Arts Apr 30 Author Don Winslow on why he’s retiring from writing and turning his attention to activism By Geoff Bennett, Claire Mufson, Juliet Fuisz
Arts Apr 11 Watch 4:37 Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov on preserving his country’s culture during war Andrey Kurkov is one of Ukraine's best-known novelists, and his new book, "Grey Bees" addresses his country's past struggles with Russia. It's set several years ago in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, amid what was then a simmering conflict… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Jan 05 Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59 Dickey blended crime, romance and eroticism in "Sister, Sister," "Waking With Enemies" and dozens of other stories about contemporary Black life. By Associated Press
Arts Oct 15 Watch 6:19 How fiction draws Pulitzer-winner Elizabeth Strout home to Maine Olive Kitteridge is overbearing and hard to love, as well as complicated and compelling. The character at the center of Elizabeth Strout's 2009 Pulitzer-winning novel is also back -- in a new book called "Olive, Again." Strout takes Jeffrey Brown… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Aug 06 Watch 9:32 Remembering Toni Morrison’s ‘beautiful human urgency’ Author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison died Monday at age 88. The acclaimed writer, editor and professor helped transform American literature, bringing forth a black perspective that had rarely been heard. Jeffrey Brown reports and talks to Princeton University’s Tracy… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Oct 06 Watch 7:10 Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing By PBS NewsHour Novelist Stephen King is best known for his works of horror, but he says what scares him the most is not being able to write. Jeffrey Brown spoke with him at the Library of Congress National Book Festival about his… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 7:39 Novelist Ann Patchett on how independent bookstores build community By PBS NewsHour If you shop at the East Nashville Farmers’ Market you can buy fruits and vegetables; but you can also meet a famous author with a stop by the traveling bookmobile. Ann Patchett is a co-owner of the Parnassus Books, founded… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch The ‘inner life’ of literary giant Norman Mailer J. Michael Lennon shares the person behind the image in "Norman Mailer: A Double Life."… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Danticat Reads an Excerpt from ‘Claire of the Sea Light’ Edwidge Danticat Reads an Excerpt from ‘Claire of the Sea Light’… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Edwidge Danticat Reaches Back and Forward in Her New Novel Edwidge Danticat Reaches Back -- and Forward -- in Her New Novel Set in Haiti… Continue watching