Four Questions for Elizabeth Scully

We spoke with reading specialist and former classroom teacher Elizabeth Scully about her experience creating decodable books.

Hip-Hop Is the Medium: PW Talks with Jeff Pearlman

In ‘Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur’ (Mariner, Oct.), the biographer unpacks Shakur’s origins, contradictions, and artistic legacy.

Hot as Hell: PW Talks with Alexandria Bellefleur

A heartbroken woman makes a deal with a sexy demon to win back her ex-girlfriend in the Lambda Award winner’s 'The Devil She Knows' (Berkley, Oct.).

Four Questions for Jeannine Atkins

Jeannine Atkins, the writer of several biographies of remarkable women in history, grapples with her own past and the impact of a sexual assault she suffered during college in her new memoir in verse 'Knocking on Windows.'

Paging ‘Dr. Werthless’: PW Talks with Harold Schechter and Eric Powell

The duo takes on the famed psychiatrist and anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham in their new graphic novel, which offers a multifaceted portrait of a complex man who claimed that reading comics led to violence.

Four Questions for I.V. Marie

I.V. Marie makes her entrance onto the YA scene with her debut fantasy novel Immortal Consequences, set at a school in the afterlife that acts as purgatory for its students.

PW Close-Up: Vault and Aethon Make Partnership Official, Releasing Major Collaborations

Censorship from Both Directions: PW Talks with Ira Wells

The author of On Book Banning, a literary critic and associate professor at the University of Toronto, spoke about censorship battles in North America and book banning efforts from the political right and left.

The ‘Mythical Existence’ of Frank Stanford: PW Talks with James McWilliams

McWilliams, author of The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, discusses the larger-than-life Southern poet who died in 1978 at age 29 and why his work deserves wider recognition beyond its cult following.

Astra House’s Five-Year Journey: PW Talks with Ben Schrank

Five years after launching, Astra House has established itself as a literary force, winning major prizes and building a reputation for debut fiction and narrative nonfiction. Publisher Ben Schrank reflects on the company’s evolution, current strategy, and future plans.