The Creativity Crisis, Dean & Britta

Studio 360

America’s creativity crisis. Newsweek reporter Ashley Merryman tells Kurt Andersen that test scores for creativity are slipping, but there’s a lot more at stake than a supply of fresh art. In James Hannaham’s novel God Says No, a gay African-American evangelical Christian struggles with identity. We explore the strangeness of Emily Dickinson’s iconic poem, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death.” And indie rock’s sexiest couple, Dean & Britta, perform.

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