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Jurassic Intrigue: PW Talks with Paige Williams
In 'The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy' (Hachette, Sept.), 'New Yorker' writer Williams illuminates the world of commercial fossil hunters.
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This Just In: PW Talks with Anthony Salvanto
In 'Where Did You Get This Number?' (Simon & Schuster, Aug.), Salvanto, the director of elections and surveys for CBS News, walks readers through the polling process.
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Ishmael Wasn’t Alone: PW Talks with Jeffrey Ford
In 'Ahab’s Return' (Morrow, Aug.), Ford imagines that Herman Melville’s whaling captain survived the sinking of the Pequod.
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Identity Crisis: PW Talks with Kwame Anthony Appiah
In 'The Lies That Bind' (Norton, Aug.), the New York University philosophy professor analyzes how the politics of group identity can lead people astray.
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Eating the Israeli Way: PW Talks with Michael Solomonov
Chef and restaurateur Solomonov’s third cookbook, 'Israeli Soul: Easy, Essential, Delicious' (HMH/Martin, Oct.), makes Israel’s melting-pot cuisine accessible to home cooks.
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Anchors in the Past: PW Talks with Lisa Jackson
In the romantic thriller 'Liar, Liar' (Kensington, July), a woman investigates the death of someone who resembles her long-missing mother.
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Close to Home: PW Talks with Louise Candlish
In Candlish’s domestic thriller 'Our House' (Berkley, Aug.), Fi Lawson returns to her family’s South London townhouse one day to discover that her estranged husband has stolen it out from under her.
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Back to the Land: PW Talks with Nate Powell
Powell, the artist on Rep. John Lewis’s bestselling March trilogy, explores a 1970s commune in his magical solo graphic novel 'Come Again' (Top Shelf, July).
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Dershowitz Discusses 'The Case Against Impeaching Trump'
On July 10, Skyhorse Press will rush out 'The Case Against Impeaching Trump' by Alan Dershowitz, for which the publisher has set an 80,000-copy first printing. PW caught up with Dershowitz for a brief Q&A about his newest book.
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Four Questions for Diane Guerrero
PW spoke with actor and immigration activist Diane Guerrero about adapting her memoir for young readers.
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In Conversation: Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows
PW asked the fellow YA authors to interview each other about the origins of their Lady Janies series, which continues this month with 'My Plain Jane,' and the joys of collaborating with close friends.
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Love Connections: Romance Publishing 2018
Authors Rebekah Weatherspoon, Harper Miller, and Adriana Herrera are bringing romance writers of color, and their readers, together online.
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The Limits of Language: PW Talks with Christina Dalcher
Dalcher’s novel Vox (Berkley, Aug.) is set in a near-future America whose government limits women’s speech to 100 words per day.
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Countermeasure for Countermeasure: PW Talks with Benet Brandreth
Young Shakespeare becomes a spy in British rhetoric coach Brandreth’s first novel, The Spy of Venice (Pegasus Crime, July).
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All the Weird Little Horses: PW Talks with Lisa Hanawalt
Cartoonist and 'Bojack Horseman' production designer Hanawalt’s offbeat Western, 'Coyote Doggirl' (Drawn & Quarterly, Aug.), features an anthropomorphic outlaw, Coyote, and her beloved horse, Red.
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Q & A with Ryan T. Higgins
Author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins has worked on a series of laugh-out-loud picture books, but 'We Don't Eat Our Classmates' is his first foray into delicate social situations.
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Why Letters Matter: PW Talks with Adam Kirsch
Kirsch, senior editor at the New Republic, has edited the first edition of the letters of critic Lionel Trilling, 'Life in Culture' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sept.)
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Life During Wartime: PW Talks with Crystal Hana Kim
In Kim’s debut novel, 'If You Leave Me' (Morrow, July), a young woman’s choice between lovers changes the lives of those around her during the Korean War.
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In Conversation: Minh Lê and Dan Santat
We asked author Minh Lê and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat to interview each other about the personal inspiration for their forthcoming picture book, 'Drawn Together,' and the power of art to cross cultural barriers.
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Elementary, My Dear Biden: PW Talks with Andrew Shaffer
Post–White House, Joe Biden plays Dr. Watson to Sherlockian sleuth Barack Obama in Shaffer’s 'Hope Never Dies' (Quirk, July).



