In A People's History of Sports in the United States, sportswriter Dave Zirin offers a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts politics in the ring with pop culture. Booklist calls it a "thought-provoking, contrarian take on American sport." In this INK Q&A, Zirin describes his literary pilgrimage to Powells, explains why writers are better liars than other people (maybe), and more! ]]>

The New York Times-bestselling author of Reading Like a Writer returns with Goldengrove, an emotionally powerful novel about love and loss filled with echoes of the classics Vertigo and Pygmalion. In this Ink Q&A, Francine Prose shares the most interesting letter she's gotten from a reader, the best book she's ever read, and more!]]>

A masterpiece of narrative history that vividly brings to life the original crime of the century, American Lightning shows the lasting impact the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times offices had on three remarkable individuals and, through them, the country itself. In this INK Q&A, Blum shares the excitement of writing for the Village Voice in the '70s, five books he's given to girlfriends, and more!]]>

David Boling's debut novel Guernica is an extraordinary epic of love, family, and war set in the Basque town of Guernica before, during, and after its destruction by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War. In this INK Q&A, Boling reveals the strangest jobs he's ever had, shares the question that compels him to write, and more!]]>

Paul Auster's Man in the Dark is the story of 72-year-old August Brill, who is recovering from a car accident in his daughter's house in Vermont. In this INK Q&A, Auster tells us about his literary pilgrimages, how he relaxes, and more!]]>

An astonishingly wise, ambitious, and riveting first novel set in the American community in Cuba during the years leading to Castro's revolution, Telex from Cuba is a masterful debut that will put Rachel Kushner on the map of American fiction. In this INK Q&A, Kushner shares the joys of a paper route, reveals her strangest interaction with a reader, and more!]]>

Angel's Tip is a harrowing stand-alone thriller from former Portland deputy D.A. Alafair Burke, author of the bestselling Samantha Kincaid series. In this INK Q&A, Burke shares which fictional action hero she'd like to date, the origin of her name, and more!]]>

Eminent pollster John Zogby offers The Way We'll Be, an illuminating, fact-filled look at the changing nature of the American Dream and how this is influencing everything — from the politicians people vote for to the goods and services they buy. In this INK Q&A, Zogby shares the favorite breakfast he can't eat anymore, what his favorite historical figures have in common with Larry the Cable Guy, and more!]]>

Elizabeth Peters, author of the bestselling Amelia Peabody novels, returns with The Laughter of Dead Kings, the long-awaited final installment in her beloved contemporary series featuring art historian Vicky Bliss — back for the first time in more than a decade! In this INK Q&A, Peters shares memorable experiences with readers, why one of her novels couldn't be published in Britain, and more!]]>

Michael Meyer's The Last Days of Old Beijing is a fascinating, intimate portrait of Beijing as pictured through the lens of its oldest neighborhood, facing destruction as the city, and China, relentlessly modernizes. In this INK Q&A, Meyer offers five great books about cities, shares his vision of the afterlife, and more!]]>

In Brunonia Barry's debut gothic thriller The Lace Reader, a young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune-tellers returns to her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, for rest and relaxation. Any tranquility in her life is short-lived, however, when her aunt drowns under mysterious circumstances. In this INK Q&A, Barry shares her favorite places to swim, her delicious cold swordfish breakfast, and more!]]>

The new novel from the author of The Danish Girl and Pasadena, The 19th Wife is a spellbinding work of literary suspense, set against the history of the Mormon Church, that combines historical fiction with a modern-day mystery. "Great fun to read with its enticing characters, swift dialogue, and neatly structured plot," praises Booklist (starred review). ]]>

From the author of Empress comes Alexander and Alestria, an ambitious, richly layered tale of Alexander the Great, which entwines his historical legacy with a fantastic love affair set in a wartime between Western and Eastern civilizations. In this INK Q&A, author Shan Sa discusses the relaxation of talking to trees, her idea of absolute happiness, and more!]]>

In Farewell Navigator, her dazzling premier collection of short stories, Leni Zumas shines a bright light into the far corners of a dark, dreamlike America populated by a cast of characters on the brink of survival. In this INK Q&A, Zumas shares her forbidden love for Ponyboy, what she has in common with Barack Obama, and more.]]>

A brilliantly colorful memoir of becoming a monk, "Turtle Feet" details young music prodigy Nikolai Grozni's spiritual — and not-so-spiritual — journey in India. In this INK Q&A, Grozni shares the strangest job he's ever had, his idea of absolute happiness, and more.]]>