Category Archives: Michael Chabon

‘Kavalier & Clay’ is One Amazing Adventure

Literature, for me, is a spiritual thing. Not in a nut-job way, but if I take the time to read a particular work, I do hope to somehow be the better for it by the time I close the back … Continue reading

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NLR’s 2010 Top Ten Lit Picks

Since the Detroit Free Press didn’t deem necessary the inclusion of their top literary picks in today’s section, The Year in Review 2010: Arts & Entertainment, I quickly compiled a “2010 Top Ten” list (in no particular order) on behalf of … Continue reading

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From Kavalier to Clay

I recently picked up Michael Chabon’s Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, and it seems I have unleashed a beast.  Everywhere I turn, I either see something about this latest work or this … Continue reading

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