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Giving Back: PW Talks with Gary Sinise
In 'Grateful American' (Nelson, Feb.), actor Sinise explores his life and career, focusing on his work, through the Gary Sinise Foundation, on behalf of American veterans.
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Meet the New Cop: Talks with Helen Tursten
In 'Hunting Game' (Soho Crime, Feb.), Swedish author Tursten introduces a new series lead, Det. Insp. Embla Nyström.
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The Picture Can Surprise: PW Talks with Beowulf Sheehan
One of the preeminent literary portraitists of his generation and author of the book 'Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan' discusses his influences, what it's like to work with authors, his perspective of the book business, and more.
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Things We Share as a Continent: PW Talks with Carrie Gibson
Gibson’s 'El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America' (Feb., Atlantic) examines the role of Spain and Spanish speakers in American history.
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Crossing the Sea: PW Talks with Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Owuor’s epic 'The Dragonfly Sea' (Knopf, Mar.) tells the story of a young girl of mixed heritage who travels to China from a small island off the coast of Kenya.
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A Rival of Sherlock Holmes: PW Talks with Mick Finlay
Finlay’s 'The Murder Pit' (Mira, Feb.) highlights the differences between his Victorian sleuth, William Arrowood, and Sherlock Holmes.
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Double Consciousness: PW Talks with Lauren Wilkinson
In Wilkinson’s debut novel, American Spy (Random House, Feb.), FBI agent Marie Mitchell accepts an assignment aimed at destabilizing the Communist government of Thomas Sankara in Burkina Faso.
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The Killing Business: PW Talks with Barry Eisler
Eisler’s thriller The Killer Collective (Thomas & Mercer, Feb.) teams assassin John Rain with Seattle PD detective Livia Lone.
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Q & A with Gennifer Choldenko
Gennifer Choldenko spoke with PW about her new book for young readers, 'One-Third Nerd,' and writing from the truest part of yourself.
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The Last Taboo: PW Talks with Gaby Dunn
The author of ‘Bad with Money’ explains why people feel shame around the subject of personal finance.
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The Population Crash: PW Talks with John Ibbitson
In 'Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline' (Crown, Feb.), Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker predict an unexpected crisis of underpopulation on the horizon.
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Building a World from the Climate Down: PW Talks with Jenn Lyons
In 'The Ruin of Kings' (Tor, Feb.), a thief-turned-prince named Kihrin and his jailer take turns telling a complex epic fantasy tale.
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Q & A with Tricia Tusa
Author-illustrator Tricia Tusa spoke with PW about her artistic process, working in a variety of mediums, and her new picture book, 'Is That You, Eleanor Sue?'
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Searching for Manna: PW Talks with Margaret Feinberg
In 'Taste and See' (Zondervan, Jan.), Bible teacher Feinberg provides a firsthand exploration of foods found in Scripture.
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L.A.'s It Girl: PW Talks with Lili Anolik
In 'Hollywood's Eve' (Scribner, Jan.), 'Vanity Fair' contributing editor Anolik looks at the life of author and artist Eve Babitz.
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Beaten, but Never Beat: PW Talks with Stephen Mack Jones
In 'Lives Laid Away' (Soho Crime, Jan.), Jones’s second August Snow mystery, ICE targets an impoverished Detroit neighborhood.
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Spreading the News of Freedom: PW talks to Julius S. Scott
After 30 years as an unpublished, underground academic classic, Julius S. Scott's dissertation on the ways slaves, free blacks, and sailors spread news of the Haitian Revolution and emancipation, has been published by Verso.
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Making Sense of the Past: PW Talks with Patrick Radden Keefe
In 'Say Nothing,’ the New Yorker staff writer uses a long-unsolved murder as a window onto the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.
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All About Pat Conroy: PW Talks with Michael Mewshaw
In 'The Lost Prince: A Search for Pat Conroy' (Counterpoint, Mar.), Mewshaw explores a close but fraught bond with the late author of 'The Great Santini.'
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CSLie: PW Talks with Edward Humes
In 'Burned: A True Story of Murder and the Case That Wasn’t' (Dutton, Jan.), Humes offers a searing critique of the use of forensic science in criminal trials.



