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Author William MacAskill on 'What We Owe the Future'
Planning for the future can feel insurmountable in the face of looming present-day challenges, but in 'What We Owe the Future' (Basic Books, Aug.), philosopher and author William MacAskill advocates for longtermism, a view that suggests that looking to the health of our future civilization and shared planet is not only imperative for generations of people to come but also can positively impact the present. (Sponsored)
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Emiko Jean's Labor of Love
The author's adult fiction debut, 'Mika in Real Life,' tackles the joys and pains of motherhood.
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Jessie Burton's Move from Stage to Page
After pivoting from acting to writing, the author found success with 'The Miniaturist.' Its follow-up, 'The House of Fortune,' arrives just as she’s coming to grips with another big change: motherhood.
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Ideas Worth Fighting For: Spotlight on Robert W. Sweet
In his new book, 'Life Fighting: Why We Must Sometimes Fight and How to Do So Well,' author Robert W. Sweet sets out to answer the thorny question: Is it always wrong to use force to achieve a goal?
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Dan Fesperman Goes Abroad in a New Thriller
In 'Winter Work,' set in Berlin just after the wall comes down, change is the most frightening enemy.
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Ruth Ware Is Back with a New Murder Mystery
A woman investigates her friend’s murder in Ruth Ware’s seventh psychological crime thriller.
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Writing for Readers of All Ages: Spotlight on Emunah La-Paz
With a romance series, a memoir, and a picture book, the versatile author leverages social media to grow her fan base and interact with readers.
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Anthony Marra Takes a Walk of Fame
In his new novel, 'Mercury Pictures Presents,' the author explores Hollywood’s golden age.
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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.



