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Baby Steps: PW Talks with Grace Farris
Cartoonist and doctor Farris puts a witty spin on standard parenting fare in her debut, 'Mom Milestones' (Workman, Apr.).
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Leaving the Noisy Room: PW Talks with Bob Goff
Bob Goff, the bestselling author of ‘Everybody, Always’ and ‘Love Does,’ warns of the danger associated with what he calls ‘the massive amount of distractions’ in our daily lives, laying out ways to focus on what is important in his new book, 'Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose, Rediscover Your Joy' (Nelson, Mar. 1).
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A Latin American Tragedy: PW Talks with William Neuman
In 'Things Are Never So Bad That They Can’t Get Worse' (St. Martin’s, Mar.), journalist Neuman examines the factors behind Venezuela’s economic collapse and documents the suffering of ordinary Venezuelans.
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Building a Better (Veggie) Sandwich: PW Talks with Jackie Freeman
In 'A Hearty Book of Veggie Sandwiches' (Sasquatch, Jan.), chef Freeman freshens up the sandwich with vegetarian recipes that are big on flavor.
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The Last Hysterics: PW Talks with Maud Casey
'City of Incurable Women' (Bellevue, Feb.) imagines the inner lives of the young female “hysterics” who were confined at the Salpêtrière hospital in Paris in the late 19th century.
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Four Questions for Matthew Van Fleet and Mara Van Fleet
Matthew and Mara Van Fleet have created interactive books separately, but in 'Mermaid Dance,' they joined forces for the first time.
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Q & A with Kathryn Barker
We spoke with Kathryn Barker about her new YA novel, 'Waking Romeo,' and inverting classic love stories.
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Q & A with Katrina Moore
PW spoke with Katrina Moore about how her teaching and writing careers influence each other, and how her early experiences with picture books helped her find her voice.
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A Cat That Walked Alone: PW Talks with Alan Judd
In 'A Fine Madness' (Pegasus Crime, Feb.), Judd recreates the intrigue surrounding the life and death of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.
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Q & A with Jon Agee
In Jon Agee's graphic novel fantasy adventure, 'Otto: A Palindrama,' a boy eating wonton soup falls into a daydream about pursuing his runaway dog Pip, and enters a weird world defined entirely by palindromes.
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Good Morning, Heartache: PW Talks with Florence Williams
In 'Heartbreak' (Norton, Feb.), journalist Williams recounts her divorce and digs into the science of broken hearts.
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An Elusive Bird: PW Talks with Rachel Rear
In 'Catch the Sparrow: A Search for a Sister and the Truth of Her Murder' (Bloomsbury, Feb.), Rear probes the death of a stepsibling, Stephanie Kupchynsky, a music teacher she never met.
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Friends and Lovers: PW Talks with Andi Osho
Three friends break bad romantic habits by finding each other dates in comedian Osho’s debut rom-com, 'Asking for a Friend' (HQN, Feb.).
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Q & A with Seth Fishman and Jessixa Bagley
We spoke with author—and literary agent—Seth Fishman and illustrator Jessixa Bagley about their new picture book, 'When I Wake Up.'
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A Radical Middle Age: PW Talks with Bradley Schurman
“The future may be gray, but it’s incredibly bright,” predicts Bradley Schurman in 'The Super Age' (Harper Business, Jan. 2022), which examines the changing demographics of the global population.
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Murder in the Pampas: PW Talks with Javier Sinay
In 'The Murders of Moisés Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America' (Restless, Feb.), journalist Sinay probes 22 murders of Jewish immigrants to Argentina living in the community of Moisés Ville, allegedly committed by gauchos between 1889 and 1906.
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Down to the Wire: PW Talks with Brian Hochman
Hochman’s 'The Listeners' (Harvard Univ., Feb.) surveys American attitudes toward wiretapping from the invention of the telegraph in the 19th century through the war on drugs.
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Inner Mythologies: PW Talks with Emily Carrington
In Carrington’s graphic memoir, 'Our Little Secret' (Drawn & Quarterly, Jan.), she pursues legal action years after being sexually abused as a child by a trusted neighbor, but an inept lawyer and fraught system generate more trauma.
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Q & A with Sophia Glock
Author and artist Sophia Glock's debut YA graphic memoir, 'Passport,' depicts her unusual teenage years, as she gradually realized her parents work in intelligence.
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How Spanish Painter Eduardo Arroyo Came to Illustrate 'Ulysses'
To commemorate the centennial of James Joyce's 'Ulysses,' Other Press will publish the novel in an illustrated edition with art by the late Spanish painter Eduardo Arroyo in January. PW spoke with Other Press publisher Judith Gurewich about Arroyo's legacy and more.
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