Karin Slaughter Won’t Fade to Black
The bestselling author’s unflinching crime novels dare to acknowledge the world as a dangerous place for women.
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Exquisite Corpse: PW Talks with Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay
Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay blend their artistic and storytelling skills in the erotic horror comic Somna, which has been nominated for an Eisner Award.
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For Elif Shafak, Literature Means Freedom
The novel is both a path to freedom and a form of political activism for the Booker Award finalist.
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In Defense of Comic Books: PW Talks with Jeff Trexler
The interim director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund offers an update on the challenges libraries are facing in keeping comics on the shelf.
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InterviewsSan Diego Comic-Con 2024: Strange Fan: PW Talks with Zoe Thorogood
PW talks with SDCC 2024 special guest Zoe Thorogood.
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Profiles
The Unstoppable Rhys Bowen
At age 83, the bestselling author has written 150 books, travelled the world, and even palled around with Simon and Garfunkel. And she’s just getting warmed up.
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Interviews
How Trump Mines for Shame in Appalachia: PW Talks with Arlie Russell Hochschild
In Stolen Pride (New Press, Sept.), sociologist Hochschild studies conservative politics in a Kentucky town.
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Interviews
Under the Influence: PW Talks with Caroline Woods
In Caroline Woods’s The Mesmerist (Doubleday, Sept.), three women in a Minneapolis home for unwed mothers join forces to take down a serial killer.
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Interviews
PW Close-Up: George M. Johnson on 'Flamboyants'
In Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known (Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, Sept.), George M. Johnson celebrates the legacies of Black and queer artists, activists, and writers whose full stories have remained untold. Through biographies of various historical figures, along with personal essays, poetry, and art by illustrator Charly Palmer, Johnson offers a valuable perspective on one of the most creative eras in American history. Johnson, who is also the author of All Boys Aren’t Blue, spoke with PW about why they chose to write this book now and the inspiring subjects who “give us the road map for our future.” (Sponsored)
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Profiles
Sarah Pekkanen Hears No Evil
The bestselling author is listening to your secrets—and possibly writing them into her next novel.
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Interviews
A More Colorful History: PW Talks with Mustafa Akyol
In ‘The Islamic Moses,’ journalist Mustafa Akyol traces the connections between Judaism and Islam.
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Interviews
The One Where Lucy Barton Meets Olive Kitteridge: PW Talks with Elizabeth Strout
In ‘Tell Me Everything,’ Elizabeth Strout brings together characters from her previous novels for a story centered on a Maine woman’s disappearance.
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Interviews
Out of the Comfort Zone: PW Talks with Stan Mack
Sonia Jaffe Robbins, a contributing editor at 'PW' and a former copy chief at the 'Village Voice,' interviews her old colleague Stan Mack about 'Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies,' the new collection of his classic 'Voice' comic strip of the same name.
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BookLife
Cover Redesign: ‘How to Bury Your Dog’
This month, Michelle Argyle at Melissa Williams Design reimagines the cover of ‘How to Bury Your Dog.’
