Poetry Mar 07 How Gwendolyn Brooks’ poetry is connecting Emmett Till with the violence in Chicago today Some worry that poet Gwendolyn Brooks is in danger of being forgotten. “The Golden Shovel Anthology,” a new book of poems honoring Brooks, seeks to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Arts Mar 03 5 books that will make you think about what it means to be human This week, we went to Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colorado for their thoughts on what to read. Here are five recommendations from the staff, who chose to focus on books that explore joy, inclusivity and the human condition.
Arts Mar 03 SXSW’s immigration clauses are ‘not standard,’ lawyers say Musicians are protesting the annual music, film and media festival South by Southwest after it was discovered that the festival reserved the right to alert U.S. immigration authorities about international artists if they violated their performance agreement.
Arts Mar 02 How a pop-up magazine experiment is turning journalism into performance art The year 1991, journalist Kelley L. Carter argued Tuesday before an audience of 1,000 in Washington D.C., was the best and worst year ever for black America. It was the year of Jamie Foxx in “Living Color,” of Michael Jordan’s…
Arts Mar 01 Aboriginal Australian artists are having a moment in the U.S. These women are at the forefront. Aboriginal Australian art is the oldest continuous tradition of art made in the world, stretching back more than 40,000 years. Now, due to a group of passionate collectors and curators, Aboriginal Australian art shows are popping up across the country.
Poetry Feb 27 As Trump addresses Congress, poets pen a people’s view A week after President Donald Trump took office, hundreds of people gathered in their homes, schools and places across the country to share stories about how they saw the state of the nation. “Very sad,” some said. “Becoming aware.”…
Arts Feb 27 Inside the secret process that’s supposed to prevent an Oscars mishap In the 83 years accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has handled the balloting and award envelopes for the Oscars, it says there had never been a major mistake. Until last night, when presenter Warren Beatty was mistakenly given the wrong envelope, leading…
Politics Feb 23 A day at CPAC, where fringe meets the establishment GOP A month after President Trump took office, many speakers were there to argue that while he'd been a flawed candidate, it was time to unify behind him.
Arts Feb 22 Some people see the politics. This photographer captures the pageantry. On Tuesday, Mark Peterson was in Norfolk, Virginia, preparing to chase down members of Congress at a town hall. On Wednesday, he planned to go to Washington, D.C. to photograph the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The work hasn’t…
Arts Feb 21 Why children’s author Jerry Spinelli won’t shy away from tough topics In Spinelli's new book, "The Warden’s Daughter," the Newberry Award-winning author tells the story of a girl growing up without a mother in a county prison.