Aug 14 Why this novel about a Beijing crime syndicate starts in a California suburb By Courtney Vinopal Our August 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Daniel Nieh’s “Beijing Payback.”… Continue reading
Aug 10 How this writer and translator tapped into the ‘language of sports’ for his thriller By Courtney Vinopal In writing that character who would eventually become the protagonist of his debut novel, “Beijing Payback,” author Daniel Nieh said that he imagined someone who "lived within that poetic language of sports."… Continue reading
Aug 10 Discussion questions for ‘Beijing Payback’ By Courtney Vinopal Our August 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Daniel Nieh’s “Beijing Payback.”… Continue reading
Jul 31 ‘Beijing Payback’ is our August book club pick By Courtney Vinopal Our August book club pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Daniel Nieh’s “Beijing Payback."… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 5:59 Author Claudia Rankine answers your questions about ‘Citizen’ By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal Claudia Rankine, author of our July pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about “Citizen: An American Lyric.”… Continue watching
Jul 29 How this poet shows the way ‘racism hits the body’ By Courtney Vinopal In her book “Citizen,” the poet Claudia Rankine aims to show readers how Black people experience racism in their everyday lives. And to help tell that story, she reached out to visual artists. Continue reading
Jul 21 In writing about Trayvon Martin, this poet saw the history of systemic racism By Courtney Vinopal In crafting her elegy for Trayvon Martin, poet Claudia Rankine sought to draw on the larger narrative of “terrorization, violence and murder” that Black Americans have faced throughout history. Continue reading
Jul 13 How a natural disaster prompted this poet to focus on race in America By Courtney Vinopal Our July 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen.”… Continue reading
Jul 07 Discussion questions for ‘Citizen’ By Courtney Vinopal Our July 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen.”… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 4:50 Author Lauren Wilkinson answers your questions about ‘American Spy’ By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal Lauren Wilkinson, author of our June pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about “American Spy.”… Continue watching