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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."…

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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"…

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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."…

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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."…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.”…

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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.”…

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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.

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