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Mighty Aphrodite
PW asks Russell Andrews, "How did Aphrodite originate?"
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Sinners, Saints and Sacred Folly
PW asks Joanne Harris, "Why does Holy Fools' Juliette seem like an ancestor of Chocolat's Vianne? "
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The Politics of Star-Crossed Lovers
PW asks Marge Piercy, "What inspired you to write about the star-crossed lovers in your 16th novel, The Third Child?"
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Grossman Takes on El Quixote
PW asks Elizabeth Grossman, "What was it like to get offered the translation of Don Quixote?"
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Writing by the Seat of Her Pants
PW asks Madeline Hunter, "How have you written so much in so little time while juggling a family and a teaching career?"
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Entrepreneurial Girl Power
PW asks Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio, "How did your experiences help you write The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business?"
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Still Refusing to Bow the Knee
PW asks Gerry Adams, "Why did you decide to write your autobiography [A Farther Shore] now?
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The Effects of Brutality
PW asks Brad Land, "Why did you write Goat?"
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A Full Life
PW asks Marielle Bancou-Segal, "Who do you think would benefit most from reading this story?"
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On the Road, Redux
PW asks Jeff Sharlet, "Why the title Killing the Buddha?"
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Chasing Storms and Serial Killers
PW asks Alice Blanchard, "Your novel Breathtaker takes place during tornado season. Have you ever seen, or been in the path of, a tornado?"
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A Life in Words
PW asks Gay Talese, "How did The Gay Talese Reader come about?"
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Urban Personalities
Husband-and-wife collaborators Jim and Kate McMullan have followed up their award-winning picture book, I Stink!, narrated by a feisty city garbage truck, with I'm Mighty!, in which a tugboat struts his stuff on an animated tour of his harbor.
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Mom, Baseball, Apple Pie and Jesus
PW asks Stephen Prothero, "You've spent much of your career studying Asian religions—how did you get interested in Jesus?"
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It's Not Just for the Money
PW asks A.E. Hotchner, "How did Paul Newman come up with the idea of opening a restaurant?"
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Discovering the World
PW asks Peter Sis, "What attracted you to the subject of Charles Darwin?"
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From Splatterpunk to Bullets
PW asks David Schow, "Bullets of Rain is your first novel since 1989. Why the long break?"
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'Dubya' Gets Religion
PW asks Stephen Mansfield, "Your new biography about the president, The Faith of George W. Bush, is fairly gentle and positive. What response do you expect?"
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Reconstructing Through Books
PW asks David Macaulay, "What inspired you to write Mosque?"
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Sultan Rules the Roost
Asne Seierstad spoke with PW by phone about why she thinks her book, Bookseller of Kabul, appeals to so many people.