Poetry Mar 10 Weekly Poem: Michael Collier reads ‘Grandmother with Mink Stole, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, 1959’ Michael Collier was the Poet Laureate of Maryland from 2001-2004. He has published several collections of poetry, including “The Ledge,” which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the national Book Critics Circle Award. “An Individual…
Arts Mar 06 John Banville slips into Chandler’s voice for new Philip Marlowe crime novel Author John Banville has been reading Raymond Chandler novels since he was in his early teens. When Banville turned 60, he invented a pseudonym for his crime fiction. As Benjamin Black, the writer has just come out with a new…
Arts Feb 05 Roddy Doyle reads an excerpt from ‘The Guts’ Irish writer Roddy Doyle reads an excerpt from his latest novel “The Guts.” Doyle spoke with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. That conversation airs Wednesday night on the PBS NewsHour.
Arts Jan 29 Carolyn Forche explores writing ‘as an outcry of the soul’ in ‘Poetry of Witness’ Carolyn Forche was deeply affected by her experience in war-torn countries. Forche is the co-editor of "Poetry of Witness." When she began collecting poems by writers who had endured warfare and other extreme situations, Forche wanted to look more deeply…
Poetry Jan 29 Carolyn Forche explores writing ‘as an outcry of the soul’ in ‘Poetry of Witness’ Carolyn Forche, co-editor of the anthology "Poetry of Witness," read Major John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Field." Carolyn Forche was deeply affected by her experience in countries at war. Forche is the co-editor of the new anthology "Poetry…
Arts Jan 17 Bolshoi Ballet hopes dancing, not drama gets the spotlight in 2014 It's one year exactly since Sergei Filin, artistic director of the Moscow-based Bolshoi Ballet, suffered a viscous acid attack, masterminded by a jealous Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko. Here's an update to the story and a look back at some NewsHour…
Poetry Mar 01 Charles Wright Reads ‘No Angel’ Charles Wright reads “No Angel.” No Angel In the Kingdom of the Hollow-at-Heart, the insect is king. In the Kingdom of the Beyond, all lie where the ground is smooth. Everything’s what it seems to be, and a little less.
Poetry Mar 01 Charles Wright reads ‘Hasta la Vista Buckaroo’ Charles Wright reads “Hasta la Vista Buckaroo.” Hasta la Vista Buckaroo So many have come and gone, undone like a rhinestone cowboy, Dazzle and snuff, Lord, dazzle and snuff, In a two-bit rodeo. The entrance to hell is just…
Poetry Mar 01 Charles Wright reads ‘When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It’s a Good Thing’ Charles Wright reads “When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It’s a Good Thing.” When the Horses Gallop Away from Us, It’s a Good Thing I always find it strange—though I shouldn’t—how creatures don’t care for us the…
Poetry Mar 01 Charles Wright Reads ‘Together’ Charles Wright reads “Together.” Together I wish I had the capacity to see through my own death. Some flash light, some force of flame Picking out diamond points of falling leaves and the river of stars. This is the…