Join National Book Award winner Ned Blackhawk as he discusses The Rediscovery of America, a powerful retelling of U.S. history that centers Indigenous resilience and agency.
Combining sculpture, painting, performative acts, and installation, Guadalupe Maravilla grounds his transdisciplinary practice in activism and healing.
Readers Club HomeEpisodes Episode Description: The PBS Books Readers Club Welcomes Renown Historian Walter Isaacson and Guest Sarah Burns, Co-Director/Writer of the new Ken Burns film, LEONARDO da VINCI debuting November on PBS. He was history’s most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? PHNjcmlwdCBzcmM9aHR0cHM6Ly9ib29rc2hvcC5vcmcvd2lkZ2V0cy5qcyBkYXRhLXR5cGU9ImZlYXR1cmVkIiBkYXRhLWZ1bGwtaW5mbz0idHJ1ZSIgZGF0YS1hZmZpbGlhdGUtaWQ9IjExMzM1MCIgZGF0YS1za3U9Ijk3ODE1MDExMzkxNjEiPjwvc2NyaXB0Pg== Bestselling author and Professor Walter Isaacson (STEVE JOBS, EINSTEIN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this enthralling, comprehensive masterwork that conveys how this Renaissance man unified science and art. Drawing on thousands of pages from Leonardo’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his work, Isaacson delves into the many facets of the artist’s life and brilliantly [...]
Fernando Laposse specializes in transforming humble natural materials into refined design pieces.
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Ty Jeffries is a prolific composer, lyricist, pianist, singer, and character comedian, whose critically acclaimed works are influenced by the combination of his classical training and his love of both the golden age of Hollywood and the Great American and British Songbooks.
PGlmcmFtZSB3aWR0aD0iNTYwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjMxNSIgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS9lbWJlZC9iLS1JdVpmQndPWT9zaT0wSlk0cUlHNE0yTHNmaEwzIiB0aXRsZT0iWW91VHViZSB2aWRlbyBwbGF5ZXIiIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSIwIiBhbGxvdz0iYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlcjsgYXV0b3BsYXk7IGNsaXBib2FyZC13cml0ZTsgZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhOyBneXJvc2NvcGU7IHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZTsgd2ViLXNoYXJlIiByZWZlcnJlcnBvbGljeT0ic3RyaWN0LW9yaWdpbi13aGVuLWNyb3NzLW9yaWdpbiIgYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuPjwvaWZyYW1lPg== Join hosts Lauren, Fred, Princess and Heather as they reminisce the exciting first season of the PBS Books Readers Club! They'll highlight the most incredible author moments and fascinating reads from the series this year that were heartfelt, funny, and inspiring! Plus, hosts dish out their favorite book picks for 2024 — providing readers with an ultimate gift guide for the holiday season! This year’s book picks explored an array of genres, from historical fiction (Geraldine Brooks, Horse), suspense (Tana French, The Hunter), American history and religion (Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song), biography (Walter Isaacson, Leonardo da Vinci), [...]
Best-selling author, New York Times columnist and PBS NewsHour correspondent, David Brooks talks about his book, “How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen.” In his latest book, Brooks offers a personal, practical guide for how each of us can deal with what he calls the nation’s loneliness epidemic.
PBS Books and Booklist Reader highlight the six 2024 Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Awards.
https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/PBOOKS-Zach-Ohora-1280x720-1.png Join PBS Books as we meet the newest member of the PBS Kids Family Carl the Collector and all his friends with show creator, author and illustrator Zach OHora. This new series, which premiered last fall, is the first PBS Kids program to center on a neurodiverse character. Learn more about Carl and all his adventures while celebrating the diverse way kids think and express themselves. About the Author Zachariah OHora Illustrator, Author & Creator “Carl the Collector” New York Times best-selling illustrator and author Zachariah OHora is creator and executive producer of “Carl the Collector,” which is produced by [...]
https://www.pbsbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MLK-2025-Facebook_1-1024x538.png Famed actress, activist and filmmaker, Erika Alexander presents the keynote lecture at the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium at the University of Michigan, which PBS Books will be livestreaming on Jan. 20. Alexander is an actress, trailblazing activist, entrepreneur, creator, producer, director and one of the country’s boldest, most daring, and powerful voices. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Maxine Shaw in “Living Single,” Detective Latoya in “GET OUT,” Cousin Pam in “The Cosby Show,” and recently Coraline in the hit movie, “American Fiction. Recognizing the power of storytelling, Alexander believes that although content [...]
PGlmcmFtZSB3aWR0aD0iNTYwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjMxNSIgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS9lbWJlZC9vVEk5Yl9QbjBDMD9zaT0yRXVJT3R1TVdDVlBsUXRBIiB0aXRsZT0iWW91VHViZSB2aWRlbyBwbGF5ZXIiIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSIwIiBhbGxvdz0iYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlcjsgYXV0b3BsYXk7IGNsaXBib2FyZC13cml0ZTsgZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhOyBneXJvc2NvcGU7IHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZTsgd2ViLXNoYXJlIiByZWZlcnJlcnBvbGljeT0ic3RyaWN0LW9yaWdpbi13aGVuLWNyb3NzLW9yaWdpbiIgYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuPjwvaWZyYW1lPg== Rashaad Newsome is a multidisciplinary artist whose work blends several practices — collage, sculpture, video, music, computer programming, and performance — to form an altogether new field. He seamlessly merges art, code, film, and community-building to create immersive experiences that explore the intersections of Blackness, queerness, and futurism. Using the equalizing force of sampling, he crafts compositions that surprise in their associative potential and walk the tightrope between identity politics, social practice and abstraction. Assembly, his groundbreaking exhibition and film, brings together dancers, artificial intelligence, animation, collage, sculpture, holography, and soundscapes to reimagine collective liberation. Central to this work is Being, the Digital Griot — an AI-powered entity that embodies [...]
