Lisa Belkin

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Lisa Belkin is an American journalist and author. [1] She is best known for Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption, her 1999 book about a public housing battle in Yonkers, New York. [2]

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Show Me a Hero 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." [3] Kirkus Reviews declared it a "riveting policy chronicle and cautionary tale that illustrates the urgency of rethinking our public housing policy." [4] The New York Times praised Belkin for maintaining a reportorial objectivity. [5] Show Me a Hero served as the basis for the 2015 HBO miniseries, starring Oscar Isaac. [6]

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Her 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. [7]

Belkin has worked as a journalist for Yahoo News, The New York Times, and HuffPost . [8] [9] [10] She hosted a radio show on XM, an outgrowth of her "Life's Work" column. [11] [12]

She is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia's School of Journalism. [13]

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References

  1. "Lisa Belkin Website". Lisa Belkin. December 5, 2014.
  2. "Show Me a Hero by Lisa Belkin". Pan Macmillan.
  3. "Nonfiction Book Review: Show Me a Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race, and Redemption by Lisa Belkin, Author Little Brown and Company $24.5 (320p) ISBN 978-0-316-08805-3". PublishersWeekly.com.
  4. "SHOW ME A HERO by Lisa Belkin | Kirkus Reviews" via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  5. "A Costly Noble Idea". archive.nytimes.com.
  6. "Show Me A Hero". HBO.
  7. "Notable Books of the Year 1993". December 5, 1993 via NYTimes.com.
  8. "Lisa Belkin, Chief National Correspondent for Yahoo". www.yahoo.com.
  9. "Lisa Belkin". August 15, 2015 via NYTimes.com.
  10. "Lisa Belkin | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com.
  11. "'Show Me a Hero' writer bringing story to NW, AZ Jewish Post". Arizona Jewish Post.
  12. "Lisa Belkin | Creative Nonfiction". www.creativenonfiction.org.
  13. "Lisa Belkin | School of Journalism". journalism.columbia.edu.