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Funding the Poets: PW Talks with Elizabeth Alexander
We spoke with poet Elizabeth Alexander, the president of the Mellon Foundation, about the recent $2.2 million in funding the charitable organization provided to the Academy of American Poets.
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Q & A with Lynda Mullaly Hunt
PW spoke with Lynda Mullaly Hunt about her new middle grade novel, 'Shouting at the Rain,' and how she develops memorable characters.
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Elizabeth Acevedo on 'With the Fire on High'
After the success of her debut novel in verse, 'The Poet X,' whose cover is now adorned with the National Book Award and Printz Award medals, Elizabeth Acevedo’s new novel, 'With the Fire on High,' explores similar themes of family and heritage.
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Is Aging a Disease?: PW Talks with Louise Aronson and David Sinclair
Aronson, author of ‘Elderhood,’ and Sinclair, author of ‘Lifespan,’ answered PW’s questions about how the medical community and the public address growing older.
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Elephants at Work: PW Talks with Jacob Shell
In 'Giants of the Monsoon Forest' (Norton, June), geography professor Shell explores a surprising connection between humans and Asian elephants.
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The Raw, Naked, Beating Heart Underneath: Talks with Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Bob-Waksberg, creator of 'BoJack Horseman,' examines love in its various forms in his first collection, 'Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory' (Knopf, May).
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A Perfect Stranger: Talks with Cambria Brockman
Brockman’s debut, 'Tell Me Everything' (Ballantine, July), features Malin Ahlberg, a smart and popular college student with manipulative tendencies and a troubled past.
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Behind the Scenes: 'Music for Mister Moon'
Caldecott Medalist Erin Stead gives us a visual tour of her illustration process for her new picture book with husband Philip Stead.
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Q & A with Rebecca Solnit
PW spoke with historian, activist, and author Rebecca Solnit about her children's debut, 'Cinderella Liberator,' a feminist fairy tale retelling.
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A Near-Future History Lesson: PW Talks with Agnes Gomillion
In 'The Record Keeper' (Titan, June), set in a racially stratified near-future America, a woman coopted into the repression of her people pivots to leading a rebellion.
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The Business of Eating: PW Talks with Ed Levine
In 'Serious Eater' (Portfolio, June), food writer and entrepreneur Levine shares his story of launching 'Serious Eats.'
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A Tale of Three Charleses: PW Talks with Tim Mason
In 'The Darwin Affair' (Alongquin, June), Mason imagines a connection between an attempt on Queen Victoria’s life and Charles Darwin’s 'On the Origin of Species.'
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Q & A with Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox
Jonathan Stutzman and Heather Fox discuss their debut picture book, 'Llama Destroys the World,' which features a llama whose appetite for cake has serious repercussions for the fate of the universe.
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Q & A with Hafsah Faizal
PW spoke with Hafsah Faizal about the inspiration behind 'We Hunt the Flame,' and her journey from blogger to influencer to debut author after finding an agent via #DVPit.
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Rules of the Game: PW Talks with James Trefil
In 'Imagined Life' (Smithsonian, Sept.), science writer Trefil and his coauthor, Michael Summers, explore the possibilities awaiting humanity in the search for extraterrestrial life.
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An Inconceivable Friendship: PW Talks with Daniela Petrova
In Petrova’s debut, 'Her Daughter’s Mother' (Putnam, June), pregnant Lana Stone befriends her anonymous egg donor, who suddenly vanishes.
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In Conversation: Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner
We asked authors Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner to interview each other about their friendship, which evolved from an online connection, and their new novel, 'Starworld.'
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Q & A with Ann Patchett
A chance meeting with illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser, an unexpected result in a Pennsylvania congressional race, and a Fleetwood Mac hit from 1975 are all part of the backstory for novelist Ann Patchett's debut children's book, 'Lambslide.'
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Q & A with Lynn Curlee
Artist and author Lynn Curlee spoke with PW about his latest book, 'The Great Nijinsky,' which features his acrylic paintings of the acclaimed dancer as well as other members of the Ballets Russes.
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A Deadly Anniversary: PW Talks with Tom O’Neill
In 'Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties' (Little, Brown, June), O’Neill challenges the accepted narrative about the Tate/LaBianca murders 50 years ago.
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