Arts Oct 22 Watch 8:51 Journalist Terence Smith reflects on decades of reporting on American presidents, wars On our bookshelf tonight, NewsHour's old friend and former longtime media correspondent Terence Smith's memoir: "Four Wars, Five Presidents: A Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House." Smith spoke with Judy Woodruff about the book.
Arts Jul 29 ‘Little House on the Prairie’ author’s life, times examined in PBS film A documentary about the life of "Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder puts her novels in historical context. That includes scattered racist references to Native Americans in Wilder's novels. By Lynn Elber, Associated Press
Arts Aug 23 Watch 4:52 Jeff Daniels on getting in character to play Atticus Finch Small-town Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch from Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of the most recognizable characters in American literature. In the recent Broadway update of the classic American story, actor Jeff Daniels plays Finch. Jeffrey Brown talks… By Jeffrey Brown
Arts Jul 31 A rediscovered John Steinbeck short story is a comical tale of a chef and his cat A little-known short story by John Steinbeck has been published for the first time in English today, 65 years after it first emerged in a French daily in Paris. By Alison Thoet
Aug 03 You can finally read this Ernest Hemingway story about Paris after WWII By Alison Thoet In 1956, Ernest Hemingway wrote to his publisher about five short stories he had written: “You can always publish them after I’m dead.” More than six decades later, fans will finally get the chance to read one. Continue reading
May 10 Opera Colorado sings about sin in ‘The Scarlet Letter’ By Brad Turner, Colorado Public Radio Hester Prynne is one of the great feminist characters in all of literature, says librettist David Mason: full of dignity and courage, in a story that is as relevant today as when it was written. Continue reading
Feb 19 ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ remains among top banned classical novels By Kenya Downs Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird," considered one of the best novels of the 20th century, is also one of the most controversial. Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 5:21 What we’ve gotten wrong about this Robert Frost classic By PBS NewsHour It’s one of the most famous poems in American history. But David Orr, poetry columnist for The New York Times, says “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is widely misinterpreted. Jeffrey Brown interviews Orr about why he thinks Americans… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 6:57 How Harper Lee’s alternative take on Atticus Finch may resonate with readers By PBS NewsHour Harper Lee’s newly published novel "Go Set a Watchman" offers a dramatically different tone and take on the character Atticus Finch from her beloved work "To Kill a Mockingbird." Jeffrey Brown talks to former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and… Continue watching