Jeanine Cummins's New Novel Is a Harrowing Immigrant's Tale
The author's latest, 'American Dirt,' follows the story of a mother crossing the U.S.-Mexico border with her son. more...
Daniel Kehlmann Forays Into Folklore with 'Tyll'
The Austrian author's latest novel is based on a German folktale about a wandering trickster, set against the backdrop of the Thirty Years’ War. more...and more.
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ProfilesDaniel Lavery Is Ready to Tweak the Canon
In 'Something That May Shock and Discredit You,' the cofounder of beloved feminist website the 'Toast,' thumbs his nose at literary tradition and explores his trans identity.
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Interviews
Supernatural Sleuthing: PW Talks with Mike Ashley
In 'Fighters of Fear' (Talos, Feb.), Ashley has assembled the definitive anthology of occult detective short stories.
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Interviews
A Song of Freedom: PW Talks with Ben Okri
In Okri’s 'The Freedom Artist' (Akashic, Feb.), a man searches for a woman imprisoned after asking revolutionary questions in a dystopian world.
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Interviews
A Coalition of Genres: PW Talks with Cathy Park Hong
In 'Minor Feelings' (One World, Feb.), poet Hong explores the Asian-American experience.
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Interviews
Mind Games: PW Talks with Isabel Greenberg
Greenberg blends historical fiction and fantasy in 'Glass Town' (Abrams ComicArts, Mar.), a graphic novel inspired by the imaginary worlds the Brontë siblings created as children.
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Interviews
From the President’s Desk: PW Talks with Craig Fehrman
In 'Author in Chief' (Avid Reader, Feb.), historian Fehrman examines the tradition of U.S. presidents as authors.
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Interviews
Regency Risk Takers: PW Talks with Anna Harrington
In Harrington’s 'An Inconvenient Duke' (Sourcebooks Casablanca, Mar.), Marcus, a duke on a mission to avenge his sister’s murder, falls for Danielle, who secretly runs a charity for abused women.
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Profiles
Lucy Knisley Lives the Examined Life
Lucy Knisley’s forthcoming title, 'Go to Sleep (I Miss You),' is about her experiences as a new mom—but for her next outing, she turns her life into fiction.
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BookLife
Meet the 2019 BookLife Prize Finalists in Fiction
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Interviews
Stan Lee, 'A Marvelous Life': PW Talks with Danny Fingeroth
Danny Fingeroth’s biography of the late editor, author and former chairman of Marvel Comics Stan Lee, 'A Marvelous Life', published this month by St. Martin’s Press, is a loving but sharp-eyed account of the life and career of the man who the author worked under earlier in his comics career.
