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A Ghost Persists: PW Talks with Louise Erdrich

By Marian Perales | 08/27/2021 @ 07:00PM

Erdrich’s 'The Sentence' (Harper, Nov.) centers on the haunting of a Minneapolis bookstore by the ghost of a well-meaning white woman who fabricated an Indigenous identity.
Finding Freedom on the Road: PW Talks with Amy Butcher

By Steph Buschardt | 08/27/2021 @ 07:00PM

In 'Mothertrucker' (Little A, Nov.), Butcher recounts her trip up to the most dangerous road in North America with the country's only woman ice trucker, Joy "Mothertrucker" Wiebe.
Q & A with Dan Yaccarino

By Libby Morse | 08/26/2021 @ 03:00PM

We spoke with author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino about his new picture book 'The Longest Storm,' inspired by his experience isolating at home during the pandemic.
Shadow Work: Close-up on Victor Methos

| 08/26/2021 @ 12:00AM

An author of atmospheric murder mysteries examines the dark side of human nature. (Sponsored)
From Unconsecrated Ground: PW Talks to Lynda La Plante

By Tiff Scott | 08/23/2021 @ 09:00AM

Crime novelist Lynda La Plante's newest novel in her Jane Tennison series, 'Unholy Murder,' will be released August 24. PW spoke with La Plante about how her writing life has changed in the past year, how she creates a work-life balance, and what she finds interesting about nuns.
Q & A with Teacher, Rapper, and Author Dwayne Reed

By Patricia J. Murphy | 08/23/2021 @ 09:00AM

We spoke with Dwayne Reed, who calls himself "America's Rapping Teacher," about his comittment to education and his debut middle grade novel 'Simon B. Rhymin.'
Stirring the Pot: PW Talks with Mayukh Sen

By Pooja Makhijani | 08/20/2021 @ 07:00PM

In 'Taste Makers,' Sen profiles seven immigrant women who transformed how Americans cook and eat.
Meeting the Need for Speed: PW Talks with Brendan Borrell

By Lenny Picker | 08/20/2021 @ 07:00PM

Borrell goes behind the scenes of Operation Warp Speed in 'The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine' (Mariner, Oct.).
Noirish Lives: PW Talks with Gregory Galloway

By Lenny Picker | 08/20/2021 @ 07:00PM

In 'Just Thieves' (Melville House, Oct.), Galloway explores the psychic toll of a life of crime.
Strange, Transgressive Stuff: PW Talks with David Hajdu

By Rob Kirby | 08/20/2021 @ 07:00PM

Hajdu, with artist John Carey, chronicles the lives of three early 20th-century performers in 'A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge' (Columbia Univ., Sept.).
Q & A with Tom Gauld

By Antonia Saxon | 08/19/2021 @ 03:00PM

We spoke with comic artist Tom Gauld about his debut picture book, 'The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess,' and the world of fairy tales.
Hooked on a Feeling: PW Talks with Sutton Foster

By Elyse Martin | 08/13/2021 @ 07:00PM

In 'Hooked,' the two-time Tony winner and 'Younger' star reveals another persona: devoted crafter.
From History to Mystery: PW Talks with Ambrose Parry

By Lenny Picker | 08/13/2021 @ 07:00PM

'A Corruption of Blood' (Canongate, Oct.), the third whodunit set in Victorian Edinburgh by Parry (the pen name of couple Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman), blends medicine and social history.
Devilishly Handsome: PW Talks with Gwenda Bond

By Laura Martinez | 08/13/2021 @ 07:00PM

Escape room operator Callie must work with the prince of hell to stop the apocalypse in Bond’s 'Not Your Average Hot Guy' (Griffin, Oct.).
The Radical Rabbi: PW Talks with Shaul Magid

By Lenny Picker | 08/13/2021 @ 07:00PM

In 'Meir Kahane' (Princeton Univ., Oct.), Magid analyzes the legacy of the founder of the Jewish Defense League.
A Sharper Sense of Desperation: PW Talks with Tracy K. Smith

By Maya C. Popa | 08/13/2021 @ 07:00PM

Tracy K. Smith’s fifth collection and first career-spanning volume, 'Such Color: New and Selected Poems' (Graywolf, Oct.), offers some of the former poet laureate’s best poems, as well as 30 pages of new work that tackles America’s legacy of racism.
In Conversation: Adam Jay Epstein and Ruth Chan

| 08/12/2021 @ 04:00PM

We asked author Adam Jay Epstein and illustrator Ruth Chan to interview each other about their new picture book, 'Have You Seen Gordon?', a playful and irreverent take on the classic seek-and-find.
Doing the Job: Close-up on Isabella Maldonado

| 08/10/2021 @ 12:00AM

A writer of crime fiction channels her law enforcement experience. (Sponsored)
The Final (Cold War) Frontier?: PW Talks with Chris Hadfield

By Lenny Picker | 08/06/2021 @ 07:00PM

In 'The Apollo Murders' (Mulholland, Oct.), former commander of the International Space Station Hadfield depicts a deadly encounter in space in 1973.
Performing Authenticity: PW Talks with Rebecca L. Davis

By Seth Satterlee | 08/06/2021 @ 07:00PM

In 'Public Confessions' (Univ. of North Carolina, Oct. 5) historian Davis considers how prominent religious conversions changed American politics.

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