Dec 30 Author Ling Ma answers your questions about ‘Severance’ By Courtney Vinopal The author of our December pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club answered questions submitted by readers about her novel. Continue reading
Dec 28 ‘Trick Mirror’ is our January book club pick By Courtney Vinopal Our January pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Jia Tolentino’s “Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion.”… Continue reading
Dec 24 3 films that inspired Ling Ma’s ‘Severance’ By Ling Ma When writing “Severance,” author Ling Ma drew inspiration from various sources, including several films. Continue reading
Dec 18 How ‘The Walking Dead’ and a Terrence Malick film inspired this writer’s first book By Courtney Vinopal “I thought I could somehow bridge the two,” Ling Ma recently told the PBS NewsHour of her novel "Severance." “What if Terrence Malick directed a zombie B movie and this was the voiceover? Would that be in bad taste?”… Continue reading
Dec 09 How the final days of an office job inspired this apocalyptic novel By Courtney Vinopal Our December 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The New York Times, is Ling Ma’s “Severance.”… Continue reading
Dec 04 Discussion questions for ‘Severance’ By Courtney Vinopal Our December pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Ling Ma’s "Severance."… Continue reading
Nov 10 How poetry helped Elizabeth Acevedo know when to stop writing By Courtney Vinopal Our November 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Elizabeth Acevedo’s “The Poet X."… Continue reading
Nov 03 Discussion questions for ‘The Poet X’ By Courtney Vinopal Our November 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The New York Times, is Elizabeth Acevedo’s "The Poet X."… Continue reading
Oct 30 ‘The Poet X’ is our November book club pick By Courtney Vinopal Our November 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Elizabeth Acevedo’s "The Poet X."… Continue reading
Oct 30 5 researchers who can help us understand how children succeed By Paul Tough When Paul Tough first began reporting on the skills that help children succeed both in and out of the classroom, he drew upon an already robust body of research on the subject. Continue reading