Dec 28 Watch Book Critic Ron Charles Discusses Year's Best Works of Fiction Jeffrey Brown talks with book critic Ron Charles of The Washington Post about the best works of fiction in 2011 and the shape of the industry. Continue watching
Dec 28 'Being Elmo': The Man Behind the Muppet Chances are you've heard Kevin Clash many, many times and don't even realize it. He is everywhere. You've heard his voice on TV, and if you have children you've heard it coming from one of their toys, one of the… Continue reading
Dec 28 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A visitor takes a picture on an iPad of a statue of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at Graphisoft Park in Budapest, Hungary. The six-and-a-half foot bronze statue by Erno Toth depicts Jobs with his trademark turtleneck shirt, jeans, sneakers… Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Ondaatje Crafts Semi-Autobiographical Tale of Ocean Voyage in 'The Cat's Table' Michael Ondaatje's new novel "The Cat's Table" is a shipboard story about a boy's travel's from Ceylon to England. Jeffrey Brown and Ondaatje, author of "The English Patient," discuss the coming-of-age tale based in part on the writer's own past. Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch In Peru, Gold Rush Leads to Mercury Contamination Concerns In remote regions of the Peruvian Amazon, extensive gold-mining operations have stirred major environmental concerns over mercury contamination in fish, fish-eating wildlife and humans. In collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports. Continue watching
Dec 27 Around the Nation 2011 was a great year for music. Here's a look at the top studio sessions, performances and recordings assembled by four public broadcasting stations around the nation. Continue reading
Dec 27 The Daily Frame A woman dresses in cosplay during the 10th Asia Game Show 2011 in Hong Kong, which ended Monday. In cosplay, short for "costume play," participants wear costumes to represent a specific character or idea, often drawn from popular fiction in… Continue reading
Dec 26 Weekly Poem: 'Rime Riche' Monica Ferrell is the author of the collection of poems "Beasts for the Chase" (2008, Sarabande Books) and the novel, "The Answer Is Always Yes" (2008, Dial Press). Continue reading
Dec 26 The Daily Frame A new stencil and spray paint piece by graffiti artist Banksy appears on a vacant building in the Mayfair area of London. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch Weekly Poem: 'Rime Riche' Monica Ferrell reads the poem "Rime Riche."… Continue watching