To celebrate the release of The Get Down on Netflix, three books in Nelson George’s D Hunter mystery series — The Accidental Hunter, The Plot Against Hip Hop, and The Lost Treasures of R&B — are now just 99¢ each through Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Daily Find.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Akashic author Anthony Ervin’s part in the 4×100 freestyle relay with a special dispatch from his Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian coauthor Constantine Markides.
Listen to clips from the audiobook of Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic.
Read an excerpt from All Waiting Is Long by Barbara J. Taylor, along with a short statement from the author on writing the book.
Check out author Ron Kovic’s introduction from our 2005 edition of Born on the Fourth of July.
Watch Ron Kovic — author of the best-selling classic Born on the Fourth of July as well as his new memoir Hurricane Street — speak honoring Bruce Springsteen at the 32nd annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC.
Read a piece on the upcoming Rio Olympics by Edge of Sports imprint curator and political sportswriter Dave Zirin.
To celebrate the release of Necropolis — a new crime novel by Avtar Singh — we’re pleased to feature a statement from the author on the integral role the city of Delhi plays in the book.