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Michael Chabon

Chabon at a book signing in 2006.
Born May 24, 1963 (1963-05-24) (age 45)
Washington, D.C.
Pen name Leon Chaim Bach, Malachi B. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity Cohen, August Van Zorn
Occupation Novelist, screenwriter, columnist, short story writer
Nationality American
Writing period 1987-present
Notable work(s) The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000)
Notable award(s) 1999 O. Henry Award
2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2007 Nebula Award for Best Novel
Spouse(s) Ayelet Waldman
Influences
Official website

Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation," according to the The Virginia Quarterly Review. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 Novel by American author Michael Chabon that won the Pulitzer Prize The O Henry Award is the only yearly award given to short stories of exceptional merit The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author preferably dealing with American life Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Ayelet Waldman (born December 11, 1964) is a writer of Fiction and Non-fiction, born in Jerusalem, and raised in Montreal John Cheever ( May 27, 1912 &ndash June 18, 1982) was an American Novelist and Short story Writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the Gustave Flaubert (gystaːv flobɛːʁ in French ( December 12, 1821 &ndash May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6 1927 is a Colombian This page is about the novelist For his father the politician see Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. Robert Stone (born August 21, 1937) is an American Novelist. His work is typically characterized by psychological complexity political Edith Wharton ( January 24 1862 &ndash August 11 1937) was an American Novelist, Short story Writer Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created The Virginia Quarterly Review is a Literary magazine in the United States. [2] His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), was published when Chabon was 25 and catapulted him to literary celebrity. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a 1988 Novel by American Author Michael Chabon. He followed it with a second novel, Wonder Boys (1995), and two short-story collections. In 2000, Chabon published The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a critically acclaimed novel that The New York Review of Books called his magnum opus; it received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 Novel by American author Michael Chabon that won the Pulitzer Prize The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semimonthly Magazine on Literature, Culture, and current Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera) from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best the greatest The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author preferably dealing with American life The year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books His most recent novel, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, an alternate history mystery novel, was published in 2007 to enthusiastic reviews and won the Nebula Award;[3] his serialized novel Gentlemen of the Road appeared in book form in the fall of that same year. The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a multiple award-winning novel by American author Michael Chabon. Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction Gentlemen of the Road is a 2007 Serial novel by American author Michael Chabon.

His work is characterized by complex language, frequent use of metaphor, and an extensive vocabulary,[4] along with numerous recurring themes, including nostalgia,[4] divorce, abandonment, fatherhood, and issues of Jewish identity. Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, meaning "transfer" is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects The term nostalgia describes a longing for the past often in idealized form Jewish identity is the subjective state of perceiving oneself as a Jew and as relating to being Jewish [5] He often includes gay, bisexual, and Jewish characters in his work. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Bisexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of both sexes or to a bisexual orientation PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ [6][5] Since the late 1990s, Chabon has written in an increasingly diverse series of styles for varied outlets; he is a notable defender of the merits of genre fiction and plot-driven fiction, and, along with novels, he has published screenplays, children's books, comics, and newspaper serials. Genre fiction is a term for fictional works ( Novels short stories) written with the intent of fitting into a specific Literary genre Mythos (Aristotle In literature the plot comprises all the events in a story particularly rendered towards the achievement of some particular Artistic or Emotional The term " serial " refers to the intrinsic property of a series &mdash namely its order.

Contents

Biography

Early years

Michael Chabon (pronounced, in his words, "Shea as in Shea Stadium, Bon as in Bon Jovi", i. William A Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea (ʃeɪ̪ is a Stadium located in the New York City borough Bon Jovi is an American Hard rock band from Sayreville New Jersey. e. , [ˈʃeɪˌbɑn]) was born in Washington, D.C., to Robert Chabon, a physician and lawyer, and Sharon Chabon, a lawyer, and was raised Jewish. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Chabon has said he knew he wanted to be a writer when, at the age of ten, he wrote his first short story for a class assignment. Featuring Sherlock Holmes, the story received an A, and Chabon recalled, "I thought to myself, 'That's it. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 That's what I want to do. I can do this. ' And I never had any second thoughts or doubts. "[7] His parents divorced when Chabon was eleven, and he grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Columbia, Maryland. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Columbia is a Census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. Columbia, where Chabon lived nine months of the year with his mother, was "a progressive planned living community in which racial, economic, and religious diversity were actively fostered. "[4]

