Poetry Aug 30 Poet, Activist Ernesto Cardenal Explores Cosmos, Humanity in Verse Ernesto Cardenal, one of Latin America's most renowned, but also controversial, poets and political activists, has shifted his recent work to reflect on humanity's connection to nature and relationship to the universe. Ray Suarez speaks with the poet about his…
Arts Aug 25 Unveiling the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was scheduled to be dedicated on Aug. 28 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but Hurricane Irene has delayed the ceremonies.
Arts Aug 15 Weekly Poem: ‘Observation’ Jenn 's work has appeared in several literary journals. She teaches English at Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs.
Arts Aug 12 Conversation: Esmeralda Santiago, Author of ‘Conquistadora’ Set in the 1800's, Esmeralda Santiago's epic novel, "Conquistadora," tells two coming-of-age stories: one of its heroine, Ana Cubillas, the daughter of Spanish aristocrats who becomes head of a plantation in the new world, and the other of Puerto Rico…
Arts Aug 05 Pulitzer-winning ‘Clybourne Park’ Returns to Woolly Mammoth With Story of Race Jeffrey Brown talks to Howard Shalwitz, artistic director and co-founder of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, about Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Clybourne Park."…
Arts Jul 29 Conversation: Norwegian Author Anne Holt on the Lessons of Oslo Jeffrey Brown talks to crime writer Anne Holt about the situation in Norway in the aftermath of the July 22 attacks by Anders Behring Breivik. Holt is one of Scandinavia's most successful crime writers, but she's also had quite a…
Arts Jul 22 Conversation: Imagination in Education This week, the Lincoln Center Institute in New York is holding what it bills as the "first national conference focused on making imagination an integral part of American education."…
Arts Jul 18 Weekly Poem: ‘Morning, and as sun is born’ Joan Houlihan has published three books, including "The Us" (2009, Tupelo Press). In 2004, she founded the Concord Poetry Center, and in 2006 she established the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference for advanced writers. She teaches at Lesley University's low-residency M.F.A.
Arts Jul 14 Preview: Pianist Leon Fleisher More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with conductor and pianist Leon Fleisher.
Arts Jul 05 American Painter Cy Twombly Dies at 83 Celebrated American painter Cy Twombly, whose paintings featured scribbles, graffiti and unusual materials and who invigorated American post-War art alongside Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, has died. He was 83.