This week's Bill Moyers NOW - Maurice Sendak & Helen Thomas interviews

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http://www.pbs.org/now/thisweek/index.html

Maurice Sendak has spent the past fifty years bringing an extraordinary world of fantasy and imagination to life. His landmark work Where the Wild Things Are established him as a visionary figure in children's literature and made an indelible imprint on children and adults, selling millions of copies. But what are the artistic motivations driving Sendak, who says: "I never set out to write books for children"? Bill Moyers gives viewers a look into the private world of Maurice Sendak in an unexpectedly candid interview that reveals the surprisingly dark influences at play in his complex work. Shaped by immigrant parents and the tragedy of the Holocaust, Sendak provides frank insight into his complicated psyche and a rare window into the soul of an acclaimed artist.
http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/sendak.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/kidslit.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/brundibar.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/booklist.html

When USA TODAY asked Fidel Castro "What's the difference between your democracy and ours?" Castro replied, "I don't have to answer questions from Helen Thomas." David Brancaccio sits down with journalistic pioneer Helen Thomas, who, among many distinctions, became the first woman officer of the National Press Club, the first woman president of the White House Correspondents Association and the first woman member of the Gridiron Club and later its first woman president. Currently serving as Washington columnist for Hearst newspapers, Thomas is known for her tough questions, a reputation that now earns her a seat in the back row at White House press conferences. Thomas talks to Brancaccio about her experience covering administrations past and present, and why asking presidents tough questions is central to our democracy. "American people do not understand that we are the only forum in our society that can question a president. And if a president isn't questioned, a president can be a king, a dictator."
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/hthomas.html
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/election.html

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