Alexander McCall Smith, King of Kindness
As the freshly knighted author prepares to publish his 25th No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel, he finds his readers more eager for softness than ever before.
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The Past Is Never Dead: PW Talks with Brandon Shimoda
In The Afterlife Is Letting Go (City Lights, Dec.), poet Brandon Shimoda reflects on attempts to memorialize the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
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Jeff VanderMeer Journeys into the Unknown
Jeff VanderMeer has no problem embracing the inscrutable and uncanny; it’s what fuels his fiction.
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Writers to Watch: 10 Promising Fiction Debuts, Fall 2024
With stories set in Bosnia, El Salvador, Iran, and Scotland, this fall’s notable fiction debuts have a distinctly international flavor. There’s also a New Orleans ghost story and a behind-the-scenes dive into the NFL.
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InterviewsThe Past Is Never Dead: PW Talks with Brandon Shimoda
In 'The Afterlife Is Letting Go' (City Lights, Dec.), poet Brandon Shimoda reflects on attempts to memorialize the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
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Profiles
Jeff VanderMeer Journeys into the Unknown
Jeff VanderMeer has no problem embracing the inscrutable and uncanny; it’s what fuels his fiction.
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Profiles
Jim Wilson on the Most Gratifying Reward
In Jim Wilson’s memoir, 'Tuned In: Memoirs of a Piano Man,' he writes about his career as a piano technician and his pathway to becoming a professional pianist. Wilson spoke to BookLife about the intersection of writing and playing music, his encounters with music legends, and his relentless pursuit of a dream.
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Interviews
Fall Regionals 2024: Forging Connections in California: PW Talks with CALIBA Executive Director Hannah Walcher
After being announced as the California Booksellers Alliance’s new executive director in February, Hannah Walcher, former director of Books Inc.’s nonprofit Reading Bridge book fair program, officially started work in June. She takes over from former co-EDs Kristin Rasmussen and Ann Seaton. Walcher spoke with PW about her bookselling journey, CALIBA’s top priorities, and her excitement for the upcoming Fall Fest in Pasadena.
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Interviews
A Bible Study with a Monster Twist: PW Talks with Manny Arango
A Dallas preacher sees the wreckage of chaos—the dragons of anxiety, deceit, selfishness and worse—in scripture and the promise of a savior.
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Profiles
Alexander McCall Smith, King of Kindness
As the freshly knighted author prepares to publish his 25th No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency novel, he finds his readers more eager for softness than ever before.
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Interviews
The Trail Less Traveled: PW Talks with Ted Alvarez
The author of ‘Hiking Hidden Gems in America’s National Parks’ discusses the complicated allure of Instagrammable landscapes.
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Interviews
The Art of Grieving: PW Talks with Sarah Leavitt
Leavitt channels her grief over her partner’s medically assisted suicide into diary comics in 'Something, Not Nothing' (Arsenal Pulp, Sept.).
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Hundreds of Open Tabs and a Lot of Imagination: PW Talks with Andreas Malm and Wim Carton
In 'Overshoot' (Verso, Oct.), climate scholars Andreas Malm and Wim Carton debunk easy technical fixes and propose a forceful economic vision for how to stop global warming.
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Space Race!
Lauren Sánchez is reaching for the stars with her debut educational children’s picture book, 'The Fly Who Flew to Space.' (Sponsored)
