Oct 15 Watch Jim Lehrer returns to haunting ‘what if’ in novel on the JFK assassination What if the glass bubble top on the car in which President John F. Kennedy was riding in Dallas had not been removed by a Secret Service agent? The NewsHour's own Jim Lehrer explores that idea in "Top Down: A… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch Alice McDermott invokes a voice little heard in life or literature for ‘Someone’ Alice McDermott invokes a voice little heard in life or literature for 'Someone'… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch In ‘Someone,’ Alice McDermott tells ‘ordinary’ woman’s tale In 'Someone,' Alice McDermott tells 'ordinary' woman's tale… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Alice McDermott reads excerpt from novel, ‘Someone’ Alice McDermott reads excerpt from novel, 'Someone'… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch In ‘TransAtlantic,’ Colum McCann Uses Fiction to Access Texture of History In 'TransAtlantic,' Colum McCann Uses Fiction to Access Texture of History… Continue watching
Jul 02 Read an Excerpt From ‘Little Green,’ Walter Mosley’s New Novel By Molly Finnegan Author Walter Mosley recently joined Jeffrey Brown for a conversation on the PBS NewsHour about his latest novel, "Little Green." Now you can read a passage from that new book… 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 21 Watch Conversation: Colum McCann, Author of ‘TransAtlantic’ Conversation: Colum McCann, Author of 'TransAtlantic'… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch Novel Offers Mock How-to on Finding Success in ‘Rising Asia’ Novel Offers How-to on Finding Love and Success in 'Rising Asia'… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Extended Interview with Justice Sonia Sotomayor Justice Sotomayor: "Every day we live our life, we make a choice"… Continue watching