Apr 23 5 books about Silicon Valley you need to read right now By Elizabeth Flock Want to understand the tech industry? "Brotopia" author Emily Chang shares her favorite picks. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 7:31 Biographer Robert Caro on why it’s taking decades to fully capture LBJ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Robert Caro is one of the nation’s preeminent biographers, known for meticulous research and taking his time with a subject. Indeed, he began his massive series "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" in 1977, but its final volume won't be published… Continue watching
Feb 08 When you turn 29, ‘metamorphosis is not optional,’ this poet says By Lora Strum For poet Hala Alyan, year 29 was an "emotional border" comprised of necessary endings and new beginnings. Continue reading
Dec 18 An annotated page from ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’ By Elizabeth Flock "'I don’t know' is the most important phrase in this whole book," author Casey Gerald explains. Continue reading
Dec 03 Discussion questions for ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’ By Elizabeth Flock Casey Gerald's memoir is about attaining and then questioning the American dream. Continue reading
Nov 28 December’s pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is ‘There Will Be No Miracles Here’ By Elizabeth Flock "There Will Be No Miracles Here" is part memoir and part meditation, tracing Casey Gerald's journey from his childhood in a poor neighborhood in Dallas all the way to Yale and the halls of power. Continue reading
Nov 19 4 lessons from Michelle Obama on being true to yourself By Yamiche Alcindor Becoming your best self means taking care of yourself, and other things Michelle Obama shared during her book tour stop in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 5:46 Octavio Solis on growing up a ‘skinny brown kid’ on the U.S.-Mexico border By Jeffrey Brown As politicians spar over immigration, playwright Octavio Solis recounts his childhood as a “skinny brown kid” in El Paso in his memoir “Retablos”. Solis says that though he was in the U.S. legally, Border Patrol would ask him to recite… Continue watching
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
Aug 18 The 4 coming-of-age memoirs you need to read By Elizabeth Flock Author Tom Perrotta, who wrote "Election," "Little Children" and "The Leftovers," shares his favorite real-life stories about growing up. Continue reading