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Chinelo Okparanta's New Novel Changes Perspectives
In her new novel, 'Harry Sylvester Bird,' the Nigerian author looks at the world through the white male gaze.
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The Hopeless Romanticism of Jamie Ford's Latest Novel
‘The Many Daughters of Afong Moy,’ Ford’s emotional fourth novel, blends historical and speculative fiction as it bends time.
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Ada Calhoun on the Paternal and the Poetic
Calhoun’s new memoir, 'Also a Poet,' explores the life of Frank O’Hara through the prism of her relationship with her father.
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Sandra Newman Envisions Another World
With 'The Men,' the author of 'The Heavens' returns to the promise, and limitations, of utopia.
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Su Tong and His Stories on Women’s Lives
Phoenix Publishing and Media Group features Another Life for Women and Three Lamps in its newly launched Jiangsu Literature Translated series. (Sponsored)
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Lidia Yuknavitch's Waterworld
The author's new novel, 'Thrust,' presents a radical approach to storytelling—and some ideas that just might save us.
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Terry Alford Explores History's Haunted Houses
The historian's latest work, 'In the Houses of Their Dead: The Lincolns, the Booths, and the Spirits,' explores the intertwining beliefs of the Lincoln and Booth families.
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Ada Limón and the Poetry of Rebellion
With her sixth collection, 'The Hurting Kind,' poet Ada Limón seeks joy amid suffering.
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Kirsten Miller's Righteous Rage
The author captures midlife female fury and lets it rip through her debut adult novel, 'The Change.'
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Family Matters in Jean Hanff Korelitz's New Novel
The author focuses on the travails of an unhappy family in 'The Latecomer.'
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In Hernan Diaz's New Novel, Money Changes Everything
With 'Trust,' the Pulitzer finalist explores the distortions of capital and narrative.
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Fearless Sincerity: PW Talks with Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet's new graphic memoir 'Time Zone J' uses a free-form, free-flowing narrative and visual style to return to an earlier period in her life and to memories of a love affair that she can never forget.
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Thinking Like a Futurist
An excerpt from the introduction of the world-renowned alternate reality game designer and humanitarian's new book, 'Imaginable' (Spiegel & Grau, Mar.).
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Dolen Perkins-Valdez's 'Take My Hand' Reaches for Hard Truths
The educator and PEN/Faulkner Foundation board chair's third novel takes on a pivotal human rights case in the Deep South.
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Snow Days 2022: Adult Authors to Meet
Dozens of writers will gather virtually for ABA’s debut Snow Days. Here is a selection, from large houses and small.
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Introducing Huang Beijia’s ‘I Want to Be Good’
Phoenix Publishing and Media Group offers contemporary voices in its newly launched Jiangsu Literature Translated series. (Sponsored)
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Christina Soontornvat: Genre Master
Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat writes across varied literary forms in four upcoming books.
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Keith O’Brien Finds Living History in 'Paradise Falls'
With his new book about the Love Canal disaster, O’Brien continues to tell the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
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Karen Joy Fowler Examines an American Antihero
In her latest novel, Karen Joy Fowler examines the life and times of the family of John Wilkes Booth.
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Anne Tyler Captures a Baltimore State of Mind in Latest Novel
In her new novel, Anne Tyler examines the dissolution of a family in her home city.