Shalini Shankar’s newest book, Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z’s New Path to Success  (Basic Books), available now!

Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z’s New Path to Success (Basic Books) Foregrounding Gen Z, Shankar, a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow, analyzes the convergence of immigration, “brain sports,” and the shifting media landscape to illustrate the increasingly competitive nature of childhood and how it plays out on broadcast and social media. 

“Fascinating. Shalini Shankar uses the spelling bee as a lens into the world of Gen Z, illuminating its contours and giving us all a chance to reflect on what it means to grow up.” —Angela Duckworth, author of Grit

BEELINE BOOK TOUR!

Signed copies of BEELINE available in your city:

  • Boston, MA Trident Bookstore and Cafe

  • Brooklyn, NY: Community Bookstore and Terrace Books

  • Chicago, IL Seminary Co-op Bookstore

  • Evanston, IL: Bookends & Beginnings

  • Flagstaff, AZ BrightSide Bookstore

  • Los Angeles, CA Chevalier’s Books

  • New York, NY: NYU Bookstore

  • Oakland, CA Great Good Place for Books

  • Philadelphia, PA Head House Books

  • Providence, RI Books on the Square

  • San Francisco, CA Books Inc.

  • Seattle, WA Elliott Bay Books

  • Toronto, Canada Queen Books

  • Washington, DC Kramer Books and Afterwords

  • West Nyack, NY Barnes &.Noble Palisades Center