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ALA 2024: 'To Help and Heal Humanity': PW Talks with Taraji P. Henson
Award-winning actor Taraji P. Henson highlights anxiety around fitting in and dealing with bullies in her debut picture book 'You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!),' the first in a series illustrated by Paul Kellam.
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ALA 2024: The Greater Good: PW Talks with Jay Jay Patton
In advance of ALA, PW spoke with Jay Jay Patton about her graphic novel memoir, 'Dear Dad,' how taboos around incarceration don't serve children, and using technology for good.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Strange Fan: PW Talks with Zoe Thorogood
PW talks with the Eisner Award–winning Life Is Strange series artist, a special guest at this year's San Diego Comic-Con—where she’s up for an Eisner yet again.
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How Trump Mines for Shame in Appalachia: PW Talks with Arlie Russell Hochschild
In 'Stolen Pride' (New Press, Sept.), sociologist Hochschild studies conservative politics in a Kentucky town.
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Under the Influence: PW Talks with Caroline Woods
In Caroline Woods’s 'The Mesmerist' (Doubleday, Sept.), three women in a Minneapolis home for unwed mothers join forces to take down a serial killer.
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How Marc Bernardin Adapted Neil Gaiman's 'Anansi Boys' for Comics
The writer tapped to adapt Neil Gaiman’s 2005 novel for comics explains how he and his collaborators transformed the story into the format—even as Amazon Prime adapted it for streaming.
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In Conversation: Leah Johnson, Kyle Lukoff, and Abdi Nazemian Share Their Hopes for Queer Children's Lit
In honor of Pride Month, we asked recent Stonewall Award winners and honorees Leah Johnson ('You Should See Me in a Crown'), Kyle Lukoff ('Too Bright to See'), and Abdi Nazemian ('Only This Beautiful Moment') to discuss how they celebrate queerness in their novels, and their hopes for the future of LGBTQ+ literature for young people.
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A Busload of Joy: PW Talks with Loren Long
In 'The Yellow Bus,' author-illustrator Loren Long traces a school bus's journey in a tale whose changing landscape tells a story of its own.
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PW Close-Up: George M. Johnson on 'Flamboyants'
In Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, Sept.), George M. Johnson celebrates the legacies of Black and queer artists, activists, and writers whose full stories have remained untold. Through biographies of various historical figures, along with personal essays, poetry, and art by illustrator Charly Palmer, Johnson offers a valuable perspective on one of the most creative eras in American history. Johnson, who is also the author of All Boys Aren’t Blue, spoke with PW about why they chose to write this book now and the inspiring subjects who “give us the road map for our future.” (Sponsored)
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The One Where Lucy Barton Meets Olive Kitteridge: PW Talks with Elizabeth Strout
In ‘Tell Me Everything,’ Elizabeth Strout brings together characters from her previous novels for a story centered on a Maine woman’s disappearance.
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A More Colorful History: PW Talks with Mustafa Akyol
In ‘The Islamic Moses,’ journalist Mustafa Akyol traces the connections between Judaism and Islam.
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'Healing Through Connection': PW Talks with John Cochran
In contemporary middle grade novel 'Breaking into Sunlight,' journalist and debut author John Cochran chronicles a tween’s experience having a parent with a substance dependency.
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Out of the Comfort Zone: PW Talks with Stan Mack
Sonia Jaffe Robbins, a contributing editor at 'PW' and a former copy chief at the 'Village Voice,' interviews her old colleague Stan Mack about 'Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies,' the new collection of his classic 'Voice' comic strip of the same name.
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Q & A with Sangu Mandanna
Sangu Mandanna—author of numerous adult, YA, and middle grade novels spanning various genres—adds a new category to her expansive backlist with middle grade fantasy graphic novel 'Jupiter Nettle and the Seven Schools of Magic,' illustrated by Pablo Ballesteros.
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ALA 2024: ‘That Librarian’ Fights Back: PW Talks with Amanda Jones
The author of ‘That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America’ discusses her fight for the freedom to read and her debut memoir.
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Q & A with Tiffany Jewell
We spoke with Tiffany Jewell, a Black biracial author and anti-bias anti-racist educator, about the early roots of her activism, and her approach to teaching and writing.
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In Defense of Comic Books: PW Talks with Jeff Trexler
The interim director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund offers an update on the challenges libraries are facing in keeping comics on the shelf.
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Why Would a Comic About Censorship Get Banned?
When a graphic novel about censorship was challenged in libraries and schools, creators Ryan Estrada and Hyun Sook Kim fought back. Now they’re releasing a sequel.
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Agnès from Zero to 90: PW Talks with Carrie Rickey
In 'A Complicated Passion' (Norton, Aug.), film critic Carrie Rickey details the life of 'Cleo from 5 to 7' director Agnès Varda.
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Exquisite Corpse: PW Talks with Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay
Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay blend their artistic and storytelling skills in the erotic horror comic 'Somna' (Dstlry, July), which has been nominated for an Eisner Award.
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