Arts Aug 09 Author Mohsin Hamid explores the construct of race in his new novel ‘The Last White Man’ By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet
Arts Dec 30 Author Ling Ma answers your questions about ‘Severance’ The author of our December pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club answered questions submitted by readers about her novel. By Courtney Vinopal
Health Apr 16 ‘The Plague’ perfectly captures the risk in returning to normal It's the most vexing phase of an epidemic -- once an illness peters out, healthy people begin to place it in the past. By Dr. Howard Markel
Nation Sep 03 Watch 6:42 New novel ‘A Terrible Country’ rediscovers Russia and its paradoxes In the new novel "A Terrible Country," young, Soviet-born Andrei Kaplan is struggling in his academic career and getting over a breakup, when he returns to Russia to care for his aging grandmother. Jeffrey Brown talks with author Keith Gessen…
Politics Apr 13 Watch 5:34 This political insider’s thriller novels predicted U.S. election interference A foreign country attempts to influence the outcome of an American election -- before the 2016 election, it was the plot of a new novel by Ohio's Democratic Party chairman. Now David Pepper returns with a second book,"The Wingman," which…
Feb 20 Watch 6:24 In ‘An American Marriage,’ a wife feels imprisoned by her husband’s wrongful incarceration By PBS NewsHour “An American Marriage” explores the bonds of love in extreme circumstances, against a larger background of race and mass incarceration. Author Tayari Jones joins Jeffrey Brown to talk about her new novel, set in Atlanta and written in letter form,… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 3:16 It can be really uncomfortable to talk about abortion. Here’s why we should By Brit Bennett When you write a novel about abortion, says author Brit Bennett, you will have a lot of conversations with strangers about abortion. It’s made her realize how rarely we talk about it as a human experience. What if we approached… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 5:03 In ‘Transit,’ novelist Rachel Cusk tells story of rebuilding a house and a life By PBS NewsHour In "Transit," a new novel by Rachel Cusk, a woman and her two sons prepare to begin a new life. The second book in a planned trilogy, her novel is gaining acclaim for the writing and form. Cusk joins Jeffrey… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 5:24 Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James on the voice of reggae By PBS NewsHour Marlon James, author of "A Brief History of Seven Killings," is the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker Prize. James sat down with Jeffrey Brown at the Miami Book Fair to discuss his story, set in the 1970s… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch 7:31 6 of the best books to curl up with from 2015 By PBS NewsHour What were the must-read books of 2015? Jeffrey Brown gets favorite picks from Daniel Pink, business writer and author of "Drive," and novelist Jennifer Close, author of "The Smart One."… Continue watching