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There are challenges inherent in the writing of any book, but drafting one like Topics of Conversation presents a particularly unique variety mostly because there s really nothing quite like Topics of Conversation. Miranda Popkey s debut novel is composed of a series of nine conversations that an unnamed narrator has with other women throughout her life. Through snippets about art, feminism, relationships, and more, the reader gleans intimate knowledge of the women in its pages. Here, Popkey takes EW s author quiz to give us our own intimate knowledge of her work. whats-in-a-page ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing? ....
When Rufi Thorpe released her third book last spring, she captured the nostalgic grunge of youth better than almost anybody. In The Knockout Queen, Michael and Bunny are next-door neighbors in Southern California: Michael is poor and gay, while Bunny is sporty, blond, and rich. They bond over many shared interests, but mostly over a feeling of not quite belonging in their ritzy community. Now Thorpe s coming-of-age tale is out in paperback, and the author joins EW to reminisce about her literary memories from her earliest writing days to the decisions she made while crafting The Knockout Queen. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing? ....
Naima Coster s debut novel, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction, and this week her sophomore work arrives to high praise and anticipation. What s Mine and Yours is sweeping in its narrative scope, using the integration of a high school in North Carolina to introduce Gee and Noelle, two students on opposite sides of the process. It follows the kids and their mothers across years and locales, from the Southeast to Los Angeles and Paris. Here, Coster tells EW her secrets to literary success. whats-in-a-page ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What is the first thing ever that you remember writing? ....
Image zoom Credit: Random House (2) Thanks to her latest novel, Jennifer Ryan knows more than you could imagine about wartime cooking. The author, who originally hails from Kent and London, crafted a story about a cooking contest, run by the BBC s wartime cooking program, built entirely around food rations. The winner will become the first-ever female cohost of the TV program The Kitchen Front, so four women decide to enter the cured-meat-heavy fray. Here, Ryan answers EW s burning book questions to tell us about the inspiration behind the novel and, of course, all of the delicious (and inventive) meals that went into her writing. ....
A fourth-grade report called Cats Galore! I still have fond feelings toward the word galore. Everything makes me cry these days. My No Prep Slow Cooker cookbook made me cry yesterday. Which book is at the top of your current To-Read list? I am about to re-read Herve Guibert s To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life, which I adore, in order to write an introduction for it. Where do you write? Which book made you a forever reader? No single book. I think you either are a forever reader or you re not. What is a snack you couldn t write without? ....