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In Conversation: Isabel Wilkerson and Beverly Horowitz
We asked Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Isabel Wilkerson and her editor Beverly Horowitz to discuss the process of adapting Wilkerson's adult bestseller 'Caste' for young readers, and how high school is a microcosm of social hierarchies.
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Who’s Killing the Inquisitors?: PW Talks with Stephen O’Shea
In 'The Sorcerer and the Assassin' (Brash, Feb.), O’Shea, an expert on 13th-century France, crafts a whodunit centered on the Catholic church’s crackdown on the Cathars.
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A Low-Key Radical Wedding: PW Talks with Rob Kirby
Kirby muses on love in midlife and gay marriage in his graphic memoir, 'Marry Me a Little' (Graphic Mundi, Feb.).
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Climate Change and the Church: PW Talks with Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
In 'Following Jesus in a Warming World' (IVP, Feb.), Meyaard-Schaap, vice president of the Evangelical Environmental Network, talks about Christian perspectives on climate change.
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Space Travel for Beginners: PW Talks with Philip Plait
In 'Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe' (Norton, Apr.), astronomer Plait explores what readers would encounter elsewhere in the cosmos.
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I See, Therefore You Are: PW Talks with Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress
Scientist Lanza conveys his theory that “the universe springs from life, not the other way around” in 'Observer' (Story Plant, Jan.), a thriller coauthored with Kress.
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Finding Gifts in a Childless Life: PW Talks with Elizabeth Felicetti
PW talks with Rev. Elizabeth Felicetti about women's lives 'bursting with creativity and influence.'
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Hoop Activism: PW Talks with Theresa Runstedtler
In 'Black Ball' (Bold Type, Mar.), historian Runstedtler explores the turbulent atmosphere of 1970s pro basketball.
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Witchy Women: PW Talks with Celia Bell
In Bell’s 'The Disenchantment' (Pantheon, May), two 17th-century French noblewomen lovers get caught up in anti-witch hysteria.
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Chronicle of Deaths Foretold: PW Talks with Masahiro Imamura
In Imamura’s 'Death Within the Evil Eye' (Locked Room International, Jan.), university students Yuzuru Hamura and Hiruko Kenzali must crack a seemingly impossible mystery.
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40 Years of Love and Rockets: PW Talks with Gilbert and Jaime
To mark the 40th anniversary of a groundbreaking literary comics series, Fantagraphics Books is releasing 'Love and Rockets: The First 50 ' by the cartooning brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, a boxed eight-volume hardcover set collecting the series’ first 50 issues.
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Q & A with Valerie Bolling
We spoke with Valerie Bolling about how she uses her skills and intuition in her roles as instructional coach and author, and why she hopes her readers will put her books down after reading them and go outside.
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100% Genuine Snake Oil: PW Talks with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
The medical freedom movement, which opposes government regulation of healthcare (see, for starters, anti-maskers), is the subject of journalist Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling's 'If It Sounds Like a Quack...' (PublicAffairs, Apr. 2023).
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A Stand-Up Whodunit: PW Talks with Benjamin Stevenson
In Stevenson’s 'Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone' (Mariner, Jan.), members of a family of killers gather at an Australian ski resort.
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Q & A with Laura Weymouth
In 'A Consuming Fire,' Laura Weymouth's fourth YA historical fantasy, a young woman sets forth from her isolated village as the latest in a long line of sacrifices to the god of the mountain who rules over an alternate version of Britain.
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The Heat Is On: PW Talks with Kosoko Jackson
In 'A Dash of Salt and Pepper,' a man reeling from a bad breakup and a career setback finds himself working as a prep chef in the kitchen under—sometimes literally—the chef/owner.
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Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy: PW Talks with Jayne Denker
The author of 'The Rom-Com Agenda' talks about meeting reader expectations and why she prefers other writers’ sex scenes.
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The Unwelcome Guest: PW Talks with Pico Iyer
In 'The Half-Known Life' (Riverhead, Jan.), essayist Iyer reflects on his visits to sites known as “paradise on earth” in Ethiopia, India, Iran, and Sri Lanka.
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Beyond Anne Frank: PW Talks with Nina Siegal
In 'The Diary Keepers' (Ecco, Feb.), novelist Siegal recreates the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands with firsthand accounts from the ordinary people who lived through it.
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Old Injustices in New Zealand: PW Talks with Michael Bennett
New Zealand filmmaker Bennett’s first novel, 'Better the Blood: A Hana Westerman Thriller' (Atlantic Monthly, Jan.), explores the prolonged effects of 19th-century wounds perpetrated by the British military on the Maori people.
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