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Red Riding Hood Redux: PW Talks with S.L. Huang
In 'Huang’s Burning Roses' (Tor.com, Sept.) Little Red Riding Hood, recast as a riflewoman, teams up with Hou Yi, an archer from Chinese mythology.
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A River Runs Through It: PW Talks with Kerri Arsenault
In 'Mill Town' (St. Martin’s, Sept.), Arsenault chronicles the changing fortunes of her environmentally imperiled hometown of Mexico, Maine.
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Four Questions for Soman Chainani
After nearly a decade immersed in the world of the School for Good and Evil, Soman Chainani is bringing his six-book series to an end in 'One True King.'
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Her Struggle: PW Talks with Kim Adrian
In 'Dear Knausgaard' (Fiction Advocate, Aug.), Adrian addresses Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard and takes on misogyny in literary culture.
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Eyes Wide Open: PW Talks with Iris Martin Cohen
In 'Last Call on Decatur Street' (Park Row, Aug.), a New Orleans burlesque dancer longs for her estranged best friend on the Mardi Gras holiday Twelfth Night.
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Call of the Wilde: PW Talks with Philip Purser-Hallard
In Purser-Hallard’s 'Sherlock Holmes: The Spider’s Web' (Titan, Aug.), characters created by Oscar Wilde take part in a tale of murder and blackmail.
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Reframing Genesis: Spotlight on Sharon Chmielarz
A work of poetry inspired by the Book of Genesis looks to explore ancient stories in new ways. (Sponsored)
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Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: PW Talks with Ravi Somaiya
In 'The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld' (Twelve, July.), journalist Somaiya probes the diplomat’s death in a 1961 plane crash in Africa.
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The Woman Who Played Hamlet: PW Talks with Tana Wojczuk
In 'Lady Romeo' (Avid Reader, July.), Guernica editor Wojczuk spotlights 19th-century actor Charlotte Cushman.
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Q & A with Zoraida Córdova
Zoraida Córdova spoke with us about her first foray into middle grade fiction, 'The Way to Rio Luna,' and writing about themes of isolation, hope, and family.
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Deconstructing Privilege: PW Talks with Khyati Y. Joshi
Joshi, professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, digs into disadvantages experienced by American religious minorities in 'White Christian Privilege' (New York Univ., July.).
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Burning Down the House: PW Talks with Nick Flynn
In 'This Is the Night Our House Will Catch Fire', (Norton, Aug.), poet Flynn reflects on his dysfunctional family and its effects on his life.
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Revenge Served Hot and Cold: PW Talks with Camilla Läckberg
Faye, a humiliated and belittled wife from Fjällbacka, Sweden, executes racy revenge on her unfaithful husband in Läckberg’s The Golden Cage (Knopf, July).
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Q & A with Andrew Eliopulos
Author and executive editor at HarperCollins Andrew Eliopulos spoke with PW about magic in queer stories and his debut YA novel, 'The Fascinators.'
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Getting to Happy: PW Talks with Avi Steinberg
In 'The Happily Ever After' (Doubleday, Aug.), Steinberg recounts becoming both a fan and a writer of romance novels.
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The Future is Female: PW Talks with Kate Elliott
With 'Unconquerable Sun' (Tor, July.) Elliott launches a space opera trilogy based on the life of Alexander the Great and following the political career of Princess Sun, heir to the Chaonian Republic.
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Ghostbuster?: PW Talks with Riley Sager
Sager’s 'Home Before Dark' (Dutton, July.) explores a family’s experience with a terrifying haunted house.
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Mother Fury: PW Talks with Mike Hawthorne
Hawthorne recalls his strong-willed but unstable Puerto Rican mother in 'Happiness will Follow' (Archaia, June.), a graphic memoir about their family’s struggle to survive in the mainland U.S.
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Q & A with Kelly Yang
We spoke with Kelly Yang about pivoting to YA in her new novel, 'Parachutes,' and the impact of personal experience on her writing.
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Q & A with Jenny Torres Sanchez
In her timely fifth book, 'We Are Not from Here,' Jenny Torres Sanchez follows three teens attempting the dangerous journey from their violence-ridden village in Guatemala to the United States.