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Word Influenza: PW Talks with Alena Graedon
Graedon’s ambitious debut novel, "The Word Exchange," explores a near-future America that’s shifted almost exclusively to smart technologies.
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Brave—and Anxious—New World: PW Talks with Evan Osnos
In his first book, "Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China," New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos explores China’s astounding social transformation, and its discontents.
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The Third Culture: PW Talks with Arthur I. Miller
Miller, professor emeritus of history and philosophy of science at University College London, studies the blurring boundaries between science and art in "Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science is Redefining Contemporary Art."
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Dad vs. Mum: PW Talks with Tom Rob Smith
In British author Smith’s "The Farm," a son is torn between his parents’ very different
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Leaving What You Love: PW Talks with Kathryn Ma
Ma’s new novel, "The Year She Left Us," is about an international adoption. The book takes a hard look at the ways we create family.
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Atmospheric Disturbances: PW Talks with Kseniya Melnik
Melnik’s debut, "Snow in May," is a collection of nine stories spanning the second half of the 20th century, centered on the small Siberian town of Magadan, Russia, where the author grew up, and the people connected to it.
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Seeing the World through Language: PW Talks with John H. McWhorter
In his new book, "The Language Hoax," McWhorter investigates, deconstructs, and challenges popular theories and assumptions about how language shapes thoughts and worldviews.
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Q & A with Ann Brashares
Though Ann Brashares’s newest novel, "The Here and Now," traverses the borders of sci-fi and dystopia, her story maintains the realistic feel of contemporary YA.
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Q & A with Andy Griffiths
In "The 26-Story Treehouse," the sequel to "The 13-Story Treehouse," authors Andy Griffith and Terry Denton have added a baker's dozen of floors onto their imaginary domicile.
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PW Talks with David Downing: Mysteries 2014
Downing, author of the Station series, a WWII-era spy series that concluded with 2013’s "Masaryk Station," launches a new WWI-era spy series with "Jack of Spies" (Soho Crime, May).
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A New Royal Treatment: PW Talks with Helen Rappaport
The Russian Revolution claimed their lives; history further obscured them; but Rappaport’s archival finds shine new light on "The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra."
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Objects of Desire: PW Talks with Tom Robbins
In his new memoir, "Tibetan Peach Pie," novelist Robbins takes readers on a journey through his
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Sweden and WWII: PW Talks with Camilla Läckberg
In "The Hidden Child," Swedish author Läckberg explores the effects that WWII continue to exert on one family and the coastal village of Fjällbacka.
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Fighting Racism at Home and Abroad: PW Talks with Max Brooks
Brooks’s graphic novel "The Harlem Hellfighters" documents the suffering and courage of African-American troops in the Army’s legendary 369th Infantry Regiment of Harlem, N.Y.
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Art and Reality: PW Talks with Peter Heller
In Peter Heller’s second novel, "The Painter," well-known expressionist painter Jim Stegner confronts his inner demons and tries to outrun his past.
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Jerry from the Block: PW Talks with Jerome Kass
"Out of the Bronx," screenwriter Kass’s fiction debut, follows the charming Sachs family in a set of 10 related short stories spanning from the 1940s to present.
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In Love and War: PW Talks with Ann Scott Tyson
In "American Spartan," Tyson, a former Washington Post reporter, provides a personal account of the rise and fall of Special Forces Major Jim Gant, alongside the story of their developing romance. In this brave and honest narrative, Tyson details Gant’s passion and honor during war-time, his military career, his team of superb Special Forces operatives, and his love of the Afghanistan and its people.
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Q & A with Kate Samworth
Kate Samworth's unconventional picture book debut, a faux catalog titled "Aviary Wonders Inc.," indirectly tells a troubling story of bird extinction circa 2032.
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Behind Hospital Doors: PW Talks With Kelly Parsons
Parsons is an anomaly. A practicing urologist and faculty member at the University of California San Diego’s Medical School, he’s also written "Doing Harm," a chilling medical thriller.
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Contents of Consciousness: PW Talks with Kimberly Elkins
In "What Is Visible," Elkins resurrects the fascinating figure of Laura Bridgman, a renowned 19th-century woman unable to see, hear, smell, or taste.
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