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Feb 01

‘Interior Chinatown’ is our February book club pick

By Courtney Vinopal

Our February 2021 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Charles Yu’s "Interior Chinatown."…

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Jan 28

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Author Jia Tolentino on American culture through the prism of the internet

The January pick for our “Now Read This” book club was a book of essays exploring many aspects of American culture through the prism of the internet and social media. At age 32, author Jia Tolentino has gained acclaim as…

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Jan 19

The advice that freed Jia Tolentino from ‘the worst traps in both life and writing’

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.”…

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Jan 05

Discussion questions for ‘Trick Mirror’

By Courtney Vinopal

Our January 2021 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Jia Tolentino’s “Trick Mirror."…

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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.

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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.”…

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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.

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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?”…

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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.”…

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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."…

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