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Tough Love: PW Talks with Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky
In Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations, journalist Joanne Lipman and Melanie Kupchynsky, a Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist and Mr. K’s daughter, tell the story of Jerry Kupchynsky (Mr. K), a beloved music teacher who demanded perfection.
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Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not After You
In The United States of Paranoia, Walker, the books editor at Reason magazine, examines a litany of conspiracy theories, ranging from the Kennedy assassination to devil-worshipping cults.
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Flawed Heroes: PW Talks with James McBride
In The Good Lord Bird, James McBride portrays abolitionist John Brown as seen through the eyes of a former slave boy disguised as a girl.
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Fishing Camp Visionary: PW Talks With Clare Elliott
The prolific and oracular painter Forrest Bess (1911-1977) spent his lifetime fishing off the Texas coast while sporadically finding national artistic recognition.
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The Big Uneasy: PW Talks With Peter M. Wolf
In My New Orleans, Gone Away, Wolf, a sixth-generation member of an influential New Orleans Jewish family, shares stories of the city his family helped shape and how the city came to shape him.
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Women and Crime: PW Talks with Sarah Weinman
In Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, critic and fiction writer Sarah Weinman showcases 14 female pioneers of “domestic suspense” she thinks have been unfairly neglected.
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Endlessly Eccentric: PW Talks with Jonathan Lethem
In Dissident Gardens, Jonathan Lethem explores the peculiar and enthralling legacy of Rose Angrush, Communist grump of Sunnyside, Queens.
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Not Weird, Just Different: PW Talks with Lori Duron
In Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son, blogger Lori Duron shares her experience parenting a young son who prefers skirts and Barbies to trucks and footballs.
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'Freud’s Mistress' Casts Light on Psychiatrist's Rumored Affair
Co-authors Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman spent three years researching Freud's personal life to create authenticity in their latest novel.
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Preventing a Pardon Scandal: Q&A with Keel Hunt
Keel Hunt spent two and a half years researching the 1979 takeover which removed corrupt Tennessee Governor Roy Blanton from office, three days early. The result is Coup: The Day the Democrats Ousted Their Governor, Put Republican Lamar Alexander in Office Early, and Stopped a Pardon Scandal, an in-depth examination of the days leading up to the event.
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The Wild Child of the Wild West: PW Talks With Mark Lee Gardner
Mark Lee Gardner’s Shot All to Hell is the thrilling true story of the botched bank robbery and subsequent manhunt that contributed to the American legend of the outlaw Jesse James.
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The Planet Under Pressure: PW Talks with Alan Weisman
In Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?, journalist Alan Weisman asks essential and sobering questions about population growth.
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Devastation and Rebirth: PW Talks with Gianrico Carofiglio
In The Silence of the Wave, Gianrico Carofiglio, a former Italian senator and organized crime prosecutor, explores the toll of undercover police work.
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Take Shelter: PW Talks with Paul Yoon
Paul Yoon’s debut novel, Snow Hunters, follows Korean War veteran Yohan from a POW camp to the Brazilian port town where he becomes a tailor’s apprentice.
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The Order of Things: PW Talks with Kevin Barry
The winner of the International Impac Dublin Award for City of Bohane–Kevin Barry's new collection, Dark Lies the Island, is a grimly funny book influenced by Flannery O’Connor, The Wire, and the “small deranged series of little Irish cites” where he grew up.
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Killer Eats: PW Talks With Jon McGoran
McGoran has 20 years of experience writing about food and sustainability, and the threat of genetically-modified produce is at the center of his thriller, Drift.
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Draft Day: PW Talks With Matthew Berry
In Fantasy Life, ESPN Senior Fantasy Analyst Berry welcomes readers to the alternately touching, sociologically fascinating, and hilarious world of fantasy team-building.
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The Devil Returns: PW Talks With Lauren Weisberger
Andy Sachs, heroine of Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada, is once again pitted against sadistic fashion editor Miranda Priestly in Weisberger’s sequel Andy Sachs, heroine of Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada, is once again pitted against sadistic fashion editor Miranda Priestly in Weisberger’s sequel Revenge Wears Prada.
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The Woven Year: PW Talks With Anna Badkhen
Badkhen, an award-winning freelance war correspondent, has covered conflicts in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
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Family Ties: PW Talks with Cris Beam
In To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care, Lambda Literary Award–winner Cris Beam explores the turbulent, heart-breaking dynamics of foster families.
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