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 12 Watch Iraq Veteran’s War Fiction Taps Personal Experience Kevin Powers served in the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. When he returned to the U.S. he turned initially to poetry to work through his own questions about his experience, but found he needed "a larger canvas."… Continue watching
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
Oct 31 Q&A: In Zadie Smith’s ‘NW,’ Some Harsh Truths About Friendship By Molly Finnegan Zadie Smith's latest novel, "NW," is an exploration into the joys and problems of a modern friendship between two women in North London. Decidedly less radiant than some of her earlier works, "NW" delivers the reader some harsh truths about… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Author Bill Ivey Argues for Rediscovering Values at Heart of American Ideal Author Bill Ivey Argues for Rediscovering Values at Heart of American Ideal… Continue watching
Oct 29 Bill Ivey, Former NEA Chairman, Author of ‘Handmaking America’ By Tom LeGro More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with Bill Ivey, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and author of "Handmaking America: A Back-to-Basics Pathway to a Revitalized American Democracy."… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch New Erdrich Novel Deals With Crime and Jurisdiction on North Dakota Reservation New Erdrich Novel Deals With Crime and Jurisdiction on North Dakota Reservation… Continue watching
Oct 24 Q&A: In Her New Book, Joyce Johnson Tries to ‘Set the Record Straight’ on Jack Kerouac By Arts Desk Joyce Johnson's latest book, "The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac," draws heavily from Kerouac's own journals, letters and other source material, which are now archived at the New York Public Library. Continue reading
Oct 19 Sheila Bair Takes on Tim Geithner, Gets Tough on Wall Street in New Book By Murrey Jacobson // Throughout the height of the financial crisis in 2008 and afterward, Sheila Bair was known for being an outspoken regulator willing to confront her peers head-on. That included Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who Bair thought was not nearly tough… Continue reading