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The week in politics, deleting Facebook, & Jonathan Franzen (Oct. 20, 2021)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: The latest developments in politics, the harms of social media, and writer Jonathan Franzen.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: The latest developments in politics, the harms of social media, and writer Jonathan Franzen.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: An update on the COVID-19 situation in Montgomery County, a conversation with the new director of the Johnson Space Center, and poet Rita Dove talks about her latest collection.
Posted on · It’s all about new beginnings, as we feature a singer-actor starring in her first national production and a native Houstonian who has created a new life through poetry.
Posted on · The Houston poet reads a poem inspired by what she calls the most exciting time of her life.
Posted on · Writer Valeria Luiselli talks about her latest novel ahead of a Feb. 26 Houston event.
Posted on · A profile of the Houston literary organization’s programs, reading series, and daily life in ten questions
Posted on · Author Colm Tóibín reads from his latest book, House of Names.
Posted on · Today on Houston Matters, we continue our 3rd annual State of Houston series with a look at the state of energy and environment in Greater Houston with the help of Travis Bubenik, News 88.7’s energy and environment reporter. Also this hour…
Posted on · The award-winning Irish author talks about his latest novel, 'House of Names,' based on the Greek story of Clytemnestra, Agamemnon and their children Iphigenia, Electra and Orestes.
Posted on · George Saunders and actors from the Alley Theater read from Saunders' novel, Lincoln at the Bardo.
Posted on · The award-wining documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick will be in Houston on April 26, 2017 for a preview screening and discussion of their latest project, THE VIETNAM WAR, a 10-part, 18-hour documentary film series set to air this fall on Houston Public Media TV 8 and PBS stations around the country.
Posted on · How a unique organization, seeking to peacefully infiltrate Houstonians' lives with the written word, came to be.
Posted on · "Forgetting is as integral to memory as death is to life."
Posted on · The Angel of History is a book about remembering and forgetting – and the tension between the two. The novel is the latest by author Rabih Alameddine, who has written novels such as An Unnecessary Woman, for which he was named a finalist for the National Book Award. Alameddine will discuss his latest work, along […]
Posted on · Black-owned banks have been in the news this year. It started when a rapper who goes by the name "Killer Mike" called on people to open accounts at a bank in Atlanta after police shootings of African-American men. There is only one black-owned bank in Texas, and it's Unity National Bank in Houston's Third Ward. […]