Apr 02 Watch Poet Gerald Stern Looks Back on a Career Spent Reading and Writing Poet Gerald Stern Looks Back on a Career Spent Reading and Writing… Continue watching
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Mar 29 On the NewsHour: Mohsin Hamid, Author of ‘How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia’ By Molly Finnegan A poor young boy from an impoverished village comes to a sprawling, wild, sometimes violent city, where he makes and loses a fortune. This is the tale of "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia," set in an unnamed… Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Top-Achieving Poor Students Go Unnoticed by Some Elite Universities Top-Achieving Poor Students Go Unnoticed by Some Elite Universities… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Tales of Murder, Murderers and the Death Penalty at the Supreme Court Tales of Murder, Murderers and the Death Penalty at the Supreme Court… Continue watching
Mar 22 Remembering Nigerian Novelist Chinua Achebe By Molly Finnegan Nigerian novelist, poet, essayist, statesman and dissident Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston after a brief illness. He was 82. Achebe emerged upon the literary world in 1958 with the publication of his novel "Things Fall Apart," which has sold… Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch Looking for Evidence After Allegations of Chemical Weapon Attacks in Syria Looking for Evidence After Allegations of Chemical Weapon Attacks in Syria… Continue watching
Mar 15 New Anthology Captures Postmodern American Poetry By Mike Melia What is postmodern poetry? That's the question Paul Hoover poses for his introduction to the Norton Anthology's second edition of "Postmodern American Poetry."… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch Two Years Since Start of Protests, Syria Rebels Vow to Fight Until Assad Is Gone The conflict in Syria hit a grim milestone: two years ago protests began that would spark the current civil war. Syrian rebels have announced they will continue to fight until the Assad regime is gone. Jeffrey Brown reports on whether… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch A Writer Reflects on the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, Two Years Later A Writer's Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, Two Years Later… Continue watching