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Four Questions for Trang Thanh Tran
We spoke with Vietnamese American writer Trang Thanh Tran about their horror influences and writing about the emotional costs of Vietnamese history in their YA debut, 'She Is a Haunting.'
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Four Questions for Brian Pinkney
In 'Hey Otter! Hey Beaver!,' Brian Pinkney shows how two friends with very different play styles and personalities can have fun together and even weather a mishap.
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Finding the Poetry of New Mexico: PW Talks with Alisa Lynn Valdés
In Valdés’s 'Hollow Beasts' (Thomas & Mercer, Apr.), poetry professor Jodi Luna becomes New Mexico’s oldest conservation officer.
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Any Means Necessary: PW Talks with Paul Kix
In 'You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live' (Celadon, May), journalist Kix recounts the bloody 1963 campaign to desegregate Birmingham, Ala.
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Putting Grief into Words: PW Talks with Marcie Alvis Walker
'Black Coffee with White Friends' blogger Walker charts a post–Jim Crow childhood in 'Everybody Come Alive' (Convergent, May).
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Q & A with Patricia Park
Patricia Park makes her YA debut with 'Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim,' a contemporary novel about a teenager grappling with academic stress, family, grief, identity, and racism.
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Jack Johnson, Black Champion: PW Talks with Youssef Daoudi and Adrian Matejka
We spoke with Youssef Daoudi and poet Adrian Matejka about 'Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century,' a lyrically structured graphic recreation of the historic 1910 heavyweight title bout between Johnson—the first Black heavyweight boxing champion—and James J. Jeffries, the "White Hope."
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Ways of Seeing: PW Talks with Claire Dederer
In 'Monsters' (Knopf, Apr.), book critic Dederer examines the complexities of loving art by problematic artists.
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'The Giver' Author Lois Lowry Discusses Her New Book
In her new book, 'The Windeby Puzzle,' two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry combines both narrative history and fiction to imagine the life of an adolescent child from the first century whose remains were excavated in northern Germany.
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Q & A with Chad Otis
Author-illustrator Chat Otis spoke with us about the theme of childhood resilience in his new picture book, 'The Bright Side,' inspired by his experience growing up unhoused.
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Four Questions for Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt
We spoke with Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt on the eve of her launch for 'Good Night, Sister,' about how she approached this picture book project as a sister, and now, also a mother of sisters.
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Choosing Words Carefully: PW Talks with Bryan A. Garner, Author of 'Garner's Modern English Usage'
PW caught up with the famous lexicographer to talk about the recently published fifth edition of his essential guide and his lifelong fascination with the English language.
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The Parent Trip: PW Talks with Connie Wang
The author of 'Oh My Mother!' discusses the privileges and challenges of travel, and how her travels with her mom offer a window onto their relationship.
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Cabin Fever: PW Talks with Max Humphrey
'Lodge' coauthor Max Humphrey, an interior designer, takes readers on "an indoorsy tour of America's National Parks."
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From the Ashes: PW Talks with Rachel Beanland
Beanland’s 'The House Is on Fire' (Simon & Schuster, Apr.) traces a historic calamity and its immediate aftermath.
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A Killer Goes to College: PW Talks with Caroline Kepnes
In 'For You and Only You' (Random House, Apr.), Kepnes’s series protagonist, murderous psychopath Joe Goldberg, enrolls in a Harvard writing fellowship.
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‘I Had to Get My Pablo Neruda On’: Songsmith Ani Di Franco Composes a Picture Book
Ani Di Franco says that she had to 'get her Pablo Neruda on' and switch mental gears to move from writing songs to crafting a book for children.
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Wi2023: Activist Michelle MiJung Kim Sounds an Alarm Against Complacency
Social justice activist Michelle MiJung Kim argues that people must walk their talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion in order to effect real change that will last.
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Wi2023: ABA Education Director Kim Hooyboer Pulls Back the Curtain
ABA education director Kim Hooyboer brings PW behind the scenes in Winter Institute planning, including the organization's commitment to DEI initiatives.
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Wi2023: ABA CEO Allison Hill Welcomes the Book World to Seattle
ABA CEO Allison Hill shares with PW her excitement about the first in-person Winter Institute over which she is presiding and what booksellers can expect in Seattle.
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