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Poem of the Week: ‘Where’

Taha Muhammad Ali has published several collections of poetry and is also writes short stories. He has published two collections in English, and a new biography of Taha Muhammad Ali written by Adina Hoffman has just come out.

Conversation: John Richardson, Biographer and Friend of Pablo Picasso

By Arts Desk

For much of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was at the forefront of modern art, but the work of his later years has at times been taken less seriously, as more an appendage to his earlier, revolutionary turns.

Come Together: The YouTube Orchestra

From home computer to Carnegie Hall, a Wednesday night performance capped off YouTube's first experiment with its online collaborative orchestra.

Out for a Spin: National Record Store Day Is April 18

Thanks to hundreds of enterprising, enthusiastic stores around the world, we now have April 18th, National Record Store Day, to celebrate music on vinyl.

‘Sin Nombre’: Strangers on a Train

While all independent filmmaking could be considered dangerous in these economic times, what young American director Cary Joji Fukunaga did to make "Sin Nombre" is a more literal interpretation.

In D.C., All Eyes on Neko Case

By Arts Desk

On a recent evening in Washington, D.C., a petite woman stepped onto a stage before a sold-out crowd. Her look was casual, but this was no soft-spoken, indie folk singer. It was Neko Case, who some critics say is in…

Conversation: Elie Wiesel

By Arts Desk

In the new novel, "A Mad Desire to Dance," Doriel Waldman has survived the holocaust as a youth and achieved professional success as a man only to find himself in his 60s barely hanging onto his sanity.

Can Hollywood Help Rescue Michigan?

As Detroit's auto industry crumbles, leaving the state with the highest unemployment rate in the nation and substantial budget gap, state lawmakers are turning to alternative sources of revenue, notably from the film industry.

Conversation: Daniel Mendelsohn Discusses Two New Collections of Poet C.P. Cavafy

Constantine Cavafy, the greatest Greek poet since antiquity, never published a complete book of his poems during his lifetime. Instead, he would print them himself as pamphlets or broadsheets and distribute them to a small group of friends.

Character Project Captures Faces of America

A new photography exhibit called the 'Character Project' features the work of 11 contemporary photographers who each shot a small series of photographs of Americans during the summer of 2008.