Alan Gratz Is Going for the Gold
Riding the wave of interest in middle grade historical fiction, Alan Gratz returns to Nazi Germany with a fast-paced Olympic thriller. more...Breaking Bread: PW Talks with Andy Shallal
In ‘A Seat at the Table’ (OR Books, Oct.), the restaurateur and activist details the founding of his Washington, D.C., eatery and bookstore Busboys and Poets, and offers insights on politics, food, immigration, and art. more...Joe Sacco Asks Why History Repeats Itself
In his latest graphic narrative, cartoonist Joe Sacco investigates the stories people tell themselves about political and sectarian violence. more...Radical Time Warp: PW Talks to Ben Passmore
In ‘Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance’ (Pantheon, Oct.), the Ignatz Award winner sends his cartoon avatar time traveling through Black history. more...and more. Sign up here!
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Interviews
Blind Spots: PW Talks with Souvankham Thammavongsa
The author’s first novel, ‘Pick a Color’ (Little, Brown, Sept.), explores the rich and mysterious inner life of a nail salon owner.
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Interviews
Be like Bruce: PW Talks with Jeff Chang
In Water Mirror Echo (Mariner, Sept.), the journalist tells the story of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee’s rise to fame alongside the cultural history of Asian America.
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Profiles
Kiran Desai’s Labor of Love
The Booker Prize winner has devoted the past two decades of her life to writing The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, a novel that weighs in at 688 pages
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Profiles
For His Graphic Novel Series, Brian Anderson Gives Credit Where Credit's Due: To the Family Pet
With all three books in the Sophie series receiving the Junior Library Guild Gold Standard, Brian Anderson has turned his nationally syndicated comic strip based on a family pet into a middle grade graphic novel series beloved by kids and adults alike. (Sponsored)
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Interviews
Breaking Bread: PW Talks with Andy Shallal
In ‘A Seat at the Table’ (OR Books, Oct.), the restaurateur and activist details the founding of his Washington, D.C., eatery and bookstore Busboys and Poets, and offers insights on politics, food, immigration, and art.
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Interviews
Radical Time Warp: PW Talks to Ben Passmore
In ‘Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance’ (Pantheon, Oct.), the Ignatz Award winner sends his cartoon avatar time traveling through Black history.
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Profiles
Joe Sacco Asks Why History Repeats Itself
In his latest graphic narrative, cartoonist Joe Sacco investigates the stories people tell themselves about political and sectarian violence.
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Interviews
Not That Kind of Jew: PW Talks with Sarah Hurwitz
In ‘As a Jew’ (HarperOne, Sept.), former White House speechwriter Hurwitz explores the cultural forces that have shaped Jewish identity in America.
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Interviews
The Warmest Satirist You’ve Ever Met: PW Talks with Jess Walter
Walter’s latest novel, So Far Gone (Harper, out now), follows an unforgettable family, broken across three generations, trying to put itself back together again on a road trip around the Pacific Northwest.
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Interviews
Beyond the Book: Jesse Byrd's 'Dream Warriors'
Award-winning children’s author, former college basketball star, and literary agent, Jesse Byrd, talks to his agent, Regina Brooks of Serendipity Literary, about the inspiration behind his new middle grade graphic novel, 'Dream Warriors.' (Sponsored)