Tina Brown's Must-Reads
Too much to read? Tina Brown wants to be your guide. From time to time, in a conversation Morning Edition calls "Word of Mouth," Brown joins us to share best bets from the worlds of news, commentary and literature.
The editor-in-chief of the online news and opinion hub The Daily Beast, Brown formerly served as editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Talk magazines.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: On Luck, Good And Bad
()In the latest edition of Word of Mouth on Morning Edition, Steve Inskeep talks to Newsweek editor Tina Brown to get her reading recommendations.
Tina Brown's Must Reads: Women Vs. The World()
April 3, 2013 The editor in chief of Newsweek and the Daily Beast joins NPR's Steve Inskeep to talk about women taking on big cultural challenges, and the stories of how they got there.
Tina Brown's Must Reads: The Post-Sept. 11 World()
February 21, 2013 Tina Brown, editor of the Daily Beast and Newsweek, joins NPR's Steve Inskeep for another round of reading recommendations. This month, she offers three picks that show how the world looks after the 2001 attacks.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Hidden Lives()
January 22, 2013 The Newsweek editor returns with a list of new reads about people with surprising lives — a CIA investigator, a successful businesswoman who started life as a child soldier, and a private-equity pioneer whose domineering personality drove his loved ones away.
Tina Brown's Must Reads: The Modern Woman()
September 12, 2012 The Daily Beast and Newsweek editor explores the changing role of women with recommendations that cover a groundbreaking gender discrimination lawsuit against Newsweek, a stay-at-home wife's rise through the professional ranks and the meaning behind a mother's profile picture.
Tina Brown's Must Reads: Modern Warfare()
July 18, 2012 The editor of the Daily Beast and Newsweek recommends reading material in a Morning Edition monthly feature called "Word of Mouth." This month, Brown recommends two articles and a book relating to the changing nature of war.
Tina Brown's Must Reads: The Queen's Jubilee()
May 31, 2012 As Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, marking 60 years for her as monarch, Newsweek editor Tina Brown recommends readings on the history of the queen's reign and her enduring popularity.
Tina Brown's Must Reads: Resistance()
May 9, 2012 Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown explores the character and experiences of political resisters in modern Russia and in World War II-era Czechoslovakia.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: The Reporter's Role()
April 18, 2012 Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown selects two articles about the nature of journalism in the digital age and a book collecting the writing of expatriate Americans, including reporters living in Berlin in the 1930s.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Political Change-Makers()
March 7, 2012 Daily Beast and Newsweek editor Tina Brown highlights a book and an article on two titanic individuals at the center of political change: Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin and pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: Dictators()
February 1, 2012 Daily Beast and Newsweek Editor Tina Brown looks at writing about life under totalitarian regimes, recommending a new novel about North Korea, an article on "dictator chic," and one that chronicles and contextualizes the history of the Inquisition.
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