Jul 06 Watch Profile: Songwriter Sarah Jaffe’s Varied Style Profile: Songwriter Sarah Jaffe's Varied Style… Continue watching
May 05 Conversation: Nathacha Appanah, Author of ‘The Last Brother’ By Tom LeGro "The Last Brother" is Nathacha Appanah's fourth novel and her second translated into English. The book centers on the unlikely friendship of two young boys, Raj and David, as they both struggle with intense loneliness and the impact of their… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch Conversation: Novelist Howard Jacobson Jeffrey Brown talks to Howard Jacobson about his novel, "The Mighty Walzer."… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Edwidge Danticat on the Luxury of Creating Art Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat speaks with Jeffrey Brown about her earthquake-ravaged homeland, feeling guilty for having the time and security to create art and her new collection of essays, "Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work."… Continue watching
Oct 01 Both Temps and e-Books Were Hot at the National Book Festival this Year The scorching 93 degree heat on Saturday was not enough to deter throngs of book lovers from coming out for the 10th Annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Library of Congress. Art Beat took to the… Continue reading
Sep 28 Conversation: Yiyun Li, Fiction Writer and Winner of the 2010 MacArthur Fellowship By Molly Finnegan Born in Beijing, MacArthur Fellow Yiyun Li came to the United States in 1996 to complete a doctoral program in immunology, but decided then to change her career path and instead do something that was more important to her: writing. Continue reading
Sep 28 MacArthur Foundation Announces 2010 Class of Genius Grant Winners A jazz pianist, an installation artist and a third-generation stone carver are among the recipients of the 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship grants, announced early Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch Texas Poet Twists Newsprint Into Verse Austin Kleon is a Texas-based poet, writer, cartoonist and designer. He's found a playful way of making poetry from discarded newspapers, as demonstrated in his new book "Newspaper Blackout." Jeffrey Brown reports as part of the NewsHour's poetry series. Continue watching