Voices of Dissent: PW Talks with Karima Bennoune

Human-rights lawyer, activist, and U.C. Davis professor Karima Bennoune channels the diverse artists and human-rights workers resisting extremism in Muslim-majority countries in Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here.

Circuitous About Sex: PW Talks with Ashley Cardiff

In her memoir, Night Terrors: Sex, Dating, Puberty, and Other Alarming Things, Ashley Cardiff dishes on sexuality and growing up in an age of anxiety.

A Better Day: PW Talks with Taylor Jenkins Reid

In Forever, Interrupted, nine days after Elsie and Ben elope, he dies in a car accident. Debut author Taylor Jenkins Reid skillfully traces the couple’s six-month courtship throughout the book.

Organic Food Nation: PW Talks with Forrest Pritchard

In Gaining Ground, Forrest Pritchard recounts his against-all-odds story of taking his struggling family livestock farm into the growing organic farmers’ market movement in ways that will make you reconsider how and where you purchase your food.

Shooting the Sh*t: PW Talks With David Waltner-Toews

Veterinarian and epidemiologist Waltner-Toews’s The Origin of Feces is a comprehensive look at the social and ecological history of excrement, and global problems we face today.

Q & A with Cecil Castellucci and Sara Varon

PW spoke with illustrator Sara Varon and writer Castellucci to hear about how two self-proclaimed odd ducks combined forces to create Odd Duck, an unconventional – and very funny – book.

Conspiring with the Enemy: PW Talks With Arturo Fontaine

Time, Space, and Other Problems: PW Talks with James Kelman

Easily Influenced: PW Talks with Lottie Moggach

In her debut, Kiss Me First, Lottie Moggach examines pervasive and troubling aspects of the Internet and social media.

Maine Man: PW Talks with Paul Doiron

A new national park sparks controversy in Massacre Pond, Paul Doiron’s fourth mystery featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch.