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Apr 29

Watch 13:43
‘Disappearing Earth’ author Julia Phillips answers your questions

By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal

Julia Phillips, author of our April pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Disappearing Earth,” and Jeff announces the May book selection.

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Apr 24

These photos helped Julia Phillips capture ‘one of the most beautiful places in the world’

By Julia Phillips

"When I arrived in Kamchatka for the first time," wrote Julia Phillips, the author of "Disappearing Earth, "I learned it was even more spectacular than I’d imagined from a distance."…

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Apr 17

Why ‘Disappearing Earth’ begins with a tale of natural disaster

By Courtney Vinopal

Our April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club “Now Read This” is Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth.”…

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Apr 10

Why a writer traveled to a far-off Russian peninsula for her debut novel

By Courtney Vinopal

Our April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club “Now Read This” is Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth.”…

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Apr 07

Discussion questions for ‘Disappearing Earth’

By Courtney Vinopal

Our April 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Julia Phillips’ “Disappearing Earth.”…

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Mar 31

‘Disappearing Earth’ is our April book club pick

By Courtney Vinopal

Our April book club pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Julia Phillips’ "Disappearing Earth,” a novel about a community’s reckoning with the sudden disappearance of two young girls.

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Mar 31

Watch 4:58
‘Inheritance’ author Dani Shapiro answers your questions

Dani Shapiro, author of our March pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Inheritance,” and Jeff announces the April book selection.

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Mar 24

A mother and son reflect on how a DNA test affects family and identity

By Courtney Vinopal

When writer Dani Shapiro found out that the man who had raised her was not her biological father, the discovery had implications that reverberated throughout her entire family.

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Mar 20

8 books to read in the time of the coronavirus

By Courtney Vinopal

If there’s an upside to this period of “social distancing,” it might be an unfettered excuse for voracious readers to dive into all types of literature.

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Mar 16

Dani Shapiro on how a DNA test ‘flooded every corner’ with truth — and shaped her writing

By Courtney Vinopal

Years after her dad died, Dani Shapiro found out he was not her biological father. But she had long sought to better understand him through her writing before that moment.

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