Publishing Perspectives

A Cambodian Genocide Survivor’s Long Journey into Fiction Vaddey Ratner's novel of her childhood under the Khmer Rouge, In the Shadow of the Banyan, is a moving personal journey of reconciliation readers can share. Read more »

Fact or Fiction, Is One Better at Presenting the Truth of Trauma? In nonfiction, people traumatized by events might be inclined to soften the details as a form of self-protection. Fiction may simply be safer and more tender. Read more »

Children's Publishing:

Dr. Who, Then and Now, Seen Through the Eyes of His Editor The Doctor Who books helped author Steve Cole learned to read, then he became series editor and wrote one himself. He reflects on a lifetime of time travel. Read more »

What Childhood Books Do You Still Cherish as an Adult? Books that hit us at a tender, impressionable age can stay with us forever. What are yours? Read more »

From the Archives:

Exile, Literature and the High Price of Freedom Authors exiled from Iran, Cuba, Afghanistan, Egypt, Algeria and the Congo discuss oppression, inspiration, and the cost of freedom. Read more »