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In Conversation: Questlove and Sean Qualls
We asked Grammy Award–winning musician and co-founder of the Roots Questlove and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning illustrator Sean Qualls about their new picture book, 'The Idea in You,' and inspiring young people to pursue creative lives.
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Q & A with Tony Weaver Jr.
In middle grade graphic novel memoir Weirdo, educator and speaker Tony Weaver Jr.'s collaboration with twin artists Jes and Cin Wibowo, 11-year-old Weaver faces a gauntlet of obstacles as he struggles with bullying and managing his mental health while attending a new school.
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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month 2024: Q & As with Children's Book Authors
In honor of Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, we spoke with four authors about how they foregrounded different aspects of culture and history in their new and recent books for young readers.
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Four Questions for Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman, author of numerous adult and young adult books including 'Practical Magic' and 'Aquamarine,' has a new middle grade book, 'When We Flew Away,' a historically based imagining of Anne Frank’s life before the family was forced into hiding.
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Not Like Us: PW Talks with Rabih Alameddine
In Comforting Myths (Univ. of Virginia, Oct.), Lebanese American novelist Rabih Alameddine argues that all art is political.
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The Girl in the Photo: PW Talks With Lily Tuck
In The Rest Is Memory (Liveright, Dec.), National Book Award winner Lily Tuck tells the story of Czeslawa Kwoka, a Polish Catholic teenager who was sent to Auschwitz.
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In Conversation: Jesús Trejo and Eliza Kinkz
Comedian Jesús Trejo and illustrator Eliza Kinkz spoke about their new picture book, 'Mamá’s Magnificent Dancing Plantitas,' companion to 'Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock,' and the uplifting power of comedy.
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Anthology Reframes the Story of Women and Power in Antiquity
In 'Women in Power: Classical Myths and Stories, from the Amazons to Cleopatra,' professor and translator Stephanie McCarter asserts that numerous women held political power in antiquity—and that Greek and Roman writers distorted the historical record to reinforce patriarchy.
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PW Close-Up: Gregg Hurwitz's 'Nemesis'
With book 10 in the author's bestselling Orphan X series publishing in February 2025, PW spoke with Hurwitz about Evan Smoak's latest challenge, how Joan Didion inspires him, and what he's learned from spending time in rural America. (Sponsored)
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Beyond the Ballroom: PW Talks with Emily Sullivan
Emily Sullivan’s 'Duchess Material' (Forever, Nov.) pairs a social justice–minded schoolteacher with a conservative duke in Victorian London.
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