Arts Jun 18 New biography documents life of pioneering LGBTQ rights activist Marsha P. Johnson By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas
Arts Jun 16 Watch Author Colum McCann’s novel ‘Twist’ explores isolation in the internet age How lost are we without our devices? Or putting it more simply, as novelist Colum McCann might: just how isolated are we? His new novel "Twist" asks big questions through a story of characters literally at sea. Senior arts correspondent… By Anne Azzi Davenport, Jeffrey Brown
Nation Mar 05 Watch 6:58 ‘Burn Book’ explores Kara Swisher’s life and complicated relationship with tech industry Few journalists have been covering Silicon Valley as long as Kara Swisher, and even fewer are as respected, liked and feared by the tech industry and its most iconic leaders. For the first time, Swisher is opening up about her… By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Karina Cuevas, Alexa Gold
Arts Jan 31 Watch 7:25 Popular new literary genre mixes romance and fantasy TikTok's popular BookTok channel has been buzzing about a new genre called "romantasy'' that is spawning whole sections in bookstores. Jeffrey Brown visited the stacks and talked to author Rebecca Yarros to see what’s driving this trend. It’s part of… By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet
Arts Dec 03 Watch 7:26 ‘Class’ author Stephanie Land on the realities of college when living in poverty Stephanie Land's 2019 memoir, “Maid,” recounted her struggles as a single mother, cleaning houses to earn money and wrestling with the rules of government assistance programs. It was a New York Times bestseller and the basis of a hit Netflix… By John Yang, Juliet Fuisz
Apr 17 Watch 4:35 Jenny Odell’s new book ‘Saving Time’ gives fresh perspective on the meaning of time By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson We’re all used to being ‘on the clock’ and ruled by it. But a new book by Jenny Odell takes on the very idea of time in our lives. "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" is Odell's follow-up… Continue watching
Jan 27 WATCH: U.S. charges 3 in plot to kill Iranian-American author in New York City By Lindsay Whitehurst, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The Justice Department has charged three men in an alleged plot that originated in Iran to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 5:42 Examining Salman Rushdie’s lifelong fight for free speech By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet Three days after being repeatedly stabbed onstage as he was preparing to give a lecture, author Salman Rushdie is recovering while the man accused of attacking him has been charged with attempted murder. Ayad Akhtar, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 5:53 Author Sophia Nelson shares self-care lessons for pandemic times Stress levels shot up in the spring of 2020 and for a lot of people, they never came back down. Best-selling author Sophia Nelson has a new self-care book aimed at offering some help during the pandemic, "Be The One… Continue watching
Apr 10 Jack Higgins, author of ‘The Eagle Has Landed,’ dies at age 92 By Associated Press e became a teacher in the northern city of Leeds and a writer in his spare time, with novels that sold modestly starting in the late 1950s. That changed with the 1975 publication of “The Eagle Has Landed,” about a… Continue reading