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Q & A with Melissa Marr
Melissa Marr recently created her very first picture book, 'Bunny Roo, I Love You,' for a very special audience: her adopted son Kaden, who was born with neonatal abstinence syndrome.
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PW Talks with Hybrid Author Jasinda Wilder
The bestselling indie author chatted to us about self-publishing misconceptions and myths, and why she initially considered the traditional route for "about four seconds."
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Working for Free: PW Talks with Craig Lambert
In "Shadow Work," former Harvard magazine deputy editor Craig Lambert takes a fresh look at the problem of work-life balance.
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The Country in the City: PW Talks with Mia Alvar
The stories in Alvar’s debut collection "In the Country" cross continents and eras with intimacy and longing.
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Q & A with Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia concludes her award-winning trilogy about the Gaither Sisters with 'Gone Crazy in Alabama.'
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A Sound Philosophy: Graham Foust and Samuel Frederick: Poetry 2015
When Wave Books publishes "Of Entirety Say the Sentence" this fall, Graham Foust, a poet noted for his condensed, elliptical approach, and Samuel Frederick, a professor of German literature, will have finished translating the informal trilogy that comprises the final three books of German poet Ernst Meister (1911–1979).
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Four Questions for...Margret Aldrich
We spoke to the author of 'The Little Free Library Book' (Coffee House Press, April) about the Little Free Library Movement and why so many people around the world are setting up libraries in their front yards.
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Water Wars: PW Talks with Paolo Bacigalupi
Competing mercenary organizations vie for control of the American Southwest’s depleted water supplies in Bacigalupi’s "The Water Knife."
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Literary Mixtapes: PW Talks with John Keene
John Keene brings philosophical concerns and an impressive range of historical detail to the short fiction of "Counternarratives."
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A Mammoth Endeavor: PW Talks with Beth Shapiro
Shapiro, a paleogenomics pioneer, provides a road-map for thinking about the possibilities of de-extinction in "How to Clone a Mammoth."
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God and Monsters: PW Talks with Michael Lister
Lister’s series sleuth, clergyman John Jordan, reexamines the Atlanta Child Murders in Innocent Blood.
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Q & A: Nova Ren Suma
Nove Ren Suma's 'The Walls Around Us' is a psychological thriller that grapples with guilt, innocence, and competitive ballet, along with some mindbending twists and turns.
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Four Questions for...Bill Ayers
We spoke to the longtime activist and founder of Weather Underground about the new discussion series he's hosting, 'Fresh Ayers,' for Chicago's Seminary Co-op Bookstore.
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What's New, Pussycat? Talking with Bad Kitty's Creator and Editor
Since her debut in 2005, Nick Bruel's Bad Kitty has starred in 12 titles, ranging from a board book to picture books to chapter books.
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Q & A with Greg Pizzoli
2014 Geisel Award-winner Greg Pizzoli has two new books coming out this spring, 'Ticky Vic' and 'Templeton Gets His Wish.'
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Four Questions for…New PEN President Andrew Solomon
We talked to the activist, professor, author and new PEN president about free expression, hate speech and his next book.
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India vs. Pakistan: PW Talks with Matthew Palmer
Palmer, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, considers the possibility of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan in his thriller, 'Secrets of State.'
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Q & A with Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman's latest book, 'Nightbird,' is for middle-grade readers and tells the story of 12-year-old Twig, whose family has lived under a witch's curse for 200 years.
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Q & A with Matthew Cordell
March comes in with a roar for Matthew Cordell as two books of his, 'Special Delivery' and 'Wish,' are released simultaneously.
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The Light of Her World: Elizabeth Alexander
In 2009, celebrated poet and Yale professor Elizabeth Alexander, acclaimed author of six books of poetry and two collections of essays, scaled the heights of public poetic attention, moving millions of Americans with her poem, “Praise Song of the Day,” written for the inauguration of President Barack Obama.



