Dana Spiotta Is Finding Her Way
The author's new novel features a heroine much like herself, staring down insomnia and midlife. more...Learning from the Past: PW Talks with Adam Harris
Journalist Harris’s 'The State Must Provide' (Ecco, Aug.), examines the legacy of racial discrimination in higher education.and more.
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Writing Advice: How to Get the Feedback You Need
The right input is the key to making your book the best it can be.
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Trouble Is Her Business
Mysti Berry’s Low Down Dirty Vote anthologies set killer crime fiction around the ballot box.
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Cover Redesign: 'Just a Little Broken' by Le’vian Dae.
This month, Michelle Argyle at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of 'Just a Little Broken' by Le’vian Dae.
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Profiles
Yiyun Li: Writer's Writer, Reader’s Writer
The author's latest novel is inspired by a little-known 20th-century French teenage novelist who, it turns out, was more charlatan than prodigy.
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Interviews
What Happens in Vegas: PW Talks with Gina L. Maxwell
Bestseller Maxwell returns to her paranormal roots in 'The Dark King' (Entangled Amara, Oct.), a romance between Las Vegas hotelier and fae king Caiden and feisty Wisconsinite Bryn.
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Profiles
Asaf Hanuka Goes Beyond Real
'The Realist: Last Day on Earth' and 'I’m Still Alive' Showcase the Cutting Edge of Nonfiction Comics
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Profiles
George Saunders Writes Through the Darkness
The formidable American speculativist channels these high-anxiety times in 'Liberation Day,' his darkest collection yet.
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Profiles
Writers to Watch: Fall 2022 Nonfiction Debuts
From an examination of the ravages of Jim Crow to a meditation on the idea of happiness, this fall’s noteworthy nonfiction debuts span the range of human experience.
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Interviews
Science Is a Human Process: PW Talks with David Quammen
In 'Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus' (Simon & Schuster, Oct.), Quammen profiles the scientists who studied the SARS-CoV-2 virus and fought the Covid pandemic.
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Interviews
Playing Dice with the Universe: PW Talks with Penn Jillette
In 'Random' (Akashic, Oct.), magician Jillette’s protagonist makes major life decisions by rolling a pair of dice.