Aug 05 Fine Art Can Be Funny and Offensive: Victor Navasky on Political Cartoons By Katelyn Polantz Slide Show: A collection of cartoons that rocked art and politics. One can write a number of things about David Levine's 1984 cartoon of Henry Kissinger, shirtless in bed, on top of an anthropomorphized globe. But seeing the cartoon… Continue reading
May 29 Watch Country Music Legend Dolly Parton’s New Role: ‘Book Lady’ Country Music Legend Dolly Parton's New Roll: "Book Lady"… Continue watching
Nov 15 Erdrich, Ferry Take Home National Book Awards The National Book Awards were handed out at a dinner Wednesday night in New York to four new books, whose subjects ranged from life on a Native American reservation to a settlement community in Mumbai. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch To Encourage Kids’ Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List To Encourage Kids' Health, Pediatricians Add Reading to Essential Check-Up List… Continue watching
Oct 30 Charles Kesler on Obama and Modern Liberalism EmbedVideo(4849, 514, 320); Ray Suarez sat down with Charles Kesler, author of "I am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism." Watch their conversation in the video above. Kesler's book examines liberalism in the modern political… Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch Author Walter Dean Myers Says ‘Reading Is Not Optional’ for Kids Author Walter Dean Myers Says 'Reading Is Not Optional' for Kids… Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch David Maraniss: My first rule in writing is go there Judy Woodruff book conversation with David Maraniss… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Boosting Reading Skills: Will ‘Common Core’ Experiment Pay Off? Boosting Reading Skills: Will 'Common Core' Experiment Pay Off?… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Ann Patchett: Pulitzers Skipping Fiction Prize a ‘Big Loss’ for Booksellers Ann Patchett: Pulitzers Skipping Fiction Prize a 'Big Loss' for Booksellers… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch The E-Book War: the Stakes in the Fight for Readers’ Dollars Citing consumer losses of millions of dollars, the Justice Department accused Apple and five publishers this week of colluding to raise e-book prices and break Amazon's dominant hold in the market. Jeffrey Brown discusses the state of the market with… Continue watching