Chabon attended Carnegie Mellon University for a year before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984. Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a non-sectarian coeducational independent state-related, "public" research University [4] He then went to graduate school at the University of California, Irvine, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. The University of California Irvine is a public Coeducational Research university situated in Irvine, California. In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) is a Graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the Bachelor's degree Creative writing is considered to be any writing Fiction or Non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, Journalistic,

Initial literary success

Chabon's first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, was written as his UC-Irvine master's thesis. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a 1988 Novel by American Author Michael Chabon. Without telling Chabon, his professor, Donald Heiney (better known by his pen name, MacDonald Harris), sent it to a literary agent,[8] who got the author an impressive $155,000 advance on the novel (most first-time novelists receive advances ranging from $5,000 to $7,500. Donald Heiney ( September 7 1921 - July 24 1993) (ˈhaɪni was a sailor and academic as well as a prolific and inventive writer using the A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a Pseudonym adopted by an Author or their publishers to conceal their identity )[9] The Mysteries of Pittsburgh appeared in 1988 and became a bestseller, instantly catapulting Chabon to the status of literary celebrity. A bestseller is a Book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade

Chabon was ambivalent about his newfound fame. He turned down offers to appear in a Gap ad and to be featured as one of People's "50 Most Beautiful People. The Gap Incorporated ( is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco California, and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher People (full name People Weekly) is a weekly American Magazine of Celebrity and human interest stories, published "[10] (He later said, of the People offer, "I don't give a shit [about it]. . . . I only take pride in things I've actually done myself. To be praised for something like that is just weird. It just felt like somebody calling and saying, 'We want to put you in a magazine because the weather's so nice where you live. '")[6]

In 2001, Chabon reflected on the success of his first novel by saying that while "the upside was that I was published and I got a readership[, the] downside. . . . was that, emotionally, this stuff started happening and I was still like, 'Wait a minute, is my thesis done yet?' It took me a few years to catch up. "[6] In 1991, Chabon published A Model World, a collection of short stories, many of which had been published previously in The New Yorker. A Model World and Other Stories is a 1991 collection of short stories by Michael Chabon. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry

Struggles with second novel

After the success of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Chabon spent five years working on a second novel. Called Fountain City, the novel was a "highly ambitious opus. . . . about an architect building a perfect baseball park in Florida"[11] that eventually ballooned to 1,500 pages, with no end in sight. [7] The process was frustrating for Chabon, who, in his words, "never felt like I was conceptually on steady ground. "[11]

At one point, Chabon submitted a 672-page draft to his agent and editor, who disliked the work. Chabon had problems dropping the novel, though. "It was really scary," he said later. "I'd already signed a contract and been paid all this money. And then I'd gotten a divorce and half the money was already with my ex-wife. My instincts were telling me, This book is fucked. Just drop it. But I didn't, because I thought, What if I have to give the money back?"[12] "I used to go down to my office and fantasize about all the books I could write instead. "

When he finally decided to abandon Fountain City, Chabon recalls staring at his blank computer for hours, before suddenly picturing "a 'straitlaced, troubled young man with a tendency toward melodrama' trying to end it all. "[7] He began writing, and within a couple of days, had written 50 pages of what would become his second novel, Wonder Boys. Chabon drew on his experiences with Fountain City for the character of Grady Tripp, a frustrated novelist who has spent years working on an immense fourth novel. The author wrote Wonder Boys in a dizzy seven-month streak, without telling his agent or publisher he'd abandoned Fountain City. The book, published in 1995, was a commercial and critical success.

Kavalier & Clay

Among the supporters of Wonder Boys was The Washington Post critic Jonathan Yardley; however, despite declaring Chabon "the young star of American letters," Yardley argued that, in his works to that point, Chabon had been preoccupied "with fictional explorations of his own. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Jonathan Yardley (born 1939 is a book critic for the The Washington Post, and at one time for the Washington Star. . . . It is time for him to move on, to break away from the first person and explore larger worlds. "[13] Chabon later said that he took Yardley's criticism to heart, explaining, "It chimed with my own thoughts. I had bigger ambitions. "[14] In 1999 he published his second collection of short stories, Werewolves in their Youth, which included his first published foray into genre fiction,[2] the grim horror story "In the Black Mill. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Genre fiction is a term for fictional works ( Novels short stories) written with the intent of fitting into a specific Literary genre "

