Dec 28th, 2008 · The Nobel Prize-winning poet talks to host Jacki Lyden about his life and work. He turns 70 this coming year and reflects on his life so far in the new book Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney.
Dec 26th, 2008 · Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison is back on the literary scene with a new book, A Mercy. Set in 17th century America, the story follows a teenage girl enslaved during a time when many people, not just blacks, were in bondage. Morrison talks about her book, its characters and whether we're living in a post-racial age.
Dec 25th, 2008 · The Nobel Prize winning writer died Christmas day at the age of 78. He was widely viewed as one of the most influential British playwrights of his time.
Dec 11th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama is said to have chosen Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu to be Energy secretary. Chu was one of three scientists who shared the Nobel Prize for physics in 1997 for work in cooling and trapping atoms with laser light.
Dec 10th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu to serve as his energy secretary. An official announcement is expected in Chicago Thursday.
Dec 10th, 2008 · President-elect Barack Obama has decided to name Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu as energy secretary and former EPA chief Carol Browner to a new White House post coordinating energy, climate and environmental issues, Democratic officials said Wednesday.
Dec 10th, 2008 · Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison is back on the literary scene with a new book, A Mercy. Set in 17th century America, the story follows a teenaged girl enslaved during a time when many people, not just blacks, were in bondage. Morrison talks about her book, its characters and whether we're living in a post-racial age.
Dec 5th, 2008 · Take a trip through reviews of three new films: Cadillac Records, a movie about the rise of R&B label Chess Records starring Beyonce, Nobel Son, a film about a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and his relationship with his dysfunctional family and Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard's adaption of a successful stage play.