Mar 20 Watch 7:06 Xochitl Gonzalez’s new book ‘Anita De Monte Laughs Last’ takes on art and personal history By Jeffrey Brown, Ryan Connelly Holmes A new novel takes on art and personal history, using fiction to explore the lives of both the author and an important art world figure. “Anita de Monte Laughs Last” is a tale of two women a generation apart. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch 7:22 New book ‘The Exvangelicals’ explores why many Americans are leaving the church By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold Evangelicals are an important, and influential, voting bloc for the Republican party, particularly in presidential elections. But NPR’s Sarah McCammon found many Americans are leaving the church and explores why in her new book, “The Exvangelicals.” McCammon joined Geoff Bennett… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch 6:58 ‘Burn Book’ explores Kara Swisher’s life and complicated relationship with tech industry By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Karina Cuevas, Alexa Gold 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… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 6:12 Afghan activist’s memoir details her inspirational fight to educate women By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold When the Taliban roared back to power in Afghanistan in 2021, education activist Pashtana Durrani had some 7,000 girls enrolled in her organization. The schools were shuttered and Pashtana was forced to flee. She’s now living in exile in the… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch Kwame Alexander discusses his anthology of Black poetry, ‘This Is the Honey’ By Alexa Gold, Layla Quran Award-winning author and producer Kwame Alexander just released his latest work. It's an anthology by Black poets called, "This Is the Honey." Amna Nawaz discussed the book with Alexander for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch 5:47 Iranian American writer discusses new novel about struggling with survivor’s guilt By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet, Alexa Gold In 1988, amid the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. military accidentally shot down an Iranian commercial passenger jet, killing all 290 people aboard. That real-life tragedy sets in motion the fictional events in the new novel “Martyr!” a young Iranian American… Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 7:34 New book ‘Madness’ documents the racism of a Jim Crow-era mental health facility By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Satvi Sunkara, Alexa Gold Crownsville Hospital in Maryland was one of the last segregated mental asylums in the country. Thousands of Black patients came through the overcrowded, understaffed hospital and many died there. NBC News correspondent Antonia Hylton began looking into the facility a… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 5:58 What to know about Iowa’s ban on school books, LGBTQ+ topics halted by a judge By Lisa Desjardins, Kaisha Young, Andrew Corkery A federal judge in Iowa has temporarily blocked key parts of a state law that would ban books from school libraries if they depicted a “sex act.” The law also bars teachers from discussing gender identity and sexuality before seventh… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch 7:45 Church leader hopes hand-written and illustrated Bible can heal religious divides By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster When the printing press was invented nearly 600 years ago, it put an end to centuries of hand-written manuscripts in which scribes, mostly in monasteries, tediously wrote and illustrated sacred texts, such as the Bible. Fred de Sam Lazaro revisits… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 8:26 Critics discuss their favorite books of 2023 By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet With the holidays upon us, you may be hunting for gifts for book lovers in your life. To help narrow down the list, Jeffrey Brown speaks to two NewsHour regulars for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Continue watching