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Girl Power Tools: PW Talks with Emily Pilloton
In ‘Girls Garage’ (Chronicle), Pilloton teaches construction fundamentals and helps girls build “the world they want to see.”
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Kuala Lumpur Noir: PW Talks with Rozlan Mohd Noor
An honest Malaysian cop probes a bizarre triple killing in '21 Immortals: Inspector Mislan and the Yee Sang Murders' (Arcade CrimeWise, Aug.).
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Fighting to Appear: PW Talks with Matthew Salesses
In Salesses’s debut novel, 'Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear' (Little A, Aug.), a Korean American man feels invisible and might have a doppelgänger, and a white supremacist is running for president.
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Speaking Out on Racism: PW Talks with Ilia Calderón
Univision anchor Calderón writes about race and her work as an Afro-Latina journalist in 'My Time to Speak' (Atria, Aug.).
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Surreal and Heartbreaking: PW Talks with Perry O’Brien
O’Brien draws on his service as a medic in Afghanistan for his debut, 'Fire in the Blood' (Random House, Aug.).
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Grey Matter: PW Talks with David Eagleman
In 'Livewired' (Pantheon, Aug.), neuroscientist Eagleman explores the human brain’s adaptability.
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Struggling for Serenity: PW Talks to Jim Terry
The comic book artist explains the triumphs and challenges he experiences while drawing his own life's story in the graphic memoir 'Come Home, Indio.'
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Big City Faith: PW Talks with Jon Butler
Historian Butler’s 'God in Gotham' (Belknap, Aug.) explores the rise of religious pluralism in Manhattan between 1880 and 1960.
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Breaking Silences: PW Talks with Kate Manne
In 'Entitled' (Crown, Aug.), Manne, a philosopher at Cornell, scrutinizes recent case studies of male privilege and misogyny.
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Border Stories: PW Talks with Eduardo C. Corral
Corral, winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize, explores violence along the U.S.-Mexico border in 'Guillotine' (Graywolf, Aug.).
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Surviving in Texas: PW Talks with Julia Heaberlin
Heaberlin’s crime novel 'We Are All the Same in the Dark' (Ballantine, Aug.) features a young female deputy who has lost a leg and a teenage girl who’s missing an eye.
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In Conversation: Aminah Mae Safi and April Poole
We asked 'This Is All Your Fault' author Aminah Mae Safi and bookseller April Poole to interview each other about YA stories of female friendship, and their love and support of independent bookstores, particularly during the era of Covid-19.
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Four Questions for Joan Bauer
We spoke with author Joan Bauer about her latest novel, 'Raising Lumie,' which tells the story of a girl who trains a puppy to become a guide dog.
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Garza, Jackson Address #BlackLivesMatter in One World Video Chat
One World editor-in-chief Chris Jackson held a virtual public conversation on June 4 with social activist Alicia Garza, cofounder of the Black Lives Matter movement, and author of 'The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart,' which will be published by One World in October.
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What If?: PW Talks with Charles Rosenberg
In Rosenberg’s 'The Day Lincoln Lost' (Hanover Square, Aug.), President James Buchanan concocts a scheme to prevent Lincoln’s election in 1860.
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Red Riding Hood Redux: PW Talks with S.L. Huang
In 'Huang’s Burning Roses' (Tor.com, Sept.) Little Red Riding Hood, recast as a riflewoman, teams up with Hou Yi, an archer from Chinese mythology.
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A River Runs Through It: PW Talks with Kerri Arsenault
In 'Mill Town' (St. Martin’s, Sept.), Arsenault chronicles the changing fortunes of her environmentally imperiled hometown of Mexico, Maine.
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Four Questions for Soman Chainani
After nearly a decade immersed in the world of the School for Good and Evil, Soman Chainani is bringing his six-book series to an end in 'One True King.'
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Her Struggle: PW Talks with Kim Adrian
In 'Dear Knausgaard' (Fiction Advocate, Aug.), Adrian addresses Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard and takes on misogyny in literary culture.
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Eyes Wide Open: PW Talks with Iris Martin Cohen
In 'Last Call on Decatur Street' (Park Row, Aug.), a New Orleans burlesque dancer longs for her estranged best friend on the Mardi Gras holiday Twelfth Night.



