Verse, Reading Poems, Winning Awards at 88 Jeffrey Brown profiles David Ferry, a poet concerned with making connections to classical literature. Ferry was recently honored with the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize as well as the National Book Award for poetry. At age 88, he is currently tackling… Continue reading
Mar 04 Weekly Poem: ‘Soul’ By Tom LeGro, Mary Jo Brooks David Ferry is the author of several books of poetry and translations. His collection "Bewilderment" won last year's National Book Award for poetry. A profile of Ferry will air soon on the NewsHour. Continue reading
Mar 04 The Daily Frame By Molly Finnegan Artists from 11 of India's states participate at an art festival in Ghaziabad, India. One of the paintings portrays the recent, deadly Delhi gang rape that inspired mass protests against the prevalence of violence against women. Continue reading
Mar 04 David Ferry Reads From ‘Bewilderment’ Jeffrey Brown profiles David Ferry, a poet concerned with making connections to classical literature. Ferry was recently honored with the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize as well as the National Book Award for poetry. At age 88, he is currently tackling… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘Soul’ Poet David Ferry reads "Soul," a poem from his book "Bewilderment."… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch New Documentary Puts Homegrown Issue of Hunger on the Table New Documentary Puts Homegrown Issue of Childhood Hunger on the Table… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch News Wrap: Obama Opposes Ban on Gay Marriage News Wrap: Pres. Obama Says He Will Rule Against All Gay Marriage Bans… Continue watching
Mar 01 Conversation: Mary Zimmerman’s ‘Metamorphoses’ By Molly Finnegan Based on the classical mythology by Ovid and notably set in a pool of water (a nod to the ancient maritime cultures), Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphoses" earned her a 2002 Tony Award and a claim as one of the theater world's… Continue reading
Mar 01 With 50 Million Hungry in U.S., New Film Demands ‘A Place at the Table’ EmbedVideo(5858, 482, 304); The classroom sometimes gets a little blurry for Rosie, a fifth-grader in Colorado. And when it does -- when she starts picturing her teacher as a banana or her classmates as apples -- Rosie… Continue reading
Mar 01 The Daily Frame By Molly Finnegan Arlo Ricketts, 17 months, sits beside a piece of work entitled "Columba" by artist Roseline de Thelin during the Kinetica Art Fair in London. The event is the U.K.'s only art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, electric and new… Continue reading