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Q & A with Jon Burgerman
PW spoke with author-illustrator Jon Burgerman about how his love of doodling helped launch a picture book career.
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Q & A with Chris Crutcher
PW spoke with Chris Crutcher about the genesis of his latest novel, 'Losers Bracket,' and the influence that his therapy work has had on his fiction.
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Courage Is Contagious: PW Talks with Dave Zirin
Journalist Dave Zirin has made his career at the juncture where athletics meets activism.
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Crawling Out of the Shadows: PW Talks with Alfredo Corchado
In 'Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration' (Bloomsbury, June), journalist Corchado illuminates the lives of Mexican immigrants in America over the past three decades.
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When Women Were Funny and Men Were Quiet: PW Talks with Nicole Hollander
For over three decades, syndicated cartoonist Nicole Hollander commented on the world from the couch of her foil, Sylvia. Now she’s sharing her own life in the graphic memoir 'We Ate Wonder Bread' (Fantagraphics, Mar.).
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Q & A with Erin Entrada Kelly
PW seaks with Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly about her forthcoming novel, 'You Go First.'
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Four Questions for Varian Johnson
PW spoke with Johnson about the power of perception, and the personal roots of his forthcoming novel, 'The Parker Inheritance.'
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The Process of No Process: PW Talks with Dag Solstad
Solstad’s two newly translated novels are 'Armand V' (New Directions, May), composed of footnotes to a nonexistent novel, and 'T Singer' (New Directions, May), which follows its protagonist through a lifetime of nonengagement a la Bartleby.
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Forces Beyond Our Understanding: PW Talks with Billy O’Callaghan
In 'The Dead House' (Arcade, May), a supernatural thriller, O’Callaghan crafts a contemporary ghost story set in rural Ireland.
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Down the Generations: PW Talks with Carl Zimmer
Science writer Carl Zimmer explores the complexities of heredity in 'She Has Her Mother’s Laugh' (Dutton, June).
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Q & A with Siobhan Vivian
PW spoke with Vivian about the tasty research she did for her new book, 'Stay Sweet.'
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Undercover in the SS: PW Talks with Steven Hartov
Hartov’s latest novel, The Soul of a Thief (Hanover Square, Apr.), is based on his family history and follows a Nazi soldier who conceals his Jewish heritage.
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An Aristocratic Female Sleuth: PW Talks with Stephen Weeks
In filmmaker and castle-restorer Weeks’s 'Sins of the Father' (Poisoned Pen, Apr.), his second Countess of Prague mystery set in the early 20th century, Countess Beatrix “Trixie” von Falkenburg does some sleuthing on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian emperor, Franz-Josef I.
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Debut Author Elizabeth Acevedo on 'The Poet X'
PW spoke with slam poet and educator Elizabeth Acevedo about her YA debut, a novel in verse.
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Life Behind Bars: PW Talks with Rachel Kushner
Kushner’s new novel, 'The Mars Room' (Scribner, May) follows former sex worker, single mother, and convicted killer Romy Hall as she begins serving two consecutive life sentences in a California women’s prison.
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A Celebrity Chef’s Immigrant Story: PW Talks with Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Author, celebrity chef, restaurateur, and TV host Bastianich reflects on her life and the rise of her business empire in her memoir, My American Dream (Knopf, Apr.).
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The Private Lives of Artists: PW Talks with Desmond Morris
In 'The Lives of the Surrealists' (Thames & Hudson, May), painter and zoologist Morris chronicles the lives of 32 surrealist artists, many of whom he knew personally.
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Q & A with An Na
An Na spoke with PW about her new novel, 'The Place Between Breaths,' which captures the disjointed inner workings of a schizophrenic teen’s mind.
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Q & A with Jillian Tamaki
PW spoke with graphic novelist Jillian Tamaki about her picture book debut, 'They Say Blue.'