Mar 23 Judge Overturns Google Books Deal By Molly Finnegan In New York on Tuesday, federal Judge Danny Chin overturned a settlement between Google and the national trade organizations that represent American authors and publishers which dictates terms of a massive book digitalization project, led by Google. Continue reading
Mar 18 Conversation: Teju Cole’s ‘Open City’ By Molly Finnegan "Open City," a new novel by Teju Cole, follows a Nigerian-born medical student as he walks the streets of New York City. Continue reading
Mar 11 Conversation: Protecting Egypt’s Antiquities By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Thomas Campbell, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who released a statement last week expressing concern about the safety of Egypt's antiquities. Continue reading
Mar 04 Conversation: Steppenwolf Theater’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ By Molly Finnegan Edward Albee's classic American play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" has been revived in an acclaimed production by the Steppenwolf Theater Company of Chicago, and is currently onstage here in Washington at the Arena Stage. Continue reading
Mar 02 ‘Fifty April Years’ By Tom LeGro Libyan poet, translator and associate professor at the University of Michigan Khaled Mattawa reads "'Fifty April Years," a poem about Libya. Continue reading
Mar 01 Conversation: Libyan Poet Khaled Mattawa By Tom LeGro Khaled Mattawa was born in Benghazi, Libya, which is now much in the news, and came to the United States as a teenager in 1979. Jeffrey Brown spoke to Mattawa about the uprising in Libya, and about the history of… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch 8:48 ‘Parazit’ Fuses Iranian Politics and Comedy Jeffrey Brown talks with the creators of "Parazit". Continue watching
Feb 28 Monday on the NewsHour: A Look at ‘Parazit’ By Tom LeGro, Anne Azzi Davenport More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with "Parazit" duo Kambiz Hosseini and Saman Arbabi. Continue reading
Feb 25 Conversation: A.O. Scott Previews the Oscars By Tom LeGro The 83rd Academy Awards are Sunday night in Los Angeles, and for a preview of the ceremony and a break down of the nominees, Jeffrey Brown speaks to New York Times Film critic A.O. Scott. Continue reading
Feb 23 Conversation: Joe Lovano Takes On Parker By Molly Finnegan Joe Lovano is taking the music of Charlie Parker and putting his own spin on some of Bird's compositions, while making sure the original music remains clearly traceable to the great tenor saxophonist. Continue reading