Arts Jul 18 From painting overpasses to stadiums, a graffiti artist on his evolving art form For more than 30 years, Los Angeles-based artist RISK has been creating colorful murals on everything from highway overpasses -- known as “heavens” -- to dilapidated buildings, walls, trains and buses. He recently joined eight other graffiti artists to paint…
Poetry Jun 13 Pulitzer-winning poet Vijay Seshadri fuses the fantastic with the everyday The Bangalore-native, Brooklyn-based poet assiduously collects the details of his life, his world, his ruminations big and small, in the hope that once amassed and ordered they'll connect with readers and arrive at a higher meaning.
Poetry Jun 09 Weekly Poem: Pulitzer winner Vijay Seshadri reads ‘Memoir’ Vijay Seshadri opens his poem "Memoir" by paraphrasing George Orwell, writing that "no one ever writes the real story of their life. The real story of a life is the story of its humiliations."…
Arts Jun 06 Digital revolution threatens American literature, says best-selling author James Patterson Despite having authored dozens of best-selling titles, James Patterson is very worried about the present and future of books in America, as the publishing world continues to grapple with the tectonic shifts brought about by the advent of ebooks and…
Arts May 30 Arts education helps build ‘whole people,’ says singer Jessye Norman Award-winning singer Jessye Norman has a big problem with declining arts programs in America’s schools. “It is a big issue and it makes me completely crazy,” Norman told correspondent Jeffrey Brown, when they sat down to discuss her new memoir,…
Arts Apr 23 ‘Made in the USA’ examines the evolution of American art What does an 1886 oil painting share with an abstract mobile made of sheet metal and wire in 1950? They both belong to "Made in the USA," an exhibit at Washington, D.C.'s Phillips Collection that chronicles how American artists evolved…
Nation Apr 04 The artist formerly known as ‘The President’ debuts work in Dallas A collection of portraits of world leaders -- painted by none other than former world leader President George W. Bush -- goes on display in Dallas on Saturday.
World Jan 27 Diving into the Philippines’ dangerous, underwater mines Filipino divers disappear into water as opaque as chocolate milk as they blindly dig in search of gold trapped in muddy sediment. It's risky business: As miners go deeper, underwater tunnels could collapse or the compressor that provides air may…