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."… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 5:18 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… Continue watching
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.”… Continue reading
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."… Continue reading
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