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  • Mighty Aphrodite

    PW asks Russell Andrews, "How did Aphrodite originate?"

  • Sinners, Saints and Sacred Folly

    PW asks Joanne Harris, "Why does Holy Fools' Juliette seem like an ancestor of Chocolat's Vianne? "

  • 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?"

  • Grossman Takes on El Quixote

    PW asks Elizabeth Grossman, "What was it like to get offered the translation of Don Quixote?"

  • 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?"

  • 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?"

  • Still Refusing to Bow the Knee

    PW asks Gerry Adams, "Why did you decide to write your autobiography [A Farther Shore] now?

  • The Effects of Brutality

    PW asks Brad Land, "Why did you write Goat?"

  • A Full Life

    PW asks Marielle Bancou-Segal, "Who do you think would benefit most from reading this story?"

  • On the Road, Redux

    PW asks Jeff Sharlet, "Why the title Killing the Buddha?"

  • 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?"


  • A Life in Words

    PW asks Gay Talese, "How did The Gay Talese Reader come about?"


  • 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.

  • 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?"

  • 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?"

  • Discovering the World

    PW asks Peter Sis, "What attracted you to the subject of Charles Darwin?"

  • From Splatterpunk to Bullets

    PW asks David Schow, "Bullets of Rain is your first novel since 1989. Why the long break?"

  • '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?"

  • Reconstructing Through Books

    PW asks David Macaulay, "What inspired you to write Mosque?"


  • 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.

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