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Q & A with Kelly Clarkson

By Shannon Maughan | 09/22/2016 @ 03:00PM

Kelly Clarkson combined her songwriting skills and some of her "Mom" instincts to write a picture book inspired by her desire to create travel keepsakes for her daughter.
Have Quilt, Will Travel: PW Talks with Kaffe Fassett

By Martha K. Baker | 09/16/2016 @ 07:00PM

Textile designer Fassett has published dozens of books on knitting, needlepoint, and patchwork. This fall sees the publication of 'Quilts in Italy' and 'Bold Blooms: Quilts and Other Works Celebrating Flowers.'
Black, Profoundly Learned, and Unsquare: Albert Murray’s Legacy

by Eugene Holley Jr. | 09/13/2016 @ 12:00AM

A champion of the resilency of black American culture, the blues and Jazz and a consumate man of letters, Albert Murray and his literary legacy are now enshrined in a new collection, 'Albert Murray: Collected Essays and Memoirs,' published by the Library of America.
How To Be Simply Happy: PW Talks with Amy Newmark

By Julie Naughton | 09/09/2016 @ 07:00PM

The editor of the long-running Chicken Soup for the Soul self-help series draws life lessons from her unconventional career path in her new memoir, 'Simply Happy.'
Loving Italy to Death: PW Talks with David P. Wagner

By Patricia Guy | 09/09/2016 @ 07:00PM

The author of the Rick Montoya mystery series on his love of Italy, and why he'll never run out of locations for his character to come across dead bodies.
Q & A with Jennifer Weiner

By Shannon Maughan | 09/08/2016 @ 03:00PM

Author Jennifer Weiner has written her first book for younger readers, 'The Littlest Bigfoot,' about a misfit human girl, Alice, who rescues and then befriends a Bigfoot girl named Millie, whose hidden world Alice swears to protect.
Think Like an Immigrant: PW Talks with Nely Galán

By Leylha Ahuile | 09/02/2016 @ 07:00PM

The founder of the Adelante Movement discusses her new book and how anyone can become financially independent.
Anthony Bourdain Is Not a Fan of Dessert

By Kyle Tonniges | 09/02/2016 @ 07:00PM

In 'Appetites,' Anthony Bourdain focuses on the food he prepares for family and friends. Only one page of it is dedicated to desserts.
Investigating the ADHD Industry

By Vicki Borah Bloom | 08/26/2016 @ 07:00PM

In 'ADHD Nation,' journalist Alan Schwarz criticizes the way ADHD is treated and managed in America today.
Q & A with Dav Pilkey

By Karen Springen | 08/25/2016 @ 03:00PM

Dav Pilkey is kicking off his new Captain Underpants spinoff series, Dog Man, with a multi-city Dog-gone Spectacular Superheroes Tour.
Four Questions for Rachel Hecht

By Diane Roback | 08/25/2016 @ 03:00PM

Hecht recently left her position as executive director of children's and YA scouting at Mary Anne Thompson Associates to launch her own company, Rachel Hecht Children's Scouting.
Writing a Memoir at the Halfway Point: PW Talks with Jennifer Weiner

By Kathryn E. Livingston | 08/19/2016 @ 07:00PM

The Philly-based popular novelist ("Good in Bed") and nonfiction writer Jennifer Weiner describes how her sparkling new memoir, "Hungry Heart," came to be.
Telling Stories, Not Making Things Up: PW Talks with Patrick Hoffman

By Liesl Schwabe | 08/19/2016 @ 07:00PM

Hoffman, a private investigator based in Brooklyn, traces the origins of a $50 million supply of Ecstasy in his second novel, "Every Man a Menace."
Both Sides of the Law: PW Talks with Steven Price

By Suzanne Fox | 08/19/2016 @ 07:00PM

In Canadian author Price’s second novel, "By Gaslight," two men haunted by the past meet in a haunting city.
GMO-pen for Debate: PW Talks with Caitlin Shetterly

By Eric Norton | 08/18/2016 @ 07:00PM

In "Modified: GMOs and the Threat to Our Food, Our Land, Our Future," Caitlin Shetterly examines genetically modified foods, the companies that produce them, and their potential effects on public health and the environment.
The Ion Man Cometh: Talking With Greg Tate

By Eugene Holley, Jr. | 08/12/2016 @ 07:00PM

Critic Greg “Ion Man” Tate has been writing about America’s cultural scene for nearly 30 years, with a syncopated and signified prose style inspired by Amiri Baraka, Ralph Ellison and The Black Arts movement.
Bad Feminists in History: PW Talks with Sady Doyle

By Misty Urban | 08/12/2016 @ 07:00PM

Doyle’s debut, "Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear... and Why," is a ruthlessly funny takedown of modern misogyny.
Sherlock in the Hood: PW Talks with Joe Ide

By Lenny Picker | 08/12/2016 @ 07:00PM

In "IQ," Ide introduces Isaiah Quintabe, an inner-city prodigy with Sherlockian powers of deduction.
Q & A with Randy Cecil

By Antonia Saxon | 08/09/2016 @ 03:00PM

Randy Cecil has been illustrating picture books since 1996, with 20 titles to his credit; his new book is well over 100 pages – a picture book with the scope of a novel.
A Man With his Head in the Clouds

By Eugene Holley, Jr. | 08/05/2016 @ 07:00PM

Neil DeGrasse Tyson talks about Star Talk, the companion book to the National Geographic TV that proves science is for everyone.

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