Jun 30 For her spy novel, Lauren Wilkinson knew she needed an exciting first chapter By Courtney Vinopal Our June 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Lauren Wilkinson's "American Spy."… Continue reading
Jun 30 ‘Citizen’ is our July book club pick By Courtney Vinopal Our July book club pick for Now Read This is Claudia Rankine's "Citizen: An American Lyric"… Continue reading
Jun 17 Why the author of ‘American Spy’ recommends this 1920s novel about a secret identity By Courtney Vinopal Our June 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Lauren Wilkinson's "American Spy."… Continue reading
Jun 08 Discussion questions for ‘American Spy’ By Courtney Vinopal Our June 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Lauren Wilkinson's "American Spy."… Continue reading
Jun 01 5 book covers that show how Ann Petry’s ‘The Street’ was depicted over time By Courtney Vinopal, Tayari Jones Ann Petry’s “The Street” was the first novel by a black woman to sell more than a million copies. But over the years, not all of its covers conveyed the complex themes of race and class. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 14:09 Tayari Jones answers your questions about ‘The Street’ Author Tayari Jones wrote the introduction to a new edition of Ann Petry's 1946 novel "The Street," our May pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This. Jones joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about the… Continue watching
May 18 Why a 1946 novel resonates with today’s working-class struggles By Courtney Vinopal In Ann Petry’s 1946 novel “The Street,” which chronicles an African American woman’s pursuit of the American dream, the main character’s predicament is not unlike that of many workers today. Continue reading
May 08 How Tayari Jones discovered an ‘undersung American masterpiece’ By Courtney Vinopal Our May 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Ann Petry’s “The Street.”… Continue reading
May 05 Discussion questions for ‘The Street’ By Courtney Vinopal Our May 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Ann Petry’s “The Street.”… Continue reading
Apr 29 ‘The Street’ is our May book club pick By Courtney Vinopal “The Street” by Ann Petry is the May pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour's book club with The New York Times. Continue reading