A mother and son reflect on how a DNA test affects family and identity
When writer Dani Shapiro found out that the man who had raised her was not her biological father, the discovery…
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8 books to read in the time of the coronavirus
If there's an upside to this period of "social distancing," it might be an unfettered excuse for voracious readers to…
Dani Shapiro on how a DNA test ‘flooded every corner’ with truth — and shaped her writing
Years after her dad died, Dani Shapiro found out he was not her biological father. But she had long sought…
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The little-known story of the Republican Party’s 1st presidential nominee
In a new book, NPR's Steve Inskeep has chronicled the little-known story of how the illegitimate son of an immigrant…
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Rahm Emanuel: Nominating Sanders would be ‘putting too much at the roulette table’
Rahm Emanuel has served as a top adviser to Presidents Clinton and Obama, a three-term congressman from Illinois and a…
Discussion questions for ‘Inheritance’
Our March 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Dani Shapiro's "Inheritance."
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‘American Prison’ author Shane Bauer answers your questions
Shane Bauer, author of our February pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Amna Nawaz…
‘Inheritance’ is our March book club pick
After submitting her DNA for analysis to an ancestry website in 2016, Dani Shapiro received a piece of news that…
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Uber whistleblower Susan Fowler details harassment, retaliation in new book
In 2015, Susan Fowler was excited about joining high-flying startup Uber -- but was propositioned by her manager on her…
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