Posts tagged Michael Chabon

Used Record Store Setting for Chabon's New Novel

Chabon’s been blogging over at The Atlantic for the past week and in a recent post he revealed this little tid-bit.  Apparently he’s also addicted to hip-hop.

Chabon talks to the Atlantic about the wreckage of Fountain City. A few chapters, along with extensive annotations, have been published in the most recent McSweeney’s.  Haven’t had a chance to check it out yet.

Chabon talks to the Atlantic about the wreckage of Fountain City.

A few chapters, along with extensive annotations, have been published in the most recent McSweeney’s.  Haven’t had a chance to check it out yet.

The Cloud Factory, mourned too soon

I somehow missed this article when it first appeared back in January.  Brian O’Neill reacts to the Cloud Factory’s change from coal to natural gas only to later realize that not all that much has changed… or has it?

The whole thing is brilliant.

Mapping The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

There’s a great user generated map on Google that marks all the spots mentioned in The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Click on the map below to check it out.

slaughterhouse90210: “In the immemorial style of young men under pressure, they decided to lie down for a while and waste time.” — Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

slaughterhouse90210:

“In the immemorial style of young men under pressure, they decided to lie down for a while and waste time.”
— Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

slaughterhouse90210

Secret Skin: An Essay in Unitard Theory

By Michael Chabon

I guess you could say Chabon is a comic book and super-hero enthusiast. See: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay The Escapist Spider-man 2

I guess you could say Chabon is a comic book and super-hero enthusiast.

See:

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

The Escapist

Spider-man 2

Michael Chabon appeared on the Simpsons in season 18 episode 6, “Moe ‘n’ A Lisa,” alongside Jonathan Franzen, Tom Wolfe, and Gore Vidal. In the episode Chabon tells Franzen he fights like Ann Rice.  Classic Chabon.

Michael Chabon appeared on the Simpsons in season 18 episode 6, “Moe ‘n’ A Lisa,” alongside Jonathan Franzen, Tom Wolfe, and Gore Vidal.

In the episode Chabon tells Franzen he fights like Ann Rice.  Classic Chabon.

Michael Chabon Week

This week I’ll be posting a lot Michael Chabon related content in addition to the usual.  It’s a bit of a premature homage in anticipation of his upcoming collection of essays, “Manhood for Amateurs,” which comes out this October.

Michael Chabon completed his undergraduate studies in English at Pitt in the early 80’s.  It was this time in Pittsburgh that inspired his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which became a best-seller.  Chabon went on to become one of the most prolific writers of our time, writing such works as Wonder Boys, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.