Arts Sep 30 Twitter Chat: How well does Hollywood handle LGBTQ characters and issues? In our next #NewsHourChats, we’ll take a look at criticisms of Hollywood's portrayal of LGBTQ…
Arts Sep 29 Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lin-Manuel Miranda win MacArthur fellowships Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates and Broadway composer-playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda join a puppeteer, a video artist, a community leader and many others as the new group of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellows.
Poetry Sep 28 Why we need to listen to undocumented poets When we talk about undocumented immigrants, who are we leaving behind?…
Arts Sep 24 Illustrator draws out Syrian life under Islamic State rule Illustrator Molly Crabapple and writer Marwan Hisham wanted to capture the scenes of life amid war that often go unreported in Iraq and Syria, where the Islamic State has captured territory.
Poetry Sep 21 Poet Kiki Petrosino asks: Can people change? Kiki Petrosino’s poetry began as a child in the backseat of her mother’s car. Many nights, the family would drive to and from Catonsville Community College near Baltimore to pick up Petrosino’s father, a public school teacher who taught evening…
Arts Sep 17 How to submit to ‘Casa de Colores,’ a nation-wide poetry project This week, U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera embarks on a country-wide poetry project, “Casa de Colores,” which he announced earlier this month at the National Book Festival.
Arts Sep 15 When women are in charge of TV shows, more women get hired Female leaders are leading the push for more diversity in television, both on-camera and behind the scenes, according to a new study.
Poetry Sep 14 Read the first-ever poetry journal by trans writers The literary world reached a milestone this month with the debut of "Vetch," the first submission-based literary journal devoted to poetry by transgender writers.