Arts Aug 07 ‘If the short story is a sprint, the novel is a marathon,’ and more writing advice from Lesley Nneka Arimah "I eventually became the writer I needed to be to pull it off," writer Lesley Nneka Arimah says of her debut short story collection. "What It Means When A Man Falls From the Sky" is our August pick for the…
Arts Aug 01 Discussion questions for “What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky” Our August pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This,” is Lesley Nneka Arimah’s debut short story collection “What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky.”…
Arts Jul 30 The August pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is… We’re excited to announce that "What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky" by Lesley Nneka Arimah is our August pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, "Now Read This."…
Arts Jul 30 Min Jin Lee’s easy family recipe for Stuffed Cucumber Kimchi (Oi-Soh-Bahgi) Kimchi, a dish made from fermented vegetables, is a staple food in Korean cuisine and in author Min Jin Lee's family. Here's her mother's recipe.
Arts Jul 09 Min Jin Lee annotates the first page of her bestselling book ‘Pachinko’ "Pachinko" opens with the startling line: "History has failed us, but no matter."…
Arts Jul 06 ‘Choose the important over the urgent,’ and more writing advice from Min Jin Lee "I have published two novels in 22 years, and I have tried very hard to focus on things that matter most to me — craft and themes — rather than focusing on the things that seem pressing at the time,"…
Arts Jul 02 Discussion questions for “Pachinko” Our July pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This” is Min Jin Lee’s historical novel “Pachinko.”…
Arts Jun 27 The July pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘Pachinko’ We’re excited to announce that "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee is our July pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, "Now Read This."…
Arts Jun 21 Try these 3 writing exercises from Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Less’ In Andrew Sean Greer's comic novel “Less," protagonist Arthur Less works a stint as an English teacher in Germany, where he assigns his students absurd writing exercises. Try your hand at these, and they may be featured on our book…
Arts Jun 15 Andrew Sean Greer annotates a page of his novel ‘Less’ Our June pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This,” is Andrew Sean Greers comic novel "Less."…