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
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
May 16 Watch Remembering Carlos Fuentes, Mexico’s Grand Man of Letters Carlos Fuentes was a prolific writer -- penning novels, essays, newspaper articles, even an opera. Recognized as one of Latin America's greatest literary figures, Fuentes brought stories from Mexico to the world stage. He died Tuesday at age 83. Ray… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch Novelist Alaa Al Aswany on Surprising Changes in the Egyptian People Egyptian novelist and dentist Alaa al Aswany speaks with Margret Warner about the surprising changes in political behavior of his countrymen amid the revolution earlier this year, and how the new Egypt is taking shape. Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Conversation: Tom Piazza, Author of ‘Devil Sent the Rain’ Jeffrey Brown talks to Tom Piazza, author of "Devil Sent the Rain."… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch From Josh Ritter, a Song That Became a Debut Novel "Bright's Passage," the debut novel by singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, details a young man's return home from World War I. Jeffrey Brown and the musician-turned-novelist discuss his first work of fiction. Continue watching
Sep 30 Conversation: Jonathan Franzen By Molly Finnegan The disintegration of a family in a very fractured and unsettled, post-9/11 America is told in "Freedom," the new novel by Jonathan Franzen. His last novel, "The Corrections," won the 2001 National Book Award. Continue reading
Feb 12 Conversation: Ursula Le Guin By Arts Desk Ursula Le Guin, best for her works of science fiction and fantasy, has been writing and publishing novels, children's books, poetry and drama for over four decades. In December, she withdrew her membership from the Author's Guild because she disagreed… Continue reading