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
Oct 19 Conversation: Louise Erdrich on Her New Novel, 'The Round House' By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Louise Erdrich, author of the novel "The Round House," which has been nominated for a National Book Award. 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 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 04 Conversation: Kevin Powers, Author of 'The Yellow Birds' By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Kevin Powers, author of the novel "The Yellow Birds" and who served in the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2004 and 2005. Continue reading