About Elizabeth @lizflock
Elizabeth Flock is an independent journalist who reports on justice and gender. She can be reached at elizabethflock@gmail.com
Elizabeth’s Recent Stories
Arts Jun 27
‘The House of Broken Angels’ is our July book club pickIt’s the story of what happens when one Mexican-American family living on the border comes together for a party -- and a funeral.
Arts Jun 27
‘The Fifth Season’ author N. K. Jemisin answers your questionsN. K. Jemisin, author of our June pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Liz Flock to answer reader questions on “The Fifth Season,” and Liz announces the July book selection.
Arts Jun 27
In Erika Ryann’s voice, the moody sounds of the WestCountry-blues musician Erika Ryann talked about the experience of playing in honky tonks out West, writing songs on a tractor or on the road, and how necessary it is to be alone when writing.
Arts Jun 21
YA literature has more LGBTQ characters than ever. Here are 5 books to readThe world of YA is “finally giving LGBTQ+ teens the literature they deserve," New York Public Library’s manager of young adult programs said.
Arts Jun 18
Sometimes readers need to be traumatized, author N.K. Jemisin saysWhen N.K. Jemisin began writing “The Fifth Season,” the first of a trilogy of sci-fi books, she knew that she would start the story with the end of the world.
Arts Jun 12
How the protests in Ferguson helped inspire this fantasy novelN.K. Jemisin, author of award-winning fantasy novel "The Fifth Season," says her frustration and anger over the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer "shaped the story, widened the scope."…
Arts Jun 11
This band wants to take ‘rez metal’ beyond the Navajo NationFor decades, bands like Testify had been largely underground, but their music has become more visible.
Arts Jun 03
How secret languages thrive behind barsPrison language, or language created by inmates while incarcerated, has a long and vivid history, and is likely as old as the modern prison itself.
Arts Jun 03
Discussion questions for ‘The Fifth Season’Our June pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is N.K. Jemisin's "The Fifth Season." Here are some questions to guide your reading.
Arts May 31
5 novels about climate change to read nowA new crop of writers have sought to depict what a future world might look like if humans don’t do something.