Thematic DVD collection of PBS NewsHour clips, including:
Toni Morrison: A Conversation
Arthur Miller
Christopher Curtis: “Bud, Not Buddy”
The Play’s the Thing
Becoming Falstaff
Kate DiCamillo: “Tales of Despereaux”
Subjects: Writers
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The Arts I
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The Arts II
Thematic DVD collection of PBS NewsHour clips, including:
Chinua Achebe: “Things Fall Apart”
Russian Poet Pavlova Celebrates Desire
Terry Teachout on “Pops”
J.D. Salinger, American Literary Icon, Dies at 91
Jeffrey Brown with Roger Rosenblatt
James McGrath Morris on Joseph Pulitzer
Jeffrey Brown with Orhan Pamuk -
Jeffrey Brown with Roger Rosenblatt
Jeffrey Brown talks to author Roger Rosenblatt about coping and caring for grandchildren after the death of his daughter.
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James McGrath Morris on Joseph Pulitzer
Jeffrey Brown talks to biographer James McGrath Morris about his new biography on Joseph Pulitzer, the media baron who helped shape the news industry.
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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.
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Russian Poet Pavlova Celebrates Desire
A profile of Russian Poet Pavlova, who will releases her first collection of poems in English, “If There is Something to Desire”.
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Terry Teachout on “Pops”
The life of jazz great Louis Armstrong is the subject of the new biography, “Pops,” by Terry Teachout, who is the drama critic for the Wall Street Journal and cultural critic for Commentary Magazine.
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Chinua Achebe: “Things Fall Apart”
Jeffrey Brown interviews Chinua Achebe on the 50th anniversary of the publication of “Things Fall Apart.”