Oct 12 Dodge Poetry Festival Gets Underway The 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival is underway, billed as the largest poetry gathering in North America. This will be the third time it's being held in Newark, after many years in the woods in a much more rural New Jersey… Continue reading
Oct 12 The Daily Frame South Korean policemen dance to "Gangnam Style" in the stands of Formula One's Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam on Thursday. Korean pop star Psy, whose hit song has basically taken over the world, will wave the checkered flag in Sunday's… Continue reading
Oct 12 How Will the Health Law Impact Coverage for Immigrants? By Julie Appleby Student Joanna Cambria takes the pulse of a woman inside of a garage at a flower nursery serving as a health care clinic for migrant farm workers in Cheshire, Conn. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The U.S. is home… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Poet Sharon Olds' New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage Poet Sharon Olds' New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch For Mo Yan, a Case Study in the Politics of Being a Chinese Literary Figure For Mo Yan, a Case Study in the Politics of Being a Chinese Literary Figure… Continue watching
Oct 11 Poet Sharon Olds' New Collection Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage Sharon Olds shares work from her latest collection of poetry, "Stag's Leap." The poet also talks about her partner's New Hampshire nature retreat where she spends her days, about finding her poetic voice in her 30s, and the "usefulness" of… Continue reading
Oct 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Sharon Olds Poet Sharon Olds reads from her new book, "Stag's Leap."… Continue reading
Oct 11 Sharon Olds Reads 'Bathing the Newborn' and Other Poems Sharon Olds is one of the country's best-known and best-selling poets. Her latest book, "Stag's Leap," is a story of loss and mourning and healing after the end of a 32-year marriage. Continue reading
Oct 11 Chinese Writer Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish Academy announced Thursday morning that it had awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2012 to Chinese writer Mo Yan. In its announcement the academy described Mo as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history… Continue reading