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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.”…

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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."…

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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.”…

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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."…

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Jul 29

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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.”…

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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.

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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.

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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.”…

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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.”…

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Jul 01

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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.”…

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