Mar 28 Watch 5:45 George Saunders writes a ghost story about Abe Lincoln’s grief By PBS News Hour In George Saunders’ “Lincoln in the Bardo” the ghostly inhabitants of a cemetery don't yet know they're dead. Instead, they're stuck in whatever neurotic condition they were in when they died, narrating the story of Abraham Lincoln's visit to the… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 5:58 What we can learn about love from Adam and Eve By PBS News Hour Adam and Eve could be called the most famous couple in history. In "The First Love Story: Adam, Eve and Us," author Bruce Feiler examines the Bible and archaeology, but also love, relationships, modern technology and more. Feiler joins Jeffrey… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 7:07 For a veteran NewsHour journalist, early loss defined her life’s journeys By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 6:29 From Neil Gaiman, tales of Thor and Odin for modern ears By PBS News Hour Famed fantasy writer Neil Gaiman read and absorbed the stories of the Norse gods when he was young. In a new book, "Norse Mythology," he retells them for a new generation. Gaiman sits down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss the… Continue watching
Mar 17 The difference between refugees and immigrants? ‘Refugees are the unwanted’ By Elizabeth Flock Viet Thanh Nguyen's new book of short stories, "The Refugees," explores the aspirations and heartbreak of immigration and refugee life. Nguyen himself came to the U.S. from Vietnam as a refugee with his family in 1975. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 5:58 Magical novel ‘Exit West’ explores what makes refugees leave home By PBS News Hour In "Exit West," a city in the Muslim world is plunged into violence and two lovers join the mass migration of our time. Mohsin Hamid's story about refugees is a novel, not journalism, but it combines the surreal with the… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 5:37 ‘This is a story that won’t let us go’: New book revisits racial injustice of Emmett Till’s murder By PBS News Hour In “The Blood of Emmett Till,” author Timothy Tyson revisits the history of a notorious killing by revealing new details from the woman at the center of the allegations that led to Till’s murder and the acquittal of his murderers. Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch 5:41 Tommy Hilfiger on ‘new American classics’ and why fashion is important By PBS News Hour As a child, Tommy Hilfiger’s struggles in school and undiagnosed dyslexia led him to think he wasn’t smart. But coming of age in the 1960s, he developed an interest in expressing himself through what he wore. Jeffrey Brown sits down… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 9:40 How a Georgia county’s campaign of terror drove away its black community By Duarte Geraldino, Mike Fritz In 1912, news of a violent sexual assault enraged the residents of Georgia's Forsyth County and led to a lynching and the execution of two African American teens, as well as a campaign of terror to drive out the entire… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 6:37 Four more books we loved this year By PBS News Hour What were the best books of 2016? Best-selling authors Jacqueline Woodson and Daniel Pink shared their favorites on our show, but we couldn't fit all their picks. Here are 4 more favorites. Continue watching