Dec 16 Music writer Robert Hilburn on the love, artistry and comeback of Johnny Cash By Arts Desk Robert Hilburn talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his new book, “Johnny Cash: The Life.” “Johnny Cash talked right from the heart,” says Robert Hilburn, longtime former music critic for the Los Angeles Times and author… Continue reading
Dec 13 Ann Patchett gets personal in her new collection of essays, ‘This is the Story of a Happy Marriage’ By Arts Desk // Ann Patchett reflects on fiction version nonfiction and the state of books today in a conversation with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. "Nonfiction is easy and fiction is hard." That's according to Ann Patchett, author of "Bel Canto" and… Continue reading
Dec 05 Pianist Jeremy Denk looks at the ‘weirdnesses of great music’ By Victoria Fleischer // Classical pianist Jeremy Denk spoke to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown before a recital for the Washington Performing Arts Society at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C in October. To explain the relationship between aria and variation… Continue reading
Dec 02 Author James McBride on Slavery, Humor and ‘Hee-Haw Chit Chat’ in ‘The Good Lord Bird’ By Arts Desk // James McBride talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about interpreting the structures of slavery in his new book "The Good Lord Bird." "I had to create something that would allow people room to laugh at things they can't… Continue reading
Jun 21 Conversation: Novelist Colum McCann, Author of ‘TransAtlantic’ By Tom LeGro Frederick Douglass traveling through Ireland in 1845 to stir up support for his abolitionist cause. The first non-stop flight across the Atlantic in 1919. Sen. George Mitchell in 1998 trying to forge a peace treaty in Northern Ireland. Those actual… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch Ancient Afghan Poetry Form Adapts to Tell Story of Modern Life and Conflict Ancient Afghan Poetry Form Adapts to Tell Story of Modern Life and Conflict… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch Are Teachers Being Adequately Trained for the Classroom? Study Says No Are Teachers Being Adequately Trained for the Classroom? Study Says No… Continue watching
Jun 18 Short, Potent Poetry Offers Bite of Afghan Life By Meredith P. Garretson Journalist and poet Eliza Griswold set out to document Afghan life through the prism of oral folk poems shared mostly among Pashtun women. Seamus Murphy, the London-based photographer and filmmaker who worked with Griswold on the landay project, has been… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch Ancient Afghan Poetry Form Adapts to Tell Story of Modern Life and Conflict Short, Potent Poetry Offers Bite of Afghan Life… Continue watching
Jun 13 Thursday on the NewsHour: Novelist Walter Mosley By Molly Finnegan Author Walter Mosley has written more than 40 books. His new mystery novel, "Little Green," revives one of the best-known, longest-running characters in American literature. Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, Mosley's fictional private eye, was last seen driving off a cliff. Continue reading