About Elizabeth @lizflock
Elizabeth Flock is a reporter and producer for the NewsHour. She can be reached at eflock@newshour.org
Elizabeth’s Recent Stories
Arts Jan 17
An annotated page from ‘Heart’Many of the experiments surgeons performed in the 1950s brought us to our current understanding of the human heart, but "would not pass muster with any institutional review board today," Sandeep Jauhar writes.
Arts Jan 09
‘Don’t be such a writer,’ and more advice from author Sandeep JauharThe author of new hit book "Heart: A History" says sometimes it's best let the story tell itself and to get out of the way.
Arts Jan 02
Discussion questions for ‘Heart’Sandeep Jauhar opens “Heart” with his perspective as a patient, not as a doctor.
Arts Dec 26
January’s pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘Heart’"Heart: A History" is an exploration of our most vital organ and favored metaphor.
Arts Dec 18
An annotated page from ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’"'I don’t know' is the most important phrase in this whole book," author Casey Gerald explains.
Arts Dec 10
Writing has ‘got to be weird before it gets good,’ says Casey GeraldCasey Gerald, author of the memoir "There Will Be No Miracles Here," says his editor is the first person "to ever seriously hold space for me to be fully, strangely, magically myself, in my work."…
Arts Dec 03
Discussion questions for ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’Casey Gerald's memoir is about attaining and then questioning the American dream.
Arts Nov 28
December’s pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’"There Will Be No Miracles Here" is part memoir and part meditation, tracing Casey Gerald's journey from his childhood in a poor neighborhood in Dallas all the way to Yale and the halls of power.
Arts Nov 23
3 psychological thrillers to watch after reading ‘A Separation’Katie Kitamura's "A Separation," which follows a woman in search of her missing husband in fire-ravaged Greece, is a novel rich with cinematic atmosphere and tension. Here are three thrillers to watch alongside it.
Arts Nov 14
Katie Kitamura annotates a page from her book ‘A Separation’Kitamura explains how her fascinations with masculinity and privacy in a marriage became major themes in the book.
