Dec 22 Watch The Year in Music Jeffrey Brown talks to the Los Angeles Times' Randall Roberts about the year in music. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Poet Mark Doty Reflects on Community Bonds Forged by Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Poet Mark Doty, winner of the National Book Award, reflects on one of the great traditions of the holiday season: Handel's "Messiah."… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch For Egyptian Women, ‘a March of Anger’ and More Calls for Protests, Protection Ten-thousand women marched Tuesday in Tahrir Square after brutal attacks of women were reported during protests in Cairo. Margaret Warner discusses Egypt's political struggles with corporate executive May Nabil, who participated in the demonstrations. Continue watching
Dec 21 On the NewsHour: Poet Mark Doty On Wednesday's NewsHour, Mark Doty read his poem, "Messiah (Christmas Portions)." We'll post that poem here later this evening. He shared another of poems with us, below, called "A Display of Mackerel."… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Poet Mark Doty Reflects on Community Bonds Forged by Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Poet Mark Doty Reflects on a Community Uniting to Peform Handel's Messiah… Continue watching
Dec 21 Conversation: The Year in Fiction By Tom LeGro What was 2011 like for fiction? And what was it like for books themselves? I recently talked with Washington Post book critic Ron Charles about the novels and authors who stood out from the others and about the business of… Continue reading
Dec 21 The Daily Frame Inmates at the Santa Monica Women's Prison stage a performance Tuesday in Lima, Peru. The inmates put on a Christmas show for the Peruvian first lady, Nadine Heredia. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Poet Mark Doty Reads ‘A Display of Mackerel’ Mark Doty reads his poem, "A Display of Mackerel."… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch The Year in Fiction Jeffrey Brown talks to Ron Charles of the Washington Post about the year in fiction. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Film Tells Story of Warlord-Turned-Evangelist Known as General Butt Naked The film "The Redemption of General Butt Naked" follows a brutal African warlord who has renounced his violent past and reinvented himself as a Christian evangelist. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced films… Continue watching