Arts Mar 24 A mother and son reflect on how a DNA test affects family and identity By Courtney Vinopal
Arts Mar 16 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. By Courtney Vinopal
Arts Mar 06 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… By Courtney Vinopal
Arts Mar 05 Discussion questions for ‘Inheritance’ Our March 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Dani Shapiro’s “Inheritance.”… By Courtney Vinopal
Arts Feb 28 ‘Inheritance’ is our March book club pick 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. By Courtney Vinopal
Feb 04 Watch 3:12 Author Dani Shapiro on the power and danger of family secrets After taking a DNA test on a whim, author Dani Shapiro discovered that her beloved late father had not been, in fact, her biological parent. She had been conceived using a sperm donor, and as was common at the time,… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch 3:17 Marriage is a dance of growing together, apart, together By PBS News Hour What does it take to walk alongside another human being over time? Writer Dani Shapiro set out to explore the beauty and the troubles of enduring love. Shining a light on her and her husband’s life course together, Shapiro offers… Continue watching