Sep 30 Conversation: Jonathan Franzen By Molly Finnegan The disintegration of a family in a very fractured and unsettled, post-9/11 America is told in "Freedom," the new novel by Jonathan Franzen. His last novel, "The Corrections," won the 2001 National Book Award. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch Author Shteyngart Envisions Love Amid Ruins of a Collapsed America Author Gary Shteyngart takes a satirical approach to the economic meltdown in America, combined with a love story in a world of tech-crazy savages in his new novel "Super Sad True Love Story." Jeffrey Brown sits down with the author. Continue watching
Sep 21 Conversation: Kendall Messick’s Close-Up of ‘The Projectionist’ By Molly Finnegan Delaware movie projectionist Gordon Brinckle had an extraordinary secret: Over the course of nearly 50 years, he created a miniature movie palace in his basement that he called the Shalimar. Photographer Kendall Messick has published a new book of photographs… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Arianna Huffington Zeroes in on Declining Middle Class in New Book Gwen Ifill speaks with liberal commentator, online media magnate and author Arianna Huffington about her new book, which concentrates on the declining U.S. middle class. Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Author Disconnects From Communication Devices to Reconnect With Life In this day and age, much communication is done by e-mail, text messages, Twitter and other forms of digital communication. William Powers, author of "Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age," explains how… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Lyndon Johnson’s Complex, Outsized Presidency Examined in New Book Veteran journalist Charles Peters, founder of Washington Monthly, talks with Judy Woodruff about his new book on the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Doctor Stresses Intuition of Touch, Not Technology Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one doctor's mission to promote a hands-on approach to healing and diagnosis. He speaks with doctor and author Abraham Verghese. Continue watching
Jun 04 Adventures of Art Critic Barbara Pollack in ‘The Wild, Wild East’ By Tom LeGro The first time art critic Barbara Pollack went to China in 2004, she says the art scene reminded her of the wild, wild west: there were some brave pioneers and a general sense of lawlessness -- no established rules or… Continue reading
May 24 Watch Allende Examines the Caribbean’s Chaotic History Through New Novel Jeffrey Brown speaks with best-selling author Isabelle Allende about colonialism and slavery in the 19th century Caribbean, and the links between New Orleans and Haiti. Continue watching
Mar 19 Reimagining Nanotechnology By Business Desk Editor’s note: On Friday’s NewsHour, Paul speaks to Felice Frankel and George Whitesides, authors of an extraordinary new book, No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale. Frankel and Whitesides bring the virtually invisible world of nanotech to life… Continue reading