online, we have more from poet mark doty. hari sreenivasan explains. hari? asan: watch doty read another of his poems, called "mackerel." that's on art beat. also there, jeff recaps the year in fiction with "washington post" book critic ron charles. judy talks with the former mayor of tampa about her book urging the political middle to re- engage. that's on the rundown. and there's more on morocco including ray's reporter's notebook and a pair of slideshows. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at stores catering this holiday season to high and low end shoppers, but less to those in the middle. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these in

online, we have more from poet mark doty. hari sreenivasan explains. hari? asan: watch doty read another of his poems, called "mackerel." that's on art beat. also there, jeff recaps the year in fiction with "washington post" book critic ron charles. judy talks with the former mayor of tampa about her book urging the political middle to re- engage. that's on the rundown. and there's more on morocco including ray's reporter's notebook and a pair of slideshows. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at stores catering this holiday season to high and low end shoppers, but less to those in the middle. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these in

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