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Drawing Lessons from the Land: PW Talks with Joe Sacco
Sacco brings his award-winning comics journalism approach to Northern Canada in 'Paying the Land' (Metropolitan, July.), about the history and culture of the Dene, a First Nations people embroiled in conflict over oil fracking.
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Q & A with Deborah Wiles
We spoke with Deborah Wiles about her new YA novel in verse, 'Kent State,' which reckons with the events of May 4, 1970 at Kent State University in Ohio.
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Four Questions for I.W. Gregorio
We spoke with I.W. Gregorio about her new YA novel, 'This Is My Brain in Love,' and the importance of intersectional diversity.
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Nagging Nicely: PW Talks with Erin Geiger Smith
In 'Thank You for Voting' (Harper, June.), journalist Geiger Smith examines the history of voting rights in America.
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The Most Dangerous Monsters: PW Talks with Matthew Carr
In 'Black Sun Rising' (Pegasus Crime, June.), a British PI investigates a complex mystery in 1909 Barcelona involving terrorists and eugenics.
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Fake It Till You Make It: PW Talks with Alexis Hall
Hall’s 'Boyfriend Material' (Sourcebooks Casablanca, July.) sees Luc, the rascally son of a rock star, attempting to improve his public image by faking a relationship with straitlaced barrister Oliver.
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Four Questions for Candace Bushnell
'Sex and the City' author Candace Bushnell revealed how her new #MeToo-inspired YA novel, 'Rules for Being a Girl, co-written with Katie Cotugno, came to be.
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Elisa New Wants You to Think About, and Watch, 'Poetry in America'
With her PBS program 'Poetry in America' now in its second season, the Harvard American literature professor is hoping to help people daunted by poetry learn to love it.
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Six Interviews with LGBTQ Children's and YA Authors
In honor of the approaching Pride Month, we spoke over email with six authors whose forthcoming novels for children and teens center LGBTQ characters.
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Four Questions for Henry Cole
Henry Cole spoke with PW about his new picture book, 'One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey,' inspired by his childhood sustainability project.
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The 'Poets & Writers' Editors Have Some Writing Tips for You
Mary Gannon and Kevin Larimer, the two most recent editors of 'Poets & Writers' magazine, want you to know how to be a writer. These tips from their new book, 'The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer,' should help with that.
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New Appetites: PW talks with Molly Wizenberg
In ‘The Fixed Stars’ (Abrams), Wizenberg, who first gained prominence as the food blogger behind ‘Orangette,’ charts new territory, professionally and personally.
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Broken and Beautiful: PW talks with Natalie Diaz
In ‘Postcolonial Love Poem,’ Diaz reinvents narratives of desire while exploring the history of violence against Native Americans.
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Tacos, L.A. Style: PW Talks with Danny Trejo
In 'Trejo’s Tacos' (Clarkson Potter, Apr.), actor and restaurateur Trejo shares recipes from his Los Angeles restaurants.
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Mama Tried: PW Talks with Kelli Jo Ford
In Ford’s 'Crooked Hallelujah' (Grove, May), a young Cherokee woman struggles to overcome a generational cycle of broken families while remaining close to her mother.
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Jokes on Repeat: PW Talks with Jason Adam Katzenstein
Katzenstein, who honed his style with pithy one-panel 'New Yorker' gags, delves deeper into his obsessions in 'Everything Is an Emergency: An OCD Story in Words and Pictures' (HarperCollins, June).
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Q & A with Rae Carson
Rae Carson spoke with PW about returning to the world of 'Girl of Fire and Thorns' in her new YA novel, 'The Empire of Dreams.'
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Q & A with Rob Harrell
Rob Harrell spoke with PW about the personal nature of his new book, 'Wink,' the story of a boy navigating middle school and a rare form of eye cancer.
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Farewell to the Bromance: PW Talks with Mary Pilon and Louisa Thomas
Pilon and Thomas edited the anthology ‘Losers,’ in which various writers delve into an unexpectedly winning topic.
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Tough Love: PW Talks with Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson
In ‘Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back,’ Luther and Davidson take a wide-ranging look at the moral quandaries inherent in fandom.