Nation Jun 04 Body recovered from Iowa apartment collapse site, with 2 still missing By Associated Press
Nation May 31 Some residents of collapsed Iowa building remain missing; no human activity detected, city says Davenport authorities have not provided an update on the number of people missing since Tuesday, when they said five people were unaccounted for, including two who could still be in the wreckage that was too dangerous to search. By Scott McFetridge, Hannah Fingerhut, Erin Hooley, Associated Press
Arts Jun 25 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Audra McDonald More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with actress and singer Audra McDonald. By Arts Desk
Arts Nov 23 Friday on the NewsHour: The Poetry of Sandy Jennifer Fitzgerald reads two poems about Hurricane Sandy: "I Was Raised on an Island" and "What It Means to Rise."…
Arts Apr 12 On Thursday’s NewsHour: Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye reads two poems: "Hello Palestine" and "Cinco de Mayo."…
Mar 14 On the NewsHour: Poet Katherine Larson Katherine Larson won the 2010 Yale Younger Poets Prize and the 2012 Kate Tufts Discovery Award for her book "Radial Symmetry." She is also the recipient of a Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship. Continue reading
Dec 21 On the NewsHour: Poet Mark Doty On Wednesday's NewsHour, Mark Doty read his poem, "Messiah (Christmas Portions)." We'll post that poem here later this evening. He shared another of poems with us, below, called "A Display of Mackerel."… Continue reading
Nov 29 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Sonny Rollins Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with Rollins when he was in Washington to perform at the Kennedy Center to talk about his life as a saxophonist and composer. In this excerpt of their conversation, Rollins talks about what other jazz… Continue reading
Jul 14 Preview: Pianist Leon Fleisher By Tom LeGro More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with conductor and pianist Leon Fleisher. Continue reading
May 16 Weekly Poem: From ‘My God, It’s Full of Stars’ Tracy K. Smith is the author of three collections of poetry: "Life on Mars" (Graywolf Press, 2011); Duende (Graywolf, 2007), winner of the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets; and "The Body's Question" (Graywolf, 2003), winner… Continue reading