-
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: PW Talks with S.A. Cosby
An auto shop owner tries to put his criminal past behind him in Cosby’s 'Blacktop Wasteland' (Flatiron, July.), a neo-noir thriller set in 2012 Virginia.
-
Q & A with Katherine Applegate
Katherine Applegate revisits the animal comrades from her 2013 Newbery winner, 'The One and Only Ivan,' in a new sequel, 'The One and Only Bob.'
-
'This Very Cool Planet We Are Lucky to Call Home'
In her new book, adventurer, filmmaker, and environmental advocate Alison Teal combines a message of self-empowerment with a vital awareness of the climate crisis that is roiling the planet.
-
Rethinking Freud: Spotlight on Jill Hannum and Ines Rieder
An English translation of the biography of one of Freud’s most mysterious patients gives readers an opportunity to reconsider the only essay on female homosexuality by the founder of psychoanalysis. (Sponsored)
-
Mutual Respect: PW Talks with Marilyn Gist
Gist interviews a dozen CEOs who she says achieved success while keeping their egos in check in 'The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility' (Berrett-Koehler, Sept.).
-
Tectonic Shifts: PW Talks with Bob Davis
In ‘Superpower Showdown’ (Harper Business, June), Davis and coauthor Lingling Wei examine how U.S.-China relations deteriorated to the point of impasse just as cooperation between the world’s two largest economies has become more urgent than ever.
-
Always Hustling: PW Talks with Sophia Chang
In 'The Baddest Bitch in the Room' (Catapult, Sept.), Chang discusses managing the Wu-Tang Clan and being a boss.
-
The Art of Healing: PW Talks with Victor del Árbol
In del Árbol’s 'Breathing Through the Wound' (Other, July.), Eduardo Quintana, a painter who lost family to a reckless driver, is commissioned to paint a portrait of a motorist responsible for another tragic death.
-
From Sea Power to the Halls of Power: PW talks with Ian W. Toll
‘Twilight of the Gods’ (Norton, July), which concludes Toll’s Pacific War Trilogy, examines critical decisions about sea and air strategy made in the final year of WWII.
-
Hold My Beer: PW talks with Chick Donohue
In 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ (Morrow, Nov.) Donohue recounts his outlandish act of support for friends deployed to Vietnam.
-
Radical Kindness: PW Talks with Ashlee Eiland
In Human(Kind), Ashlee Eiland draws on her experiences as a black woman as well as her extensive Biblical knowledge to advocate for a radical kindness and unity that can appeal to people from all backgrounds and from across the aisle.
-
Learning to Dance: PW Talks with Sejal Shah
Shah explores race, identity, community, and place in her debut collection of essays, This Is 'One Way to Dance' (Univ. of Georgia, June.).
-
Daughter of Scandal: PW Talks with Sanaë Lemoine
Lemoine’s debut novel, 'The Margot Affair' (Hogarth, June.), follows the travails of the secret child of a stage actress and French politician.
-
Death from the Past: PW Talks with Lauren A. Forry
In Forry’s 'They Did Bad Things' (Arcade CrimeWise, June.), five former college housemates, linked by involvement in a death, are lured to a remote location, where they are picked off, one by one.
-
Drawing Lessons from the Land: PW Talks with Joe Sacco
Sacco brings his award-winning comics journalism approach to Northern Canada in 'Paying the Land' (Metropolitan, July.), about the history and culture of the Dene, a First Nations people embroiled in conflict over oil fracking.
-
Q & A with Deborah Wiles
We spoke with Deborah Wiles about her new YA novel in verse, 'Kent State,' which reckons with the events of May 4, 1970 at Kent State University in Ohio.
-
Four Questions for I.W. Gregorio
We spoke with I.W. Gregorio about her new YA novel, 'This Is My Brain in Love,' and the importance of intersectional diversity.
-
Nagging Nicely: PW Talks with Erin Geiger Smith
In 'Thank You for Voting' (Harper, June.), journalist Geiger Smith examines the history of voting rights in America.
-
The Most Dangerous Monsters: PW Talks with Matthew Carr
In 'Black Sun Rising' (Pegasus Crime, June.), a British PI investigates a complex mystery in 1909 Barcelona involving terrorists and eugenics.
-
Fake It Till You Make It: PW Talks with Alexis Hall
Hall’s 'Boyfriend Material' (Sourcebooks Casablanca, July.) sees Luc, the rascally son of a rock star, attempting to improve his public image by faking a relationship with straitlaced barrister Oliver.
Browse archive by date:
