May 24 Conversation: Paul Muldoon on Dylan Thomas By Tom LeGro New Directions has just put out "Dylan Thomas: The Collected Poems." It's a republication of the original edition, as selected by the poet himself, and the introduction is by Paul Muldoon, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and professor at Princeton University. Continue reading
May 24 Weekly Poem: ‘Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’ By Tom LeGro Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is included in the recently republished "Dylan Thomas: Collected Poems" by New Directions, with a new introduction by poet Paul Muldoon. Jeffrey Brown talked to Muldoon last week about Thomas and the… Continue reading
May 21 Conversation: Isabel Allende By Molly Finnegan "Island Beneath the Sea," by author Isabel Allende, is set in the early 19th-century, amid colonial powers and slavery, and a chaotic period in Caribbean history. It also involves two places very much in the news in our own time:… Continue reading
May 14 Conversation: Director Alex Gibney on ‘Casino Jack and the United States of Money’ By Molly Finnegan It involves casinos, the murder of a Greek tycoon, intrigue in Washington and much more. But the film, "Casino Jack and the United States of Money" is a documentary unwinding the trail of super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff -- once a powerful… Continue reading
May 12 OK Go’s Damian Kulash Lends Us a Hand By Tom LeGro Early on during Jeffrey Brown's interview with OK Go lead singer Damian Kulash, a light went out. Kulash, having spent months working on a video featuring a giant Rube Goldberg machine, applied some percussive maintenance on it and fixed the… Continue reading
May 10 Weekly Poem: ‘Light’ By Tom LeGro C.K. Williams has published many books of poetry, including "Repair," which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize, "The Singing ," which won the 2003 National Book Award, and "Flesh and Blood," winner of the National Book Critics Circle Prize in 1987. Continue reading
May 07 OK Go Goes Out on Its Own By Tom LeGro Chances are you've seen one of Ok Go's music videos. The quirky productions, shot on the cheap, have been viewed tens of millions of times on YouTube and launched the band into popularity. Continue reading
May 06 Conversation: C.K. Williams By Tom LeGro This year, C.K. Williams is out with two volumes: "Wait," a collection of new poems, and "On Whitman," an exploration of the work and genius of that great American poet. Continue reading
Apr 30 Conversation: Peter Berg, Creator and Executive Producer of ‘Friday Night Lights’ By Molly Finnegan NBC's television drama "Friday Night Lights," shows football as the raison d'etre for the small, fictional community of Dillon, Tx., but its residents also learn that life is about much more than touchdowns. Continue reading
Apr 29 Conversation: Winner of the 2010 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest By Molly Finnegan Earlier this week, 53 students from around the nation gathered in Washington for the 2010 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, an annual event that encourages the love of spoken word among young people. Continue reading