Oct 11 The Daily Frame Photographers at a book fair in Frankfurt, Germany, take pictures of books by Chinese author Mo Yan, who on Thursday won 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature Prize winner. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Writer Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize, Spurs Mixed Reaction from Fellow Chinese The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to celebrated Chinese writer Mo Yan, whose books include "Red Sorghum" and "The Garlic Ballads." Some more politically outspoken Chinese dissidents and intellectuals were critical of the choice, but the Nobel committee was… Continue watching
Oct 10 Around the Nation By Tom LeGro Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Oct 10 The Daily Frame People take in a preview of "Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective" at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibition of the U.S. pop artist's work runs Sunday through Jan. 13, 2013. Continue reading
Oct 09 The Tuesday Cutline…a Contest It's time for another Tuesday Cutline, a contest in which you come up with a caption to a photo and win a prize. Continue reading
Oct 08 Monday on the NewsHour: Salman Rushdie By Tom LeGro More of Jeffrey Brown's interview with writer Salman Rushdie. Continue reading
Oct 08 Dissident Vietnamese Poet Nguyen Chi Thien, Author of ‘Flowers of Hell,’ Dies at Age 73 By Tom LeGro Nguyen Chi Thien, a Vietnamese dissident poet who spent 27 years in communist prisons and was the acclaimed author of "Flowers of Hell," died last week in California after a long bout of illness. Continue reading
Oct 08 The Daily Frame A restorer at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, Italy, works on the unfinished painting "Adorazione dei Magi" by Leonardo Da Vinci. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch In ‘Joseph Anton,’ Salman Rushdie Writes Novelistically About His Own Life In his new memoir, Salman Rushdie recounts, in the third person, his upbringing as a secular muslim trying to understand his religion, as well as living under fatwa, a period when he says he discovered his own resilience. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 05 National Storytelling Festival Turns 40 By Ellen Rolfes Now in its 40th year, the National Storytelling Festival expects to attract nearly 10,000 storytellers and attendees from throughout the country and around the world this weekend. The three-day event will include performances by 24 featured storytellers, two ghost story… Continue reading