Arts Feb 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Hole’ "Hole" is from Naomi Ayala's "This Side of Early" (Curbstone Press, 2008). Her first collection, "Wild Animals on the Moon," was published in 1997, and a third is forthcoming. She lives in Washington, D.C., and works as an education consultant,…
Arts Feb 18 After Losing Its Bookstore, Laredo Tries to Write the Next Chapter The last bookstore in Laredo, Texas, closed its doors for good one month ago this week. This bilingual and bicultural border town, long challenged by high illiteracy rates, is now adjusting to its new reality.
Arts Feb 16 Links to Faulkner’s Works Found in Diary A little literary sleuthing has uncovered a link between an unpublished antebellum diary and the well-known work of William Faulkner.
Arts Feb 10 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Ruben Blades On Wednesday’s PBS NewsHour, we profile international salsa star Ruben Blades, who after spending five years as a cabinet minister in Panama, has made a return to music. At 61, Blades is now back…
Arts Feb 08 Weekly Poem: ‘Those Winter Sundays’ Robert Hayden was the first black poet to be chosen as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress.
Arts Feb 05 Friday on the NewsHour: ‘A Rift in the Land’ Michele Voltaire Marcelin, an artist, poet, spoken word performer and teacher, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since the earthquake struck that country last month, she has been struggling to make sense of the destruction.
Arts Feb 04 Winter Forecast: Art to Blanket Region When it comes to photography, a Wilson Bentley image can be described much like his favorite subject, the snowflake: Each is one of a kind. After all, the Vermont farmer was the first to ever photograph one.
Arts Feb 02 Portraits of the Face of War In her surprisingly tender portraits of former soldiers and marines, photographer Nina Berman documents the lives of veterans who have made an extraordinary sacrifice for their country, and who now must make a new start in the face of serious…
Politics Feb 02 Tuesday’s Headlines: Budget Hearings; ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal Underway One day after the Obama administration released its $3.8 trillion budget plan, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the president's budget director, Peter Orszag, are set to explain it Tuesday before congressional committees. Also on Capitol Hill, Defense Secretary Robert Gates…