Shortly after completing Wonder Boys, Chabon discovered a box of comic books from his childhood; a reawakened interest in comics, coupled with memories of the "lore" his Brooklyn-born father had told him about "the middle years of the twentieth century in America. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. . . . the radio shows, politicians, movies, music, and athletes, and so forth, of that era," inspired him to begin work on a new novel. [15] In 2000, he published The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, an epic historical novel that charts sixteen years in the lives of Sammy Clay and Joe Kavalier, two Jewish cousins who create a wildly popular series of comic books in the early 1940s, the years leading up to America's entrance into World War II. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 Novel by American author Michael Chabon that won the Pulitzer Prize Historical fiction is a sub-genre of Fiction that often portrays alternate accounts or dramatization of historical figures or events World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The novel received "nearly unanimous praise" and became a New York Times Best Seller,[4] eventually winning the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The New York Times Best Seller List is widely considered to be the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author preferably dealing with American life Chabon reflected that, in writing Kavalier & Clay, "I discovered strengths I had hoped that I possessed — the ability to pull off multiple points of view, historical settings, the passage of years — but which had never been tested before. "[16]

Recent work

In 2002, Chabon published Summerland, a fantasy novel written for younger readers that received mixed reviews but sold extremely well,[17] and won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Summerland is a 2002 fantasy young adult novel by American writer Michael Chabon. The Mythopoeic Awards for literature and literary studies are given by the Mythopoeic Society to authors of outstanding works in the fields of myth fantasy and the scholarly Two years later, he published The Final Solution, a novella about an investigation led by an unknown old man, whom the reader can guess to be Sherlock Holmes, during the final years of World War II. The Final Solution is a 2004 novel by Michael Chabon. It is a detective story that in many ways pays homage to the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 His Dark Horse Comics project The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, a quarterly anthology series that was published from 2004 to 2006, purported to cull stories from an involved, fictitious sixty-year history of the Escapist character created by the protagonists of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics It was awarded the 2005 Eisner Award for Best Anthology and a pair of Harvey Awards for Best Anthology and Best New Series. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books

In late 2006, Chabon completed work on Gentlemen of the Road, a 15-part serialized novel that ran in The New York Times Magazine from January 28 to May 6, 2007. Gentlemen of the Road is a 2007 Serial novel by American author Michael Chabon. The New York Times Magazine is a supplement to the Sunday The New York Times newspaper Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The serial (which at one point had the working title "Jews with Swords") was described by Chabon as "a swashbuckling adventure story set around the year 1000. "[18] Just before Gentlemen of the Road completed its run, the author published his latest novel, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, which he had worked on since February 2002. The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a multiple award-winning novel by American author Michael Chabon. A hardboiled detective story that imagines an alternate history in which Israel collapsed in 1948 and European Jews settled in Alaska, the novel was released on May 1, 2007 to enthusiastic reviews,[19] and spent six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [20]

In May 2007, Chabon said that he was working on a young-adult novel with "some fantastic content. "[21] A month later, the author said he had put plans for the young-adult book on hold,[22] and instead had signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins, with his first book-length work of nonfiction to be published in spring 2009; the work will "discuss being a man in all its complexity — a son, a father, a husband. HarperCollins is a Publishing company owned by News Corporation. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. "[23] Chabon's second book under the contract will be a contemporary adult novel set in and around the San Francisco Bay Area, and has a tentative publication date of 2011. The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, or the Bay, is a geographically and ethnically diverse metropolitan region that surrounds the

McSweeney's published Maps and Legends, a collection of Chabon's literary essays, on May 1, 2008. McSweeney's is an American publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers, author of the books You Shall Know Our Velocity, Maps and Legends is an essay collection by American author Michael Chabon that was scheduled for official release on May 1, Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [24]

Personal life

In 1987, Chabon married the poet Lollie Groth. After the publication of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, he was mistakenly featured in a Newsweek article on up-and-coming gay writers (Pittsburgh's protagonist has liaisons with people of both sexes. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. ) The New York Times later reported that "in some ways, [Chabon] was happy" for the magazine's error, and quoted him as saying, "I feel very lucky about all of that. It really opened up a new readership to me, and a very loyal one. "[10] In a 2002 interview, Chabon added, "[I]f Mysteries of Pittsburgh is about anything in terms of human sexuality and identity, it's that people can't be put into categories all that easily. "[25] In a 2005 article, On "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh", he wrote for the New York Review of Books, Chabon remarks on the autobiographical events that helped inspire his first novel: "I had slept with one man whom I loved, and learned to love another man so much that it would never have occurred to me to want to sleep with him. "[26]

According to Chabon, the popularity of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh had adverse effects; he later explained, "I was married at the time to someone else who was also a struggling writer, and the success created a gross imbalance in our careers, which was problematic. "[6] He and Groth divorced in 1991, and he married the writer Ayelet Waldman in 1993. Ayelet Waldman (born December 11, 1964) is a writer of Fiction and Non-fiction, born in Jerusalem, and raised in Montreal They currently live together in Berkeley, California with their four children,[27] Sophie (b. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. 1994), Ezekiel "Zeke" Napoleon Waldman (b. 1997), Ida-Rose (b. June 1, 2001), and Abraham Wolf Waldman (b. March 31, 2003). Chabon has said that the "creative freeflow" he has with Waldman inspired the relationship between Sammy Clay and Rosa Saks towards the end of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,[15] and in 2007, Entertainment Weekly declared the couple "a famous — and famously in love — writing pair, like Nick and Nora Charles with word processors and not so much booze. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is a Magazine published by Time Inc Nick and Nora Charles, or Mr and Mrs Nicholas Charles (which was changed from his father's original Greek name "Charalambides" are the characters created by "[21]

In 2000, Chabon told The New York Times that he kept a strict schedule, writing from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. each day, Sunday through Thursday. [10] He tries to write 1,000 words a day. Commenting on the rigidity of his routine, Chabon said, "There have been plenty of self-destructive rebel-angel novelists over the years, but writing is about getting your work done and getting your work done every day. If you want to write novels, they take a long time, and they're big, and they have a lot of words in them. . . . [T]he best environment, at least for me, is a very stable, structured kind of life. "[6]

Interest in genre fiction

In a 2002 essay, Chabon decried the state of modern short fiction (including his own), saying that, with rare exceptions, it consisted solely of "the contemporary, quotidian, plotless, moment-of-truth revelatory story. "[28] In an apparent reaction against these "plotless [stories] sparkling with epiphanic dew," Chabon's post-2000 work has been marked by an increased interest in genre fiction and plot. Genre fiction is a term for fictional works ( Novels short stories) written with the intent of fitting into a specific Literary genre Mythos (Aristotle In literature the plot comprises all the events in a story particularly rendered towards the achievement of some particular Artistic or Emotional While The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay was, like The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys, an essentially realistic, contemporary novel (whose plot happened to revolve around comic-book superheroes), Chabon's subsequent works — such as The Final Solution, his dabbling with comic book writing, and the "swashbuckling adventure" of Gentlemen of the Road — have been almost exclusively devoted to mixing aspects of genre and literary fiction. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative [8] Chabon seeks to "annihilate" not the genres themselves, but the bias against certain genres of fiction such as fantasy, science fiction and romance. [8]

Chabon's forays into genre fiction have met with mixed critical reaction. One science fiction short story by Chabon, "The Martian Agent," was described by a reviewer as "enough to send readers back into the cold but reliable arms of The New Yorker. "[29] Another critic wrote of the same story that it was “richly plotted, action-packed,“ and that “Chabon skilfully elaborates his world and draws not just on the steampunk worlds of William Gibson, Bruce Sterling and Michael Moorcock, but on alternate histories by brilliant SF mavericks such as Avram Davidson and Howard Waldrop. Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and Speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American Science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also Avram Davidson ( April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993) was an American Jewish writer of Fantasy fiction, Science fiction, and Howard Waldrop (born September 15, 1946, in Houston Mississippi) is a Science fiction author who works primarily in Short fiction The imperial politics are craftily resonant and the story keeps us hanging on. ”[30] While The Village Voice called The Final Solution "an ingenious, fully imagined work, an expert piece of literary ventriloquism, and a mash note to the beloved boys' tales of Chabon's youth",[31] The Boston Globe wrote, "[T]he genre of the comic book is an anemic vein for novelists to mine, lest they squander their brilliance,"[32] and The New York Times added that the detective story, "a genre that is by its nature so constrained, so untransgressive, seems unlikely to appeal to the real writer. This article is about a New York newspaper For the Ottawa Hills Ohio magazine see The Village Voice of Ottawa Hills. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, "[29]

In 2005, Chabon argued against the idea that genre fiction, and entertaining fiction, shouldn't appeal to "the real writer," saying that the common perception is that "Entertainment. . . . means junk. [But] maybe the reason for the junkiness of so much of what pretends to entertain us is that we have accepted — indeed, we have helped to articulate — such a narrow, debased concept of entertainment. . . . I'd like to believe that, because I read for entertainment, and I write to entertain. Period. "[33]

One of the more positive responses to Chabon's brand of "trickster literature" appeared in Time magazine, whose Lev Grossman wrote that "This is literature in mid-transformation. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Lev Grossman (born 1969-06-26) is an American writer notably the author of the novels Codex and Warp . . . [t]he highbrow and the lowbrow, once kept chastely separate, are now hooking up, [and] you can almost see the future of literature coming. "[34] Grossman classed Chabon with a movement of authors similarly eager to blend literary and popular writing, including Jonathan Lethem (with whom Chabon is friends),[2] Margaret Atwood, and Susanna Clarke. Jonathan Allen Lethem (born February 19 1964 is an American writer Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian Writer. Susanna Clarke (born November 1, 1959) is a British author best known for her debut Novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

The Van Zorn persona

For some of his own genre work, Chabon has forged an unusual horror/fantasy fiction persona under the name of August Van Zorn. More elaborately developed than a pseudonym, August Van Zorn is purported to be a pen name for one Albert Vetch (1899 – 1963). A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) [35] In Chabon's 1995 novel Wonder Boys, narrator Grady Tripp writes that he grew up in the same hotel as Vetch, who worked as an English professor at the (nonexistent) Coxley College and wrote hundreds of pulp stories that were "in the gothic mode, after the manner of Lovecraft. Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy . . . but written in a dry, ironic, at times almost whimsical idiom. "[35] A horror-themed short story titled "In the Black Mill" was published in Playboy in June 1997 and reprinted in Chabon's 1999 story collection Werewolves in Their Youth, and was attributed to Van Zorn. Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy [36]

Chabon has created a comprehensive bibliography for Van Zorn, along with an equally fictional literary scholar devoted to his oeuvre named Leon Chaim Bach. In Fine art, a work of art (or artwork or work) is a creation such as a Song, Book, Film, Video game, [37] Bach's now-defunct website (which existed under the auspices of Chabon's) declared Van Zorn to be, "without question, the greatest unknown horror writer of the twentieth century," and mentioned that Bach had once edited a collection of short stories by Van Zorn titled The Abominations of Plunkettsburg. [38] (The name "Leon Chaim Bach" is an anagram of "Michael Chabon," as is "Malachi B. An anagram ( Greek anagramma 'letters written anew' passive participle of ana- 'again' + gramma 'letter' is a type of Word play Cohen," the name of a fictional comics expert who wrote occasional essays about the Escapist for the character's Dark Horse Comic series. ) In 2004, Chabon established the August Van Zorn Prize, "awarded to the short story that most faithfully and disturbingly embodies the tradition of the weird short story as practiced by Edgar Allan Poe and his literary descendants, among them August Van Zorn. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, "[2] The first recipient of the prize was Jason Roberts, whose winning story, "7C", was then included in McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories, edited by Chabon. Jason Roberts is an American Writer of Fiction and Nonfiction. [37]

The Chabon universe

Chabon has provided several subtle hints throughout his work that the stories he tells take place in a shared fictional universe. One recurring character, who is mentioned in three of Chabon's books but never actually appears, is Eli Drinkwater, a fictional catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates who died abruptly after crashing his car on Mt. Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nebo Road. [39] The most detailed exposition of Drinkwater's life appears in Chabon's 1990 short story "Smoke," which is set at Drinkwater's funeral, and refers to him as "a scholarly catcher, a redoubtable batsman, and a kind, affectionate person. "[39] Drinkwater was again referred to (though not by name) in Chabon's 1995 novel Wonder Boys, in which narrator Grady Tripp explains that his sportswriter friend Happy Blackmore was hired "to ghost the autobiography of a catcher, a rising star who played for Pittsburgh and hit the sort of home runs that linger in the memory for years. "[40] Tripp explains that Blackmore turned in an inadequate draft, his book contract was cancelled, and the catcher died shortly afterwards, "leaving nothing in Happy's notorious 'files' but the fragments and scribblings of a ghost. "[40] In Chabon's children's book Summerland (2002), it is suggested that Blackmore was eventually able to find a publisher for the biography; the character Jennifer T. mentions that she has read a book called Eli Drinkwater: A Life in Baseball, written by Happy Blackmore. [41]

There are also instances in which character surnames reappear from story to story. Cleveland Arning, a character in Chabon's 1988 debut novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, is described as having come from a wealthy family,[42] one that might be expected to be able to endow a building. A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested Near the end of Wonder Boys (1995), it is mentioned that, on the unnamed college campus at which Grady Tripp teaches, there is a building called Arning Hall "where the English faculty kept office hours. "[43] Similarly, in Chabon’s 1989 short story "A Model World," a character named Levine discovers, or rather plagiarizes, a formula for "nephokinesis" (or cloud control) that wins him respect and prominence in the meteorological field. Meteorology (from Greek grc μετέωρος metéōros, "high in the sky" and grc -λογία -logia) is the Interdisciplinary [44] In The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000), a passing reference is made to the "massive Levine School of Applied Meteorology," ostensibly a building owned by New York University. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. [45]

Experiences with Hollywood

Although Michael Chabon has described his attitude toward Hollywood as "pre-emptive cynicism,"[9] for years the author has nevertheless engaged in sustained, and often fruitless, efforts to bring both adapted and original projects to the screen. In 1994, Chabon pitched a screenplay entitled The Gentleman Host to producer Scott Rudin, a romantic comedy "about old Jewish folks on a third-rate cruise ship out of Miami. Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an Academy Award -winning American Film producer and a Tony Award -winning "[12] Rudin bought the project and developed it with Chabon, but it was never filmed, partly due to the release of the similarly-themed film Out to Sea in 1997. Out to Sea is a 1997 Romantic comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon In the nineties, Chabon also pitched story ideas for both the X-Men[46] and The Fantastic Four[47] movies, but was rejected. The X-Men is a team of fictional Superhero characters in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Fantastic Four is a fictional Superhero team appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.

When Scott Rudin was adapting Wonder Boys for the screen, the author declined an offer to write the screenplay, saying he was too busy writing The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. [9] (Directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys was released in 2000 to critical acclaim. Curtis Lee Hanson (born March 24 1945) is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American Actor and producer, primarily in Movies and Television ) Having bought the film rights to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Rudin then asked Chabon to work on that film's screenplay. Although Chabon spent sixteen months from 2001–2002 working on the novel's film adaptation, the project has been mired in pre-production for years.

Chabon's work, however, remains popular in Hollywood, with Rudin purchasing the film rights to The Yiddish Policemen's Union in 2002, five years before the book would be published. The same year, Miramax bought the rights to Summerland and Tales of Mystery and Imagination (a planned collection of eight genre short stories that Chabon has not yet written), each of which was optioned for a sum in the mid-six figures. [48] Chabon also wrote a draft for 2004's Spider-Man 2, about a third of which was used in the final film. Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American Superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Alvin Sargent and developed by Alfred Around the time of the film's release, Chabon wrote that "People seem to want to know which parts of the final film, if any, represent my contribution. I always say, 'The ones you liked the best. ' That is, of course, a non-answer. As is this. "[49] Soon after Spider-Man 2 was released, director Sam Raimi mentioned that he hoped to hire Chabon to work on the film's sequel, "if I can get him,"[50] though Chabon would end up not working on Spider-Man 3. Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American Film director, producer, Actor and For the video game based on the film see Spider-Man 3 (video game.

In October 2004, it was announced that Chabon was at work writing Disney's Snow and the Seven, a live-action martial arts retelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to be directed by master Hong Kong fight choreographer and director Yuen Wo Ping. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the eponymous German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Yuen Woo Ping ( born 1945 in Guangzhou, China) is a Chinese martial arts choreographer and Film director, renowned [51] In August 2006, Chabon said that he had been replaced on Snow, sarcastically explaining that the producers wanted to go in "more of a fun direction. "[52]

Although Chabon is uninvolved with the project, director Rawson Marshall Thurber shot a film adaptation of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh in fall 2006. Rawson Marshall Thurber is a writer and director of comedy films and commercials The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a film adaptation of Michael Chabon 's best-selling novel of the same name, which was published in 1988. [53] The film, which stars Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard, will be released in 2008. Sienna Rose Miller (born December 28, 1981) is an American -born English Actress, Model, Socialite, and part-time Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7 1971 is a Golden Globe Award -nominated American film and stage Actor. In February 2008, Scott Rudin reported that a film adaptation of The Yiddish Policemen's Union was in pre-production, to be written and directed by the Coen Brothers. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers [54][55]

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Essays

Footnotes

  1. ^ Chabon, Michael (July 2006). It Changed My Life. www. michaelchabon. com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-20. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Retrieved on 2007-07-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
  2. ^ a b c d Henderson, Eleanor. "From Pittsburgh to Sitka: On Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union" (book review), The Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 2007. The Virginia Quarterly Review is a Literary magazine in the United States. Retrieved on 2007-07-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason.
  3. ^ "Nebula Awards Winners," Locus Online, April 26, 2008
  4. ^ a b c d e "Chabon, Michael: INTRODUCTION". Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jeffrey W. Hunter. Vol. 149. Thomson Gale, 2002. eNotes. com. 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
  5. ^ a b Leonard, John. “Meshuga Alaska”, The New York Review of Books, 2007-06-14. The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semimonthly Magazine on Literature, Culture, and current Retrieved on 2007-07-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
  6. ^ a b c d e Binelli, Mark; Brian Duffy. "The Amazing Story of the Comic-Book Nerd who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction" (reprint), Rolling Stone, 2001-09-27. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Retrieved on 2007-03-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a  
  7. ^ a b c Cahill, Bryon. "Michael Chabon: a writer with many faces," Writing, Apr/May 2005.
  8. ^ a b c Spanberg, Erik. "Able to leap over literary barriers in a single book: Chabon ranges from Kabbalah to Captain Nemo", The Christian Science Monitor, 2004-11-30. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Retrieved on 2007-01-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.  
  9. ^ a b c Gottlieb, Jeff. "Trip Along Write Path: Author struggles for Hollywood ending" (reprint), The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2002-07-16. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Retrieved on 2007-01-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca  
  10. ^ a b c Buzbee, Lewis. "Michael Chabon: Comics Came First", The New York Times, 2000-09-24. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Retrieved on 2007-01-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.  
  11. ^ a b Tobias, Scott. "An Interview with Michael Chabon", The Onion, 2000-11-22. For the vegetable see Onion. The Onion is an American " fake news " organization 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor  
  12. ^ a b Giles, Jeff. "He's a real boy wonder" (fee required), Newsweek, 1995-04-10. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Retrieved on 2007-03-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a  
  13. ^ Yardley, Jonathan. Jonathan Yardley (born 1939 is a book critic for the The Washington Post, and at one time for the Washington Star. "The Paper Chase" (reprint), The Washington Post, 1995-03-19. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Retrieved on 2007-07-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason.
  14. ^ Weich, Dave. "Michael Chabon's Amazing Adventures", Powells. com, 2000. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat  
  15. ^ a b Buchwald, Laura. "A Conversation with Michael Chabon", Boldtype, RandomHouse. com, 2000. Retrieved on 2007-07-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason.
  16. ^ "Interview with Michael Chabon", FailBetter. com, Fall/Winter 2000. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat
  17. ^ Timberg, Scott (Los Angeles Times). "Asking what if ...", in The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon), May 6, 2007. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved July 29, 2007. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  18. ^ Lengel, Kerry. "Author mines Jewish history", The Arizona Republic, 2006-10-04. The Arizona Republic is a daily newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor  
  19. ^ "The Yiddish Policemen's Union", Metacritic. Retrieved on 2007-05-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen
  20. ^ "Hardcover Fiction", The New York Times, 2007-07-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Retrieved on 2007-07-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final
  21. ^ a b Kirschling, Gregory. "The New Adventures of Michael Chabon", Entertainment Weekly, 2007-05-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Retrieved on 2007-05-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen  
  22. ^ "More Details on Non-fiction Book". The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay (2007-06-05). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Retrieved on 2007-07-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
  23. ^ Chabon Signs Again with HC - 6/1/2007 - Publishers Weekly
  24. ^ Amazon.com listing. Retrieved on 2008-03-11. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty
  25. ^ Bugg, Sean. "Blurring the Lines: Interview with Michael Chabon", Metro Weekly, 2002-03-14. Metro Weekly is a free weekly Magazine -style publication for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ( LGBT See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Retrieved on 2007-03-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a  
  26. ^ See Chabon, Michael (June 9, 2005) On "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. " New York Review of Books Vol 52, No 10; p. 43. The part of the article in question is quoted in the Tin Man blog.
  27. ^ Ybarra, Michael J. . "Taking on the Law: Ayelet Waldman lashes out at drug sentencing in her new novel", Los Angeles Times, 2003-10-05. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Retrieved on 2007-01-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome.  
  28. ^ Chabon, Michael. “The Editor’s Notebook: A Confidential Chat with the Editor. ” McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales. Ed. Michael Chabon. New York: Vintage, 2002.
  29. ^ a b Friedell, Deborah. "'The Final Solution': Bird of the Baskervilles" (book review), The New York Times, 2004-11-14. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor  
  30. ^ Quinn, Paul. "On the trail of a genre high" (book review, reprint), The Times Literary Supplement, 2003-10-19. The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS, on the front page from 1969 is a weekly literary review published in London by News International Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy.  
  31. ^ Conn, Andrew Lewis. "What Up, Holmes? Michael Chabon and the world's most famous detective" (book review), The Village Voice, 2004-11-09. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Retrieved on 2007-03-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a  
  32. ^ Jensen, Kurt. "Chabon's wartime 'Solution' is murder most bland" (book review), The Boston Globe, 2004-12-26. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor  
  33. ^ Chabon, Michael. "Introduction. " The Best American Short Stories 2005. Ed. Michael Chabon. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.
  34. ^ Grossman, Lev. Lev Grossman (born 1969-06-26) is an American writer notably the author of the novels Codex and Warp "Pop Goes the Literature", Time, 2004-12-17. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Retrieved on 2007-03-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a  
  35. ^ a b Chabon (1995). p. 3.
  36. ^ Gorra, Michael. "Endangered Species", The New York Times, 1999-01-31. Retrieved on 2007-07-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat
  37. ^ a b "The August Van Zorn Prize for the Weird Short Story", McSweeney's Internet Tendency. McSweeney's is an American publishing house founded by editor Dave Eggers, author of the books You Shall Know Our Velocity, Retrieved on 2007-07-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason.
  38. ^ About Abominations. www. michaelchabon. com. Archived from the original on 2003-02-05. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Retrieved on 2007-07-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason.
  39. ^ a b Chabon (1991). p. 91-103.
  40. ^ a b Chabon (1995). p. 296.
  41. ^ Chabon, Michael (2002). Summerland. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 0-7868-1615-5.   p. 397.
  42. ^ Chabon, Michael (1988). The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. New York: William Morrow and Company. ISBN 0-688-07632-7.   p. 114.
  43. ^ Chabon (1995). p. 325.
  44. ^ Chabon (1991). p. 72-73.
  45. ^ Chabon, Michael (2000). The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. New York: Picador USA. ISBN 0-312-28299-0.   p. 228.
  46. ^ Chabon, Michael (March 2005). An Account of a Brief Bout of Mutant Madness. www. michaelchabon. com. Archived from the original on 2005-04-04. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Retrieved on 2007-03-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a
  47. ^ Chabon, Michael (July 2005). Maybe Not So Much with the Fantastic. www. michaelchabon. com. Archived from the original on 2006-02-06. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Retrieved on 2007-03-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a
  48. ^ Fleming, Michael. "Pollack shapes Chabon's 'Clay': Author also ready to wag 'Tales' tomes, Variety, 2002-03-26. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Retrieved on 2007-11-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi
  49. ^ Kavalier Movie Pretty Much Moribund Right Now. The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay (2004-07-17). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor
  50. ^ Glover, Kelly (2004-10-10). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Raimi Spills About 'Spider 3'. Zap2It. com Movie News. Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor
  51. ^ Kit, Borys. "Disney, Chabon retelling 'Snow'", The Hollywood Reporter, 2004-10-29. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor  
  52. ^ "Jews with Swords" Are Coming. The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay. Retrieved on 2007-01-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor
  53. ^ Vancheri, Barbara. "Film Notes: 'Mysteries of Pittsburgh' will film here next month", The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2006-08-11. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Retrieved on 2006-10-06. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus  
  54. ^ Purcell, Andrew. "Scott Rudin is on a roll", The Guardian, 2008-02-08. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead
  55. ^ Fleming, Michael. "Coens speak 'Yiddish' for Columbia: Rudin producing adaptation of Chabon's 'Union'", Variety, 2008-02-11. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman Retrieved on 2008-02-12. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the

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NAME Chabon, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cohen, Malachi B. (Pseudonym), Van Zorn, August (Pseudonym)
SