8 books to read in the time of the coronavirus
If there’s an upside to this period of “social distancing,” it might be an unfettered excuse for voracious readers to dive into all types of literature.
Dani Shapiro on how a DNA test ‘flooded every corner’ with truth — and shaped her writing
Years after her dad died, Dani Shapiro found out he was not her biological father. But she had long sought to better understand him through her writing before that moment.
How a surprising DNA test inspired this writer’s memoir
Our March pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club “Now Read This” is Dani Shapiro’s “Inheritance.” Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. Learn…
Discussion questions for ‘Inheritance’
Our March 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Dani Shapiro’s “Inheritance.”…
After submitting her DNA for analysis to an ancestry website in 2016, Dani Shapiro received a piece of news that rocked her to the core: The man who had raised her, her now-deceased father, was not her biological kin.
"American Prison" author Shane Bauer highlights a few key moments in the history of prison-as-profit in America, drawing from research he conducted for the book.
“It will make your writing much better in the end,” says Shane Bauer.
“Photographs informed parts of the book my memory could not retrieve,” said Terese Marie Mailhot.
Terese Marie Mailhot’s “Heart Berries,” a memoir that addresses the trauma experienced by indigenous people across generations, is our January 2020 book pick.
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