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Mar 06

How a surprising DNA test inspired this writer’s memoir

By Courtney Vinopal

Our March pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club “Now Read This” is Dani Shapiro’s “Inheritance.” Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. Learn…

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Mar 05

Discussion questions for ‘Inheritance’

By Courtney Vinopal

Our March 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Dani Shapiro’s “Inheritance.”…

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Mar 02

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‘American Prison’ author Shane Bauer answers your questions

By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Vinopal

Shane Bauer, author of our February pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Amna Nawaz to answer reader questions on “American Prison,” and Amna announces the March book selection.

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Feb 28

‘Inheritance’ is our March book club pick

By Courtney Vinopal

After submitting her DNA for analysis to an ancestry website in 2016, Dani Shapiro received a piece of news that rocked her to the core: The man who had raised her, her now-deceased father, was not her biological kin.

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Feb 26

5 ways prisoners were used for profit throughout U.S. history

By Shane Bauer

"American Prison" author Shane Bauer highlights a few key moments in the history of prison-as-profit in America, drawing from research he conducted for the book.

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Feb 18

Author Shane Bauer on being both prisoner and prison guard

By Courtney Vinopal

“Power struggles in prison are sometimes overtly violent, but mostly they are psychological and subtle,” he said.

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Feb 10

Why the author of ‘American Prison’ embraces people’s contradictions

By Courtney Vinopal

“It will make your writing much better in the end,” says Shane Bauer.

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Feb 04

Discussion questions for ‘American Prison’

By Courtney Vinopal

Our February pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Shane Bauer’s “American Prison.”…

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Jan 29

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‘Heart Berries’ author Terese Marie Mailhot answers your questions

By Jeffrey Brown, Courtney Vinopal

Terese Marie Mailhot, author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Heart Berries,” and Jeff announces the February book selection.

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Jan 29

These photos helped the author of ‘Heart Berries’ mine her memory

By Courtney Vinopal

“Photographs informed parts of the book my memory could not retrieve,” said Terese Marie Mailhot.

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