Sep 20 Watch Facing an ‘Epidemic’ of Death, Jesmyn Ward Writes Memoir of Loss, Larger Forces Facing an 'Epidemic' of Death, Jesmyn Ward Writes Memoir of Loss, Larger Forces… Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch Capturing Mathew Brady, Photographer Who Shaped Our Vision of the Civil War Capturing Mathew Brady, Photographer Who Shaped Our Vision of the Civil War… Continue watching
Sep 18 Jennifer Michael Hecht Reads ‘Split’ By Margaret Myers Jennifer Michael Hecht is a poet, historian, philosopher and author. She is the author of several books of nonfiction including "Doubt: A History" and "The Happiness Myth." Her latest collection of poetry is titled "Who Said." She teaches at The… Continue reading
Sep 17 Edwidge Danticat on Using Writing to Reach the Past, Look Forward, Solve Problems By Molly Finnegan "Claire of the Sea Light" is a story of death and loss, but also the enduring power of love. The intertwined lives in a small fishing village are upended when a seven-year-old girl disappears. Haitian-born novelist Edwidge Danticat has returned… Continue reading
Sep 17 Mary Jo Salter’s ‘Nothing By Design’ a Mixture of Darkness and Whimsy By Margaret Myers "Nothing By Design," the new collection from poet Mary Jo Salter, is a mix of light and dark. In it, Salter explores the end of a marriage, the loss of friends, having fun with MFA programs and responding to "The… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Edwidge Danticat Reflects on ‘Going Back’ to Haiti Through Her Writing In a seaside town in Haiti, a fisherman's daughter goes missing on her seventh birthday. What happens to the community as they search for her is the subject of a new novel, "Claire of the Sea Light." Acclaimed author Edwidge… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch Innovative Art of Burning Man Ditches the Desert to Find New Life in Cities Innovative Art of Burning Man Leaves the Desert to Find New Life in Cities… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Poetry Project Helps Dementia Patients Live in the Moment In our new series, "Where Poetry Lives," Natasha Trethewey, poet laureate of the United States, and Jeffrey Brown spends time at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project in Brooklyn. The international program works with people with dementia to try to trigger memory by… Continue watching
Sep 12 Poet’s Notebook: Beginning the Journey by Remembering the Past By Molly Finnegan Editor’s Note: PBS NewsHour kicks off a special poetry series with U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey. “Where Poetry Lives” features Trethewey and NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown. The pair will be on-location, reporting on issues that matter to Americans through the… Continue reading
Sep 10 Telling the Stories Behind the Images of ‘WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY’ By Victoria Fleischer Dmitri Baltermants, 1912-1990 Attack — Eastern Front WWII, 1941 Gelatin silver print, printed 1960 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Gift of Michael Poulos in honor of Mary Kay Poulos, 1997, © Russian Photo Association, Razumberg Emil Anasovich. Continue reading