Sep 21 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Talks About Her New Job and Fourth Book By Tom LeGro The new official face of American poetry is one familiar to NewsHour viewers. Natasha Trethewey has just taken on the job of poet laureate of the United States, appointed by the Librarian of Congress. She's the author of four books… Continue reading
Sep 20 Conversation: Director Jonathan Demme on His New Film and Hero, Carolyn Parker By Tom LeGro The film is titled "I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful," and indeed Carolyn Parker is all those things and more. A resident of the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,… Continue reading
Sep 14 Conversation: ‘Broadway or Bust’ on PBS By Tom LeGro Have you ever wanted to be on Broadway? Well, thousands of young people from around the country do, and a new PBS series is documenting their struggle to get there. It's called "Broadway or Bust," produced by WGBH in Boston. Continue reading
Aug 24 Conversation: Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass on Their New Film, ‘Sleepwalk With Me’ By Tom LeGro "Sleepwalk With Me" began life in, well, the real-life, sleep-walking episodes of comedian Mike Birbiglia, then a one-man theater production, a radio story on "This American Life," a book, an album and now a movie. Continue reading
Aug 22 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Richard Ford By Tom LeGro More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with Richard Ford. Ford reads an excerpt from his novel "Canada."… Continue reading
Aug 17 Conversation: Graphic Novelist, Director Marjane Satrapi By Tom LeGro Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" won international acclaim as an autobiographical tale, told first in the form of a graphic novel, later turned into a film, of a young girl coming of age amid the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. Now comes… Continue reading
Aug 10 Need a Good Cry? These Songs Are for You By Tom LeGro Everyone has their favorite sad song, but have you ever thought about the sad song as a whole category of music? Well, Adam Brent Houghtaling has, and he set down theories, profiles and a catalog of songs in the new… Continue reading
Aug 08 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Olympic Poetry By Tom LeGro Poet Priscila Uppal of Canadian Athletes Now reads "Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder."… Continue reading
Jul 31 Tuesday on the NewsHour: Walter Dean Myers By Tom LeGro Tuesday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown talks to award-winning author Walter Dean Myers, the Library Of Congress' National Ambassador For Young People's Literature. Continue reading
Jul 27 Conversation: Lauren Greenfield, Director of ‘The Queen of Versailles’ By Tom LeGro The building of Versailles, not the one in France, but one in Orlando, Fla., which was set to become the largest home in the nation, is the starting point for a documentary film titled, "The Queen of Versailles." Jeffrey Brown… Continue reading