‘Get used to saying no,’ and more advice from writer Naomi Alderman
"You can't be the best person in the world at answering your email on time and being available for every request and also write good books," says writer Naomi Alderman.
Discussion questions for ‘The Power’
The sci-fi novel "The Power" is our March pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This. We hope you'll read along.
The March pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘The Power’
Naomi Alderman's "The Power" imagines a future in which women have special powers that flip the established gender dynamics and turn the world on its head.
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‘The Wife’ author Meg Wolitzer answers your questions
Meg Wolitzer, author of our February pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about “The Wife.” Plus, Jeff announces the March book selection.
Author Meg Wolitzer explains where she gets her settings and stories, why she set the book in the first person, and how she creates humor on the page.
Wolitzer, author of "The Wife," says that in hearing a writing instructor tell the class to write what was important, she started to ask her 19-year-old self, "What’s important to me?"…
Our February pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Meg Wolitzer's "The Wife." Here are discussion questions to guide your reading.
Meg Wolitzer's novel is a darkly funny, intelligent tale of what happens when you decide to stop sacrificing your own talents in service of your spouse's success.
Sandeep Jauhar, author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Heart.” Plus, Jeff announces the February book selection.
