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Slut Era: PW Talks with Ryan O’Connell
In ‘Inspiration Porn’ (St. Martin’s, May), the star and writer of the Netflix series ‘Special’ reflects on navigating Hollywood as a gay man with cerebral palsy.
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Subverting Expectations: PW Talks with De’Shawn Charles Winslow
In the author’s third novel, ‘The Fervent Whites’ (One World, June), a wrongly convicted white couple’s return from prison to their predominantly Black hamlet stirs up old resentments.
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In Conversation: Adib Khorram and Nathanael Lessore
Adib Khorram and Nathanael Lessore address the complexities of masculinity and growing up in their new YA novels 'One Word, Six Letters' and 'King of Nothing,' respectively.
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Four Questions for Sofia Szamosi
Artist, zinester, and graphic novelist Sofia Szamosi returns with her new YA graphic memoir, 'Bad Kid: My Life as a “Troubled Teen.” '
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LBF 2026: A.F. Steadman Looks Ahead
Before her Author of the Day conversation at the London Book Fair, we checked in with the writer of the wildly popular Skandar series and talked about what’s next after The First Unicorn Rider.
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Cracking Jokes: PW Talks with Morgan Boecher
Boecher’s graphic novel debut, Chicken Heart (Street Noise, out now), explores the intersections of grief and humor in the story of a pre-transition standup comedian who goes to a queer commune founded by his late aunt.
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Four Questions for Tsultrim Dolma
Tibetan activist Tsultrim Dolma makes her debut as author with 'Defying China,' a YA memoir about her experiences growing up under the control of the People’s Republic of China, written with Rebecca Wei Hsieh.
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In Conversation: Julie Leung and Angie Kang
Author Julie Leung, recipient of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and Caldecott Honor artist Angie Kang have teamed up for 'Navigating Night,' a picture book inspired by Leung’s childhood.
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All in the Family: PW Talks to Laurie Hertzel
The former Minneapolis Star Tribune books editor’s elegiac memoir, Ghosts of Fourth Street (University of Minnesota, Mar.), chronicles the breakdown of her large family following the death of her oldest brother when he was 18.
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Four Questions for Jonah Winter
Jonah Winter spoke with PW about his new nonfiction picture book, 'The Burning of the Books,' the challenge of translating dark moments in history for children, and how he hopes readers will recognize the need to safeguard intellectual freedom.
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How Military Schools Have Shaped American Masculinity: PW Talks with Jasper Craven
The journalist’s ‘God Forgives, Brothers Don’t’ (One Signal, May) spotlights a brutal strain of American masculinity that dates back to the country’s founding.
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‘Don’t Make Me Shush You’: PW Talks with Kate Quinn
Known for historical fiction including The Briar Club, Kate Quinn weaves a bookish fantasy in The Astral Library (Morrow, out now). Quinn’s protagonist, 26-year-old Alix, is short on money and job options when she discovers a doorway to a parallel reality at the Boston Public Library. As an Astral Library patron, Alix can choose to live inside any public-domain book, but before she dives in—in historically accurate couture designed by her costumier love interest—she helps the head librarian battle an anti-magic bureaucracy.
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Calling All Martians: PW talks with Deniz Camp
The Ringo-nominated comics writer scripts DC’s psychological detective series Absolute Martian Manhunter with creative layouts that “force readers to untangle layers of reality,” per PW’s review.
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Across the Universes: PW Talks with Andrea Hairston
In the Afrofuturist’s ‘The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays’ (Tor, May), a multiverse-traveling dog and a diverse group of humans confront a serial killer.
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Tanya Bush Has Found What She’s Hungry For
The pastry chef embraces imperfection and plays with the boundaries of food writing in her hybrid cookbook-memoir Will This Make You Happy (Chronicle, out now).
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Four Questions for Ernesto Cisneros
Longtime teacher and author Ernesto Cisneros spoke with PW about how watching his own parents age inspired his time-traveling middle grade novel, 'Queso, Just in Time.'
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Q & A with Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Irish author Clíodhna O’Sullivan makes her debut with the Irish-mythology-inspired YA dystopian fantasy 'Her Hidden Fire,' launching a trilogy.
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Four Questions for Benjamin Hall
PW spoke with war correspondent Benjamin Hall about his picture book debut, 'Read All About It!,' and why journalism matters more than ever.
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In Conversation: Sandra Nickel and Calvin Nicholls
We asked author Sandra Nickel and paper sculptor Calvin Nicholls to discuss finding the right approach for their picture book biography, 'The True Ugly Duckling: How Hans Christian Andersen Became a Swan.'
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Beyond the Book: 'Every Day Counts'
What happens when our lives suddenly veer off track? In 'Every Day Counts' (B&H Publishing, Apr., former NFL defensive lineman David Pollack explains how, after a career-ending injury, he relied on his faith to stop chasing the next win and, instead, find meaning and joy in the here and now. (Sponsored)



