The Best Truthdig Arts & Culture Stories of 2019

Truthdig Dec 26, 2019 Highlights include a unique take on "Joker," a powerful review of the 58th Venice Biennale and a probing interview with Errol Morris. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdig Nominated for 15 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2019 Winners will be announced Dec. 1 by the Los Angeles Press Club. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Robert Scheer on the Importance of Not Selling Out (Video)

Stephen French Mar 25, 2019 The Truthdig Editor in Chief talks with his lifelong friend, the legendary poet who just turned a 100 years old. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Is Still Revolutionary at Age 100

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig and Robert Scheer Mar 24, 2019 The legendary poet, who is now 100 years old, can be described by nearly enough epithets for every year he's been alive. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

‘A Landscape in Hell’: Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Eyewitness Account of Nagasaki Bombing Aftermath

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 9, 2018 The legendary poet was in the city shortly after its destruction. This week, on the 73rd anniversary of the second atomic bombing, a top U.N. official and the city's mayor called for nuclear disarmament. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti Tells Robert Scheer: I Am Not a Beat! (Audio)

Staff / Truthdig and Robert Scheer Jan 6, 2017 Truthdig's editor in chief asks the co-founder of San Francisco's famed City Lights Bookstore to discuss his life and his work with writers of the Beat Generation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )