Michael Chabon

After tunneling into the fantastical world that was The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Chabon revisits the sort of family bonds and friendships that grounded the fanciful elements of the stellar The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Klay. In Telegraph Avenue, two old friends struggle to keep their record store in business when a big-box retailer (owned by a former neighborhood resident) threatens to move in a couple blocks away. Now, he delves into trippy memoir technique with the semi-autobiographical Moonglow. To launch the paperback edition, he chats with author Emma Straub.