May 17 Can You Make it Through the Month? Financial Decisions of the Poor By Paul Solman Here's an online "game" found for us by one of our most trusted advisers, Boston University Finance Professor Zvi Bodie. "Spent" was created through a collaboration between Urban Ministries of Durham in North Carolina and the advertising firm… Continue reading
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May 16 Watch 'Life on Mars' Author Explores Humans' Relationship With Universe Through Poetry 'Life on Mars' Author Explores Humans' Relationship With the Universe… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 'Freedom Riders' Film Revisits Those Who Risked Lives for Civil Rights 'Freedom Riders' Reenacts Historic Bus Trip Across South… Continue watching
May 16 Tracy K. Smith Reads from 'My God, It's Full of Stars' Tracy K. Smith is the author of three collections of poetry: "Life on Mars" (Graywolf Press, 2011); "Duende" (Graywolf, 2007), winner of the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets; and "The Body's Question" (Graywolf, 2003), winner… Continue reading
May 16 Watch Tracy K. Smith Reads From 'Life of Mars' Tracy K. Smith reads from her poetry collection, "Life of Mars."… Continue watching
May 16 Watch Weekly Poem: From 'My God, It's Full of Stars' by Tracy K. Smith Tracy K. Smith reads from "My God, It's Full of Stars," from her book, "Life on Mars."… Continue watching
May 16 Weekly Poem: From 'My God, It's Full of Stars' Tracy K. Smith is the author of three collections of poetry: "Life on Mars" (Graywolf Press, 2011); Duende (Graywolf, 2007), winner of the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets; and "The Body's Question" (Graywolf, 2003), winner… Continue reading