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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, 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.).
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Islam, Real and Imagined: PW Talks with John Tolan
In ‘Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present’ (Princeton Univ., May), the historian chronicles the religion’s 1,400-year evolution through profiles of figures who showcase its diversity.
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Forging a Legacy: PW Talks with Krishan Trotman
Trotman, who founded the Hachette Book Group imprint Legacy Lit in October 2020 with a mission to center marginalized voices, discusses the imprint’s inclusive aims, community connections, and plans to jump-start a fiction list.
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