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In Conversation: Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Sisters and collaborators Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite take philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s popular adage about class conflict to its furthest extent in their latest YA novel, 'The Summer I Ate the Rich.'
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Q & A with Anna James
Pages & Co. author Anna James returns with a new middle grade fantasy, 'Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment,' first in a four-book series.
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Be Yourself, Joyously: PW Talks with Tourmaline
The author of two forthcoming books on LGBTQ+ icon Marsha P. Johnson—Marsha, for adults, and One Day in June, for children—discusses bringing her revolutionary subject to life.
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It’s All In Your Head: PW Talks with Pria Anand
In ‘The Mind Electric’ (Washington Square, June), the neurologist explores the roots of neurological disease and the narratives that shape medicine.
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Tomorrow Is a New Day: PW Talks with Molly Jong-Fast
In ‘How to Lose Your Mother’ (Viking, June), the journalist recalls caring for her mother, novelist Erica Jong, as she succumbed to dementia.
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Culinary Chops: PW Talks with Raquel Pelzel
At the Little, Brown cookbook imprint Voracious Books, the former Clarkson Potter editorial director and Tasting Table recipe developer hungers for global fare.
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Walkin’ the Streets with R. Crumb: PW Talks with Dan Nadel
Pioneering counterculture cartoonist Robert Crumb finally gets his due in Crumb (Pantheon, Apr.), a new biography from the Picturebox Comics founder and former Comics Journal editor.
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Earth Day 2025: Q & As with Picture Book Authors
In celebration of Earth Day, we spoke with the creators of three picture books highlighting underappreciated processes of nature and the conservationists fighting to protect the environment.
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Q & A with Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Safadi follows up her National Book Award-winning middle grade novel 'Kareem Between' with the new chapter book series Amina Banana, featuring a STEM-minded protagonist who solves everyday problems using the scientific method.
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Two Sides of the Same Coin: PW Talks with Yrsa Daley-Ward
In the poet’s debut novel, ‘The Catch’ (Liveright, June), twin sisters in London believe they have reconnected with their long-deceased mother.
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Into the Wild: PW Talks with Adam Weymouth
In ‘Lone Wolf’ (Crown, June), the journalist recounts following a wolf’s winding journey from Slovenia to Italy.
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A Rich Literary Community: PW Talks with Cristóbal Pera
The U.S. division of Barcelona-based Grupo Planeta launched in 2021 and has grown quickly after striking gold both stateside and in Puerto Rico. Its VP and publisher tells us how.
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Unparenting the American Dream: PW Talks with Marina Lopes
In Please Yell at My Kids, Brazilian American journalist Marina Lopes encourages American parents to rethink rugged individualism and offers internationally tested advice on building the proverbial village.
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International Adoption, Child-Trafficking, and China’s One Child Policy: PW Talks with Barbara Demick
In Daughters of the Bamboo Grove (Random House, May), the journalist profiles twins separated as toddlers by China’s one child policy and America’s demand for international adoptees.
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The Royal We: PW Talks with Holly Race
The fantasist’s 'Six Wild Crowns' transports readers to a supernatural analog of Tudor England where King Henry VIII is married to all six of his wives at once.
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Literary Truffle Hunters: PW Talks with Courtney Hodell
The director of literary programs at the Whiting Foundation spoke with PW on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the foundation’s flagship Whiting Awards, given each year to 10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
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In Conversation: Gary D. Schmidt and Ron Koertge
Newbery Honor-winning author Gary D. Schmidt and PEN Award winner Ron Koertge discussed their new middle grade novel told in vignettes, 'A Day at the Beach,' and what makes them ideally suited as collaborators.
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Plausible Motives: PW Talks with Margie and Matt Kindt
A 70-year-old woman, her great-nephew, and a mysterious pair of armchairs take an action-filled trip to Paris in the graphic novel murder mystery Gilt Frame (Dark Horse, Mar.), the first-ever collaboration by the mother-son duo.
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‘I Love to Play with Bad Girls’: PW Talks with Krysten Ritter
Con artist Liz Dawson seizes an unexpected opportunity to start a new life on the Mexican coast in Retreat (Harper, out now), the sophomore thriller from the star of Jessica Jones.
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Swept Away: PW Talks with Cara Gormally
The cartoonist and Gallaudet University biology professor explores their journey through trauma to self-love in ‘Everything Is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder: Confessions of a Former Badass’ (Street Noise, Apr.).