Sep 17 Conversation: Gary Shteyngart, Author of 'Super Sad True Love Story' By Tom LeGro Jeffrey Brown talks to Gary Shteyngart, author of "Super Sad True Love Story."… Continue reading
Sep 15 Author Per Petterson Reads from Newly Translated Novel "I Curse the River of Time" Norwegian author Per Petterson reads from his novel "I Curse this River of Time."… Continue reading
Jul 16 Conversation: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Turns 50 By Tom LeGro This week marks the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Lee's classic, read today in classrooms throughout the country, has sold more than 30 million copies and made a lasting impact on many writers… Continue reading
Jul 01 Conversation: Author Jennifer Egan By Tom LeGro Jennifer Egan's unconventional novel, "A Visit From the Goon Squad," explores the changing music industry, nostalgia, time and much more. Continue reading
May 28 Conversation: Debra Granik, Director of Sundance Favorite 'Winter's Bone' By Molly Finnegan In "Winter's Bone" -- originally a novel by Daniel Woodrell and now a film by director Debra Granik -- 17-year-old Ree Dolly must find her troubled father who has disappeared just as he put up the family's house as bail. Continue reading
Apr 28 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Tim O'Brien's 'The Things They Carried' Turns 20 By Molly Finnegan Thursday on the NewsHour, a book about war that has stood the test of time. Jeffrey Brown talks to Tim O'Brien about his landmark work, "The Things They Carried," a piece of fiction based on the author's experience serving in… Continue reading
Feb 05 Conversation: Ralph Ellison's Unfinished Novel Gets Some Visibility By Arts Desk Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," his first novel, is widely-considered one of the great works of modern literature. After it came out in 1952, Ellison wrote and wrote, and readers waited and waited, but a second novel never came. When he… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch J.D. Salinger, American Literary Icon, Dies at 91 J.D. Salinger, the enigmatic American author best known for his classic novel "Catcher in the Rye" died Wednesday at the age of 91. Jim Lehrer talks to experts about the author's influence on American literature. Continue watching
Jan 08 Good Grief: Style and the 'Single Man' Based on the 1964 Christopher Isherwood novel of the same name, "A Single Man" is the cinematic debut of Tom Ford, an artist who, until now, was known for his role as creative director at fashion house Gucci. His foray… Continue reading
Nov 27 Conversation: Colum McCann, National Book Award Winner for Fiction By Tom LeGro On an August morning in 1974, a man named Philippe Petit steps off of the roof of the World Trade Center's South Tower and onto a tightrope. The act is the backdrop to Colum McCann's National Book Award-winning novel, "Let… Continue reading