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System Update: PW Talks with Thomas Fisher
In 'The Emergency' (One World, Mar. 2022), Fisher writes of his experiences working as an ER doctor on Chicago's South Side in 2020.
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Mystery and Prehistory: PW Talks with Jeff Smith
Smith returns with 'Tuki: Fight for Fire' (Cartoon Books, Dec.), a comics series that combines research and fantasy, and is set during the period in prehistory when multiple humanoid species coexisted.
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Justice Delayed: PW Talks with Chris Joyner
In 'The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson' (Abrams, Jan.), reporter Joyner probes a 1948 murder case that led to an innocent Black man’s being scheduled for execution three times.
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Hearts and Minds: PW Talks with Leonard Mlodinow
In 'Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking' (Pantheon, Jan.), physicist Mlodinow lays out recent discoveries about the role emotions play in everyday life.
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Four Questions for Harmony Becker
Asian American author and cartoonist Harmony Becker's debut graphic novel, 'Himawari House,' tells the coming of age story of a Japanese American girl reconnecting with her Japanese heritage while spending a year with other language learners in Tokyo.
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Hope Despite the Pandora Papers: PW Talks with Casey Michel
We spoke with the investigative journalist and author of 'American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History' about his new book, his fascination with the dark side of money, the Pandora Papers, and more.
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Q & A with Daniel Miyares
We spoke with author-illustrator Daniel Miyares about his new picture book, 'Hope at Sea: An Adventure Story.'
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Q & A with Kathryn Ormsbee
Author Kathryn Ormsbee changes things up with 'Candidly Cline,' her first contemporary book for younger readers; we spoke with Ormsbee about setting the story in her home state of Kentucky, and the necessity of community.
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Healing Hearts: PW Talks with Gia de Cadenet
The debut author of 'Getting His Game Back' (Dell, Feb. 2022), a contemporary romance, discusses toxic masculinity and depictions of mental illness in popular culture.
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Bloody Britain: 'PW' Talks with Caroline Elkins
In 'Legacy of Violence' (Knopf, Mar.), Harvard historian Elkins explores how British imperial rule disguised a brutal, racist regime behind a facade of moral uplift.
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The Tip of the Iceberg: PW Talks with Richard Butner
Butner’s debut collection, 'The Adventurists' (Small Beer, Feb.), explores complex futures and painful pasts.
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Crying from the Darkness: PW Talks with Lars Kepler
In 'The Mirror Man' (Knopf, Jan.), the eighth Joona Linna mystery, Kepler, the pen name of Alexandra and Alexander Ahndoril, pits the Danish detective against a sadistic killer.
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Four Questions for Ashley Wolff
Ashley Wolff spoke with us about her latest picture book, 'Wildfire!,' a sweeping examination of human first responders and animals reacting to a mountain wildfire.
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Four Questions for Lenora Todaro
We spoke with writer and editor Lenora Todaro about her debut picture book, 'Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Pandemic.'
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Q & A with Misty Copeland
We spoke with American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland about her new children's book, 'Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy.'
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The Barre Truth: PW talks with Danielle Friedman
Journalist Friedman tracks the evolution of the women's fitness industry in 'Let's Get Physical' (Putnam, Jan. 2022)
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The Neverending Story: PW talks with Lisa Olivera
In 'Already Enough' (Simon & Schuster, Jan. 2022), Olivera, a therapist, helps readers move from self-judgment to self-curiosity.
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A Murderous Folie à Deux: PW Talks with John Glatt
In 'The Doomsday Mother: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and the End of an American Family' (St. Martin’s, Jan.), crime writer Glatt probes a horrific case of child murder.
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Plan(e)t-Forward Cooking: PW Talks with Casey Elsass
In 'Plant & Planet' (Rodale, Dec.), Elsass and the rest of the folks at BuzzFeed's 'Goodful' put a sustainable spin on vegetarian cooking.
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Four Questions for Ariel Henley
In her debut memoir, 'A Face for Picasso,' Ariel Henley recounts her childhood growing up with Crouzon syndrome.



