May 31 Watch 6:13 ‘Educated’ author Tara Westover answers your questions Tara Westover, author of our May pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer questions from readers, plus Jeff announces June’s book. Continue watching
May 11 Tara Westover annotates the first page of her memoir, ‘Educated’ By Elizabeth Flock Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated,” which describes growing up in a survivalist family in rural Idaho, is our May pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
May 07 ‘Inspiration is a myth’ and more writer’s advice from author Tara Westover By Elizabeth Flock Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated,” which describes growing up in a survivalist family in rural Idaho, is our May pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
May 04 Discussion questions for ‘Educated’ By Elizabeth Flock Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated,” which describes growing up in a survivalist family in rural Idaho and then going on to Harvard and Cambridge, is our April pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Apr 30 The May pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘Educated’ By Elizabeth Flock "Educated," a memoir by Tara Westover of growing up in a survivalist family in remote Idaho, is our May pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Apr 11 Journalist Dan Egan annotates a page of ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ By Elizabeth Flock The quagga mussel is a small but dangerous invasive species in Lake Michigan. Dan Egan explains why in an annotated page of his book "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes."… Continue reading
Apr 05 How journalist Dan Egan wrote the life (and death) story of the Great Lakes By Elizabeth Flock Dan Egan likes to say that he may be the only journalist in America whose beat is the Great Lakes. Continue reading
Apr 02 Discussion questions for ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ By Elizabeth Flock Dan Egan’s “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” — an epic portrait of the Great Lakes and the perils they face — is our next pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Mar 30 The April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times Book club is ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ By Elizabeth Flock We unveil our April selection for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Mar 22 Mohsin Hamid annotates the first page of his novel, ‘Exit West’ By Elizabeth Flock Mohsin Hamid’s novel “Exit West,” which follows two lovers on the move from a country on the brink of civil war, is our March pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading