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[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment When I first met Jorie Graham around 1980, at a literary party somewhere in the Village, she was a film student at New York University, where, passing a lecture hall on campus one day, she heard words that had changed her life. Slipping into the back of the lecture hall, she discovered, listening to the critic M.L. Rosenthal, that she had heard the final line of T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”: “Till human voices wake us, and we drown.” At that moment, she knew herself a poet. This sounded not so much like the lightning bolt of Rilke’s clarion call (“You must change your life”) but rather recognition of a new language, beyond the three she already had (French, Italian, English). This was the poet’s tongue, overheard in its vocal intensity. If this was a soul awakening, it was eerily prophetic: the sound of a human voice waking a poet to a lifelong immersion in poetry. Six poems that celebrate magic acts of living This seeming...

[ad_1] "I had a very lucky life, all the way along," said Rose Styron. "And I think it was because I lived in the present or looked forward." At 95, Styron has finally decided to look back, at her life as a poet; a founding member of Amnesty International; a mother of four; and the wife of the late writer William Styron, author of "The Confessions of Nat Turner" and "Sophie's Choice." Now it's Rose's turn in the spotlight.  She's always looked forward, as a poet, a mother of four, and the wife of "Sophie's Choice" author William Styron. Now, at 95, Rose Styron has decided to look back, both in her new book, and as the subject of a documentary. CBS News She's written a memoir, "Beyond This Harbor: Adventurous Tales of the Heart" (Knopf), and is the subject of a documentary ...

[ad_1] A young San Francisco artist's exhibit at the Museum of African Diaspora explores the issues surrounding beauty and skin color within the Black community, and it does so using a medium that was once used as a tool for discrimination. The paper is creased, crinkled and careworn. And despite the life-like and beautiful portraits painted on them, the brown paper bags betray their humble beginnings — collected from groceries, shopping centers and corner stores. "The form of the bag on the canvas is undeniable. It almost screams, 'This is a paper bag. It's a paper bag," said artist Mary Graham. For Graham, the choice was intentional. Her series of portraits is on display at San Francisco's Museum of the African Diaspora. The exhibit is titled, " Value Test: Brown Paper." Collectively, the portraits broadly explore the issue of colorism within the African American community and specifically the painful and complicated history of the so-called ...

[ad_1] Netflix Outer Banks season 3 episode titles, directors and writers have been unveiled. The series will see many directorial debuts and returning writers and directors too. According to What's on Netflix, Gonzalo Amat, who has worked on the show previously as a cinematographer, is making his directorial debut. Episode Title List for Outer Banks Season 3: Episode 301 – Poguelandia         Runtime: 50 minutes         Written by Josh Pate & Shannon Burke         Directed by Jonas Pate Episode 302 – The Bells        Runtime: 45 minutes        Written by Josh Pate & Shannon Burke        Directed by Jonas Pate Episode 303 – Fathers and Sons        Runtime: 47 minutes       Written by Josh Pate & Shannon Burke         Directed by Jonas Pate Episode 304 – The Diary          Runtime: 44 minutes          Written by Josh Pate & Shannon Burke          Directed by Darnell Martin Episode 305 – Heists        Runtime: 53 minutes        Written by Josh Pate ...

[ad_1] Celebrities have begun to hit the red carpet at this year's Met Gala in New York City.  The event is a lavish fundraiser attended by politicians, celebrities and models that celebrates the opening of an annual fashion exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The event is organized by Vogue magazine's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. This year's theme is centered around legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld , Chanel's long-time creative director who passed away in 2019 at age 85.  The decision to celebrate Lagerfeld at fashion's biggest night has received some criticism. Lagerfeld made fat-phobic and sexist comments throughout his career, including saying he was "fed up with" the #MeToo movement in 2018, and criticizing  Adele's weight  a decade ago. But Wintour told CBS News' Gayle King that "Karl was provocative, and he was full of paradoxes...

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment Add to your saved stories Save Chandler Bing shouldn’t have made sense. The character was a mass of contradictions that didn’t add up, at least on paper, in 1994, to a recognizable “type.” Here was an objectively good-looking man — funny too, of course, as well as sarcastic, silly, smart — saddled with a wildly disproportionate sense of his own inadequacy. But Matthew Perry, who died Saturday at 54, played the jokester on “Friends” as a clever clown in torment. That choice, and the writhing discomfort he brought to Chandler’s quippy bon mots, turned out to be key to the show’s record-shattering success. Perry was open in his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” about how many personal experiences he drew on for the character that made him famous: his parents’ separation when he was only nine months old, his panic flying alone at age 5 to see the father who’d abandoned him, his cataclysmic anxiety when his mother (in her...

[ad_1] Comment on this story Comment All American (CW at 8) Spencer gets a reluctant ally to open up, and Jordan lets a secret slip. Olivia puts all of her energy into moving on and realizes something. Antiques Roadshow (PBS; check local listings) An Ángel Botello oil painting, Muhammad Ali and Alfred Hitchcock autographs, and an Alexander Calder sculpture are appraised. Below Deck (Bravo at 8) The crew explores St. Lucia, and a new crew member arrives. The Bachelor (ABC at 8) Zach takes one special lady on a helicopter ride to his hometown for the first one-on-one date. All American: Homecoming (CW at 9) Simone tries to balance her loyalty to Nate and her new duties, and Marcus offers to help Thea as she struggles on the court. Independent Lens: The Picture Taker (PBS; check local listings) This documentary explores the life of photographer and FBI informant Ernest Withers, whose images illustrated the United States’ civil rights stories. Quantum Leap (NBC at 10) Ben must disc...