Mar 08 Conversation: Glenn Frankel’s ‘The Searchers’ By Tom LeGro "The Searchers" is, of course, the name of director John Ford's famous 1956 Western starring John Wayne. But it's also part of a much bigger American story, steeped in myth, told and re-told in different forms. It's now at the… Continue reading
Feb 20 Sotomayor: ‘Every Day We Live Our Life, We Make a Choice’ By Katelyn Polantz Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells the story of her childhood growing up with a difficult mother, an alcoholic father and a deeply loving grandmother. Her new memoir, "My Beloved World," gives an exceptionally personal portrait of the justice from… Continue reading
Feb 08 Conversation: Dave Barry, Author ‘Insane City’ By Tom LeGro A bachelor party that doesn't quite go as planned, followed by a wedding that's interrupted by the arrival of a boat of Haitian refugees. Throw in a large python snake, some Russian gangsters and the city of Miami -- or… Continue reading
Jan 23 Conversation: Brad Meltzer, Author of ‘The Fifth Assassin’ By Tom LeGro Brad Meltzer spent much of the last four years researching for his thriller "The Fifth Assassin" and learned about much of what the government does to protect us against attacks, including the role of the Secret Service. He sat down… Continue reading
Jan 18 Conversation: George Saunders, Author of ‘Tenth of December’ By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to George Saunders, author of "Tenth of December."… Continue reading
Dec 07 Conversation: David Denby on the Movies By Tom LeGro David Denby writes about the immediate moment in his role as film critic for The New Yorker. He also looks at the much bigger picture in his latest book, "Do the Movies Have a Future?"… Continue reading
Nov 30 Conversation: Lorin Stein, Editor of The Paris Review, on the Art of the Short Story By Tom LeGro What is a great short story and what does it take to write one? The Paris Review posed those questions to 20 contemporary authors and asked them to pick a story they love in the almost 60-year-old archives of the… Continue reading
Nov 12 Monday on the NewsHour: Kevin Powers, Author of ‘The Yellow Birds’ By Tom LeGro Extended interview and reading with Kevin Powers, author of the novel "The Yellow Birds."… Continue reading
Nov 09 Conversation: Bringing Joey to Life in ‘War Horse’ By Tom LeGro The play "War Horse" is the story of friendship, war, love and one remarkable steed named Joey. To get an idea of what it's like to control Joey from his expressive ears to his hooves, Jeffrey Brown sat down with… Continue reading
Nov 02 Q&A: Mary Jo Bang’s Translation of ‘Inferno’ Offers a Fresh Taste of Hell By Arts Desk Mary Jo Bang's new translation of Dante's "Inferno is true to the moral and emotional intensity of the original, but she infuses the text with her own voice and modern allusions to Stephen Colbert and "Southpark."… Continue reading