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
Apr 30 Watch 5:30 ‘Great Lakes’ author Dan Egan answers your questions We’re never going to get complete control of the Great Lakes, says Dan Egan, who recommends greater humility for what nature can do to restore itself. Egan, author of “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,” our April pick… Continue watching
Apr 19 PHOTOS: Inside the devastation of the Great Lakes — and the cautious recovery underway By Alison Thoet In "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes," journalist Dan Egan crafts a cautious yet hopeful narrative using history, reporting, and his own experiences to highlight the threats posed to the world's largest freshwater system. Continue reading
Apr 11 Journalist Dan Egan annotates a page of ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ By Elizabeth Flock The quagga mussel is a small but dangerous invasive species in Lake Michigan. Dan Egan explains why in an annotated page of his book "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes."… Continue reading
Apr 05 How journalist Dan Egan wrote the life (and death) story of the Great Lakes By Elizabeth Flock Dan Egan likes to say that he may be the only journalist in America whose beat is the Great Lakes. Continue reading
Apr 02 Discussion questions for ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ By Elizabeth Flock Dan Egan’s “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” — an epic portrait of the Great Lakes and the perils they face — is our next pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Mar 30 The April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times Book club is ‘The Death and Life of the Great Lakes’ By Elizabeth Flock We unveil our April selection for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 12:38 ‘Exit West’ author Mohsin Hamid answers your questions By PBS News Hour Mohsin Hamid says he has been migrating his whole life, his own experience playing a part of the inspiration for his newest novel. Hamid, author of our March pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This, joins… Continue watching
Mar 22 Mohsin Hamid annotates the first page of his novel, ‘Exit West’ By Elizabeth Flock Mohsin Hamid’s novel “Exit West,” which follows two lovers on the move from a country on the brink of civil war, is our March pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Mar 15 NYT Book Review of ‘Exit West’: A refugee crisis in a world of open doors By Viet Thanh Nguyen Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of "The Refugees," reviews the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club selection of the month, Mohsin Hamid's "Exit West."… Continue reading