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Rescue from Chaos: PW Talks with Vern Yip
In 'Vacation at Home,’ the HGTV personality focuses on how to turn a disorganized, stress-inducing home into a serene retreat.
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Mind Matters: PW Talks with John Urschel
In Mind and Matter (Penguin Press, May), former pro football player Urschel explores his life and careers in football and as a math teacher.
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Finding Your Place in the World: PW Talks with Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
In Spanish filmmaker Arévalo’s Alice’s Island (Atria, Apr.), widow Alice Williams travels to an island off Cape Cod to try to find out the big secret her late husband was hiding from her.
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Stressed About Stress: PW Talks with Lisa Damour
In 'Under Pressure' (Ballantine, Feb.), psychologist Damour examines sources of stress and anxiety for girls.
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Unreachable Extremes: PW Talks with Tim Maughan
Maughan’s 'Infinite Detail' (MCD, Mar.) imagines a post-internet world where media saturation and constant surveillance have been replaced with ruin.
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: PW Talks with David Dow
Dow, a lawyer who has represented more than 100 death row inmates at the appellate level, makes use of his expertise in his first novel, Confessions of an Innocent Man (Dutton, Apr.).
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Four Questions for Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld
This month, Putnam will release this second collaboration by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld, who spoke with PW about how they got the birthday celebration started.
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Women in Space—and the History Books: PW Talks with Sue Nelson
Nelson's multigenre nonfiction work 'Wally Funk's Race for Space' (Chicago Review, Mar.) introduces readers to a pioneering woman aviator.
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The Highest Highs, the Lowest Lows: PW Talks with Rebecca Yarros
In Yarros's heartbreaking 'The Last Letter' (Entangled, Mar.), former soldier Beckett, grieving the death of his buddy Ryan, helps Ella, Ryan's sister, through a series of tragedies.
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Q & A with Lizzy Mason
Longtime publicist Lizzy Mason spoke with PW about what it's like to be on the other side of the publishing process for her YA debut, 'The Art of Losing.'
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Four Questions for Gary D. Schmidt
We spoke with acclaimed children's author Schmidt about his new book, 'Pay Attention, Carter Jones,' about a dapper butler who unexpectedly offers his services to a boy and his family.
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Guilty Victorian Pleasures: Talks with Claire Harman
In 'Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens’s London' (Knopf, Mar.), Harman explores how the murder of William Russell in 1840 led to a vigorous debate about the influence of a fictionalized account of the life of criminal Jack Sheppard.
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Remembering ‘Gourmet’: Talks with Ruth Reichl
In 'Save Me the Plums' (Random House, Apr.), Reichl tells the story of her 10 years as editor-in-chief of 'Gourmet' magazine.
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A Handmade Future: PW Talks with Meg Elison
In 'The Book of Flora' (47North, Mar.), Elison concludes a trilogy of novels about the postapocalypse lives of women and trans people.
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The Archetype of Evil: PW Talks with Craig Russell
Innovative psychiatrist Viktor Kosarek tackles a serial killer in 1935 Czechoslovakia in Russell’s 'The Devil Aspect' (Doubleday, Mar.).
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Q & A with Lynne Kelly
Lynne Kelly spoke with PW about her new middle grade novel, 'Song for a Whale,' and accurately depicting the deaf experience.
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In Conversation: Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
We asked Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan to interview each other about their new book, 'Watch Us Rise,' and the power of female friendship.
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The Science of Parenting: PW Talks with Emily Oster
In ‘Cribsheet,’ her follow up to ‘Expecting Better,’ the economist confronts common parenting wisdom with hard data.
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Rooted in Houston: PW Talks with Bryan Washington
Washington’s debut collection, 'Lot' (Riverhead, Feb.), maps the sprawl of Houston and the relationships within it, especially those between young black and brown boys.
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Duty, Honor, and Friendship: Talks with Claire Gibson
In her debut novel, 'Beyond the Point' (Morrow, Apr.), Gibson delves into life at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and three young women who stand at the precipice of great change.