For Miranda July, Writing Is a True Calling
In her new novel, All Fours, the multidisciplinary artist grapples with aging as it relates to desire, gender, and marriage.
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We Have to Say No: PW Talks with Kellie Carter Jackson
In We Refuse, Carter Jackson explores political strategies Black people have used to resist white supremacy.
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The Belly of the Beast: PW Talks with Alejandro Nodarse
In Nodarse’s debut, Blood in the Cut, ex-con Iggy Guerra struggles to save his family butcher shop in Miami’s Little Havana.
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Rufi Thorpe Goes to the Mat
The author’s latest novel, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, draws inspiration from OnlyFans, Wonder Woman, and World Wrestling Entertainment.
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The Other Global Pandemic: PW Talks with Layal Liverpool
In Systemic, Berlin-based journalist Liverpool surveys how racism harms the health of people of color across the world.
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Porochista Khakpour’s Reality Check
In the author’s latest novel, a wealthy Iranian American family clamors to get a reality show.
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ProfilesAndrew O’Hagan Weaponizes Fiction
For the Scottish novelist and journalist, the novel is a way to fight political misinformation, conspiracy theories, and outright lies.
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Interviews
Fake People, Real Obligations: PW Talks with Melissa B. Jacoby
In Unjust Debts (New Press, June), Jacoby explains how the powerful use bankruptcy to evade accountability.
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Field Study: PW Talks with David Lapp
Lapp’s graphic memoir 'The Field' (Conundrum, May) looks back on a 1970s summer with bittersweet nostalgia.
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Beyond the Book: Carina Maggar's 'Countless Sleepless Nights'
Copywriter and graphic designer Carina Maggar, whose second book, Countless Sleepless Nights: A Collection of Coming-Out Stories (Laurence King Publishing), releases in March, spoke with PW about the endless nature of her own coming-out, why it was paramount that her book include stories from people from around the globe, and the importance of her subjects’ anonymity. (Sponsored)
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This Must Be the Place: PW Talks with Daniel Saldaña París
For the essays in 'Planes Flying over a Monster' (Catapult, Aug.), Daniel Saldaña París travels from Montreal to Mexico City to explore how place shapes the self.
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Communication Breakdown: PW Talks with John Vercher
In Vercher’s 'Devil Is Fine' (Celadon. June), a Black writer examines his complex relationship with his late son while struggling to publish his second novel on his own terms.
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Matt Cain Is Breaking the Mold
British journalist Matt Cain returns with a comedy in the vein of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' about a gay divorcé’s late-in-life drag makeover.
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First Lines
This month, we’ve got sleep disturbance, grappling with grief, and more.
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Profiles
A Place Where You Want to Be: PW Talks with Emet North
‘In Universes,’ Emet North’s debut novel, explores queer love and the multiverse.
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The Belly of the Beast: PW Talks with Alejandro Nodarse
In Nodarse’s debut, 'Blood in the Cut' (Flatiron, June), ex-con Iggy Guerra struggles to save his family butcher shop in Miami’s Little Havana.
