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How The First Black Head Of A Major Publishing House Wants To Change The Industry
In the wake of protests against systemic racism in the U.S., many industries are reexamining past practices and facing questions about their own racial biases. One new effort puts a spotlight on the world of publishing. Jeffrey Brown...
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This Philadelphia Art Exhibit Pushes The Envelope With Designs For The Future
What will the future look like? That’s the big question posed by a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Eighty designers from around the world have put their imaginations to work, leveraging both anxiety and excitement over...
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Author Sarah Broom On ‘The Yellow House’ And Putting New Orleans East On The Map
Sarah Broom’s 2019 memoir, “The Yellow House,” won the National Book Award for non-fiction. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Broom to discuss her mother and how an obsession with houses passed down two generations to the author herself, why...
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The Value Of Writing Our Way Through A Tumultuous 2020
This has been a year of huge events and milestones, from the coronavirus
pandemic to the election of the first woman vice president. How will 2020
be remembered and analyzed in the years to come? Biographer and historian
Janice Nimura...
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The "Speechless: Different By Design" Exhibit Uses Brain Science To Inform Art
At the exhibition "Speechless: Different by Design," touching pieces of art is actually encouraged. As Jeffrey Brown reports, the Dallas Museum of Art show -- created as a collaboration between designers and brain researchers -- explores...
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Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park
Artists have long taken to the outdoors to do their work. Now, a new program, Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), puts a new emphasis on that important synergy. Jeffrey Brown visited Everglades National Park to see how artists are...
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Author Ann Patchett On What To Read While Staying Home
As Americans stay home to try to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, we wanted to provide suggestions for how to fill that time. Author Ann Patchett joins Jeffrey Brown to offer book recommendations for this strange time,...
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Laila Lalami’s “The Other Americans” Explores The Experience Of Being An Outsider
Jeffrey Brown caught up with the National Book Award fiction finalist Laila Lalami at the Miami Book Festival. Her latest work of fiction, "The Other Americans," explores issues of immigration and identity, part of our ongoing arts and...
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How The Dallas Street Choir Grants Homeless Residents A Voice
The mantra of the Dallas Street Choir is “homeless, not voiceless.” Some 2,000 singers have passed through the group in the last five years, seeking support, artistic expression and community as they contend with life on the streets. The...
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Monastery invests in craftsmanship by expanding its hand-crafted pipe organ
Pipe organs have a storied history throughout Western civilization, but demand for the king of instruments has seen a steady decline in recent decades. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one attempt to change that. It's...
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Jerry Seinfeld On The Science Of Laughter
The one and only Jerry Seinfeld has had a big year with a Netflix special and a new book. Jeffrey Brown caught up with Seinfeld for our ongoing arts and cultural series, "Canvas."
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Summer Reading Lists For Young People At A Time Of Crisis
Amid dual national crises of a pandemic and outrage over racism and police brutality, books provide opportunities both to learn more and to find distraction from reality. Jeffrey Brown talks to writer Jason Reynolds, the Library of...
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Author Jia Tolentino On American Culture Through The Prism Of The Internet
The January pick for our “Now Read This” book club was a book of essays
exploring many aspects of American culture through the prism of the
internet and social media. At age 32, author Jia Tolentino has gained
acclaim as one of its most...
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Egan Candy House
Imagine a beautiful cube in which you can store all your memories, allowing access to them whenever you want. But there is a tradeoff. Others can access it, or, in a sense, you. Jennifer Egan has dreamed up this nonexistent technology in...
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How The Autobiography Of A Muslim Slave Is Challenging An American Narrative
Omar Ibn Said was 37 years old when he was taken from his West African home and transported to Charleston, South Carolina, as a slave in the 1800s. Now, his one-of-a-kind autobiographical manuscript has been translated from its original...
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Poet Tess Taylor On How Verse Can Provide Solace
For many, it's a time of uncertainty and isolation. But in poet Tess and culture series, "CANVAS.""
Taylor's humble opinion, turning to verse can provide solace. Her recent
book of poems is Rift Zone," and the following essay is part of...
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Author Elizabeth Acevedo On Writing A Coming-Of-Age Novel - Extended Interview
Our November pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, "Now Read This," is "The Poet X" by Elizabeth Acevedo. She spoke to Jeffrey Brown about finding her voice through poetry and why she wrote a novel in verse.
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How This Philanthropist Hopes To Boost Mid-Career Women Artists
The work of women artists makes up only 3 to 5 percent of major museums' permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe. Many of these artists struggle financially -- but Susan Unterberg is trying to change that. For decades, the artist...
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Why You Should Be Proud Of Your Ethnic Name
Filmed before the Georgia shootings, writer Te-Ping Chen shares with us her "Humble Opinion" that people with ethic names must embrace them instead of shying away. Chen, who says she was given a "boy's name" at birth, looks back on how...
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Art and medicine intersect in New York City hospitals
It’s one of the largest public art collections in the country and it’s not where you might expect to see it. Artwork in New York hospitals aims to heal patients and healers. Jeffrey Brown continues his occasional look at the intersection...
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How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art
It's been estimated that 1 in 10 works of fine art are forged or misattributed. The truth is, no one really knows how much fake art is out there, because many art counterfeiters are so skilled that their paintings are almost...
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TED-Ed: Why is this painting so captivating? - James Earle and Christina Bozsik
On first glance, the painting Las Meninasc (The Maids of Honorc) might not seem terribly special, but it's actually one of the most analyzed pieces in the history of art. Why is this painting by Diego Velazquez so captivating? James...
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TED-Ed: Can you guess what's wrong with these paintings? | Noah Charney
Prior to the mid-20th century, art restorers took a heavy-handed approach, often drastically altering paintings in the name of "improving" art. Today, they focus on keeping the original work intact with minimal intervention, and must...
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Alexa Meade: Your body is my canvas
Alexa Meade takes an innovative approach to art. Not for her a life of sketching and stretching canvases. Instead, she selects a topic and then paints it--literally. She covers everything in a scene--people, chairs, food, you name it--in...