Emmy-award winning journalist Jeffrey Brown explores the intersections between politics and poetry in his debut book The News. From a high-security prison in Arizona to a West Point classroom to a slum in Haiti, Brown's poems share the perspectives of inmates, cadets, and survivors. Brown's voice is introspective and compassionate as he addresses both the and "news from home and " and natural disasters that cause large-scale suffering. In Brown's own words, poetry is an and "accounting of what it means to be alive in this world, and " and his work unites the and "often disconnected worlds of news and poetry. and "Headlines 1 and "Bomb Explodes in a Crowded Market and "Winds blow, my friends are scattered and "Dow Falls on Jobs Numbers and "I add and add and it doesn't add up and "President to Address the Nation and "I seek a way out, a way in - away and "White Smoke: Habemus Papam and "I turned for a moment - where did she go? and "U.S. Demands End to Cyber Attacks and "I've forgotten every book I've read and "Detroit: Crisis Born of Bad Decisions and "This is the life I choose nowJeffrey Brown is the chief correspondent for arts, culture, and society at PBS NewsHour. His work has taken him all over the world as he searches for the connections between news and poetry. He is the creator and host of and "Art Beat, and " which is NewsHour's online arts and culture blog. As a producer and correspondent, his work has earned him an Emmy the Cine Golden Eagle. He lives in Washington, DC.