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What’s the Internet Got to Do with It?: PW Talks with Patricia Lockwood
In Lockwood’s 'No One Is Talking About This' (Riverhead, Feb.), a social media maven comes home to deal with a family crisis.
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Welcoming Disillusionment: PW Talks with Margaret Atwood
Atwood combines metafiction, sex, feminism, death, and the end of the world in her latest poetic masterpiece, 'Dearly.'
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Q & A with Jenna Evans Welch
Jenna Evans Welch spoke with PW about her latest armchair travel romance for teens, 'Love & Olives.'
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In Conversation: Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
YA authors and frequent collaborators Rachel Cohn and David Levithan interviewed each other about expanding their Dash & Lily series and seeing it adapted to the screen.
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As the Shannara Saga Ends, Terry Brooks Looks Back...and Forward
Fantasy author Terry Brooks just wrapped up his Shannara series after 43 years. PW talked with Brooks from his home on the Oregon coast about how he became a writer, his perspective on his work in the rear-view mirror, what he's working on next, and more.
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Self-Made Icon: PW Talks with Erica L. Ball
In 'Madam C.J. Walker' (Rowman & Littlefield, Jan.), historian Ball profiles the Black hair-care entrepreneur.
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No Country for Old People: PW Talks with Michael Kaufman
In 'The Last Exit' (Crooked Lane, Jan.), Kaufman imagines a future in which the elderly are pressured to choose euthanasia from a deadly disease.
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Q & A with Anna Godbersen
Anna Godbersen spoke with PW about tackling the tropes of the shipboard romance and shipwreck narrative in her new YA novel, 'Beautiful Wild.'
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In Conversation: Christopher Paul Curtis and Wendy Lamb
In honor of the 25th anniversary of author Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning novel 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963,' we asked Curtis and his editor Wendy Lamb to interview each other about the book's enduring relevance.
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Born to Run?: PW Talks with Daniel E. Lieberman
In ‘Exercised,’ the Harvard paleoanthropologist explores why something humans never evolved to do is so healthy and rewarding.
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Talking Head: PW Talks with Ethan Kross
In 'Chatter' (Crown, Jan.), psychology professor Kross looks at inner conversations people have with themselves.
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Lady Killer: PW Talks with Camilla Bruce
Bruce’s 'In the Garden of Spite' (Berkley, Jan.) recreates the life of Victorian-era serial killer Belle Guiness.
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A Revolution Begins:: PW Talks with Roxana Jullapat
In 'Mother Grains' (Norton, Apr.), bakery owner Jullapat provides a history of eight grains and recipes using each.
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Q & A with Marissa Meyer
Marissa Meyer, who is known for her bestselling YA fantasy series, pivots to contemporary rom-com in her new novel, 'Instant Karma.'
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Q & A with Carter Higgins
Author, illustrator, and former school librarian Carter Higgins spoke with us about how her multifaceted background and experience have helped shape her work.
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Behind the Scenes of Animation: PW Talks with Reid Mitenbuler
In 'Wild Minds' (Atlantic Monthly, Dec.), journalist Mitenbuler delves into the golden age of animation.
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The Ordinary Extraordinary: PW Talks with C.M. Waggoner
Delly, a fire witch and con artist, joins an elite team of female bodyguards in Waggoner’s 'The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry' (Ace, Jan.).
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Afghan Poppies and Proxy War: PW Talks with Jasmine Aimaq
In Aimaq’s 'The Opium Prince' (Soho Crime, Dec.), an Afghan opium kingpin blackmails a U.S. diplomat into undermining poppy operations in the months leading up to the 1978 Soviet-backed Saur revolution.
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In Conversation: Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts
We asked the co-authors of 'The Suffragist Playbook,' Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts, to interview each other about their new nonfiction book and lessons from the 19th- and 20th-century feminist movements.
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More Than Words: PW Talks with Eley Williams
In Williams’s 'The Liar’s Dictionary' (Doubleday, Jan.), a contemporary lexicographer gets caught up in the legacy of a Victorian coiner of fake words.



