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Order a Case of Kleenex and Write the Goddamn Book: PW Talks with Walt Odets
Odets’s 'Out of the Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June) takes an expansive, heartfelt look at gay male identity and experience.
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Home in South Africa: PW Talks with Bianca Marais
Marais’s second novel, 'If You Want to Make God Laugh' (Putnam, July), focuses on the struggles of three women whose lives connect in surprising ways in newly postapartheid South Africa.
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The Death of a President: PW Talks with Lawrence Goldstone
In 'Assassin of Shadows' (Pegasus Crime), Goldstone casts the murder of President McKinley in a new light.
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'Wonder and Excitement': PW Talks with Seymour Simon
In ‘Destination: Moon,’ Simon, the author of more than 300 books for young readers, looks at the science and technology that made the lunar landing possible.
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Hidden Figures No More: PW talks with Nancy Atkinson
Atkinson, author of ‘Eight Years to the Moon,’ discusses the legacy of Apollo 11.
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Reclaiming the Moon: PW Talks with Neil Clarke
The SF anthology 'The Eagle Has Landed,’ which Clarke edited, looks at 50 years of post–lunar landing fiction.
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A Year in Space: PW Talks with Scott Kelly
Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly chronicled his high-flying adventures for picture book readers in 'My Journey to the Stars,' now available in Step into Reading editions.
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Q & A with Leonard S. Marcus
PW caught up with Leonard S. Marcus to speak about his third title this spring, 'Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration,' a survey of the groundbreaking children's book creator's work.
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A Woman, a Chest, a God, a Quest: PW Talks with Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In the historical fantasy 'Gods of Jade and Shadow' (Del Rey, Aug.), a woman and a god undertake a magical quest across Jazz Age Mexico.
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Set It Down: PW Talks with Roxana Robinson
Robinson imagines the lives of her great-grandparents in an unrepentant South two decades after the end of the Civil War in 'Dawson’s Fall' (FSG/Crichton, May).
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Poetry Is for Everyone: PW Talks with Stephanie Burt
Poet-critic Burt’s 'Don’t Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poetry' (Basic, May) is an accessible, inclusive, and, most of all, friendly guide to poetry.
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Q & A with Raúl the Third
Raúl the Third spoke with us about his new picture book graphic novel, 'Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market.'
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A.S. King 'Digs' In
The latest novel from award-winning writer A.S. King, 'Dig,' is about a lot of things: racism, poverty, drug abuse, terminal illness, domestic violence, and the tragic death of a teenager.
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Q & A with Margaret Peterson Haddix
Middle grade author Margaret Peterson Haddix spoke with PW about the seed of an idea planted more than 30 years ago, which inspired the Greystone Secrets series.
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Vulnerability and Privilege: PW Talks with Rachel Monroe
In 'Savage Appetites,' journalist Rachel Monroe examines why so many women find stories of true crime alluring.
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In Search of Flavor: PW Talks with Jeff Gordinier
In 'Hungry' (Crown/Duggan, July), Gordinier writes of globetrotting with chef René Redzepi in search of fresh ingredients.
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Only Human: PW Talks with Matthew Stanley
In 'Einstein’s War' (Dutton, May), Stanley discusses how, during WWI, Einstein and his theory of general relativity came under suspicion, both in his native Germany for his antiwar ideals and in Britain for his German citizenship.
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Making Politics Loving Again: PW Talks with Casey McQuiston
In 'Red, White & Royal Blue' (Griffin, June), Alex Claremont-Diaz, the U.S. president’s biracial son, falls for Henry, the Prince of Wales, during a heated reelection campaign.
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Charming and Unreliable: PW Talks with Ryan Chapman
Chapman’s debut, 'Riots I Have Known' (Simon & Schuster, May), is extremely funny—and just happens to be set in a prison.
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Q & A with Lucy Strange
Strange spoke with PW about her second historical novel for young readers, 'Our Castle by the Sea,' and weaving history with fantasy.
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