Lisa Belkin
Lisa Belkin is an American journalist and author.[1][2] She is best known for Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption (1992), about the public housing battles in Yonkers, New York.[3] In 2015, the book was adapted to an HBO miniseries, starring actor Oscar Isaac and produced by David Simon.[4]
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| Booknotes interview with Belkin on First, Do No Harm, April 25, 1993, C-SPAN |
Belkin has worked for The New York Times, HuffPost, and Yahoo News, as its chief national correspondent.[5][6][7] She hosted a radio show on XM, an outgrowth of her "Life's Work" column.[8][9]
Belkin is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.[10]
Reception
Belkin's first book, First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital, was a New York Times 1993 Notable Book of the Year.[11]
Show Me a Hero (1999) received positive reviews. Publishers Weekly wrote that it was a "vivid slice of urban politics, racial tension and the difficulties inherent in realizing the American dream."[12] Kirkus Reviews declared it a "riveting policy chronicle and cautionary tale that illustrates the urgency of rethinking our public housing policy."[13] The New York Times praised Belkin for maintaining a reportorial objectivity.[14]
Books
- First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital (1993)
- Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption (1999)
- Life's Work: Confessions of an Unbalanced Mom (2002)
- Tales From the Times (2004), editor
- Genealogy of a Murder: Four Generations, Three Families, One Fateful Night (2023)
References
- ^ "Lisa Belkin Website". Lisa Belkin. December 5, 2014.
- ^ Romano, Nick (Feb 21, 2016). "The Big Short: Steve Carell, Christian Bale film wins best adapted screenplay award". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "Show Me a Hero by Lisa Belkin". Pan Macmillan.
- ^ "Show Me a Hero". HBO.
- ^ "Lisa Belkin, Chief National Correspondent for Yahoo". Yahoo.
- ^ "Lisa Belkin". The New York Times. August 15, 2015.
- ^ "Lisa Belkin". HuffPost.
- ^ "'Show Me a Hero' writer bringing story to NW". Arizona Jewish Post.
- ^ "Lisa Belkin". Creative Nonfiction.
- ^ "Lisa Belkin". Columbia School of Journalism.
- ^ "Notable Books of the Year 1993". The New York Times. December 5, 1993.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption by Lisa Belkin". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ "Show Me a Hero by Lisa Belkin". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "A Costly Noble Idea". The New York Times.
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