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Beyond Kindness: PW Talks with Rebekah Taussig
With her memoir ‘Sitting Pretty’ (HarperOne, Aug.), the disability advocate and educator hopes to help readers “think about bodies differently.”
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Ancient Wisdom: PW Talks with Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
Holiday and Hanselman’s 'Lives of Stoics' (Portfolio, Sept) profiles Stoic philosophers to consider different paths to living a good life.
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When Love Just Isn’t Enough: PW Talks with Charlot Kristensen
Dublin artist Kristensen’s debut graphic novel, 'What We Don’t Talk About' (Avery Hill, Sept.), focuses on an uncomfortable weekend trip taken by Farai and Adam, a young interracial couple.
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The Dangers of Duality: PW Talks with Rachel Howzell Hall
In Hall’s 'And Now She’s Gone' (Forge, Sept.), rookie detective Gray Sykes tries to find out what happened to a missing woman who calls herself Isabel Lincoln.
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Four Questions for Lisa Moore Ramée
Ramée spoke with PW about the inspiration for her new book, 'Something to Say.'
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Four Questions for James Patterson
James Patterson introduces a mysterious new character into his Maximum Ride universe in 'Hawk,' a YA novel he wrote with Gabrielle Charbonnet.
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Middle School Magic: PW Interviews Ailis Maeve Thornton and Na’ya Leiburne-Thornton
PW spoke with Na’ya and Ailis about life as weirn kids in a land of "things that would gladly eat you for dinner” and, even scarier, about the perils of middle school. (Sponsored)
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Codger Columbos: PW Talks with Richard Osman
In British TV personality Osman’s 'The Thursday Murder Club' (Viking/Dorman, Sept.), four retirement home residents fascinated by crime attempt to solve a murder.
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Transplanted Romantics: PW Talks with Adriana Herrera
Herrera launches a new series with 'Here to Stay' (Carina, Sept.), an interracial, enemies-to-lovers romance between the head of a charitable foundation and the consultant who may eliminate her job.
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Human First: PW Talks with Claudia Rankine
In 'Just Us' (Graywolf, Sept.), Rankine explores the challenges and rewards of talking about racial division in America.
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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.).



