Nov 29 Weekly Poem: ‘Hammer Is the Prayer’ Christian Wiman is the editor of Poetry magazine and the author of three collections of poems: "Every Riven Thing" (2010), "Hard Night" (2005) and "The Long Home" (1998). Continue reading
Nov 29 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a French man has revealed a collection of almost 300 undocumented art works by Pablo Picasso. Continue reading
Nov 24 Around the Nation A special Thanksgiving roundup of public media arts and culture (and cooking) stories. Continue reading
Nov 24 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, music helps seniors practice balance and the Royal Shakespeare Company opens its new theater. Continue reading
Nov 23 Conversation: Poet Nikki Giovanni By Tom LeGro Nikki Giovanni is the author of several books of poetry, including most recently, "Bicycles: Love Poems." She is a professor at Virginia Tech, where she teaches writing and literature. "The 100 Best African American Poems" was edited by Giovanni and… Continue reading
Nov 23 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Yale University agrees to return a collection of Incan artifacts to Peru. Continue reading
Nov 22 Weekly Poem: ‘Fish Head for Katrina’ By Tom LeGro Terrance Hayes, a poet and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, won the 2010 National Book Award. Here, he reads a poem from his award-winning volume, "Lighthead."… Continue reading
Nov 22 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, two major museums face financial woes. Continue reading
Nov 19 Conversation: Filmmaker Lucy Walker Documents an Artist’s ‘Waste Land’ By Molly Finnegan In 2007, New York-based artist Vik Muniz returned to his native country of Brazil to set up shop at the world's largest garbage dump in Rio de Janiero. His story is told in the new documentary "Waste Land" by director… Continue reading
Nov 19 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, some Italian sculptures get re-attachable body parts. Continue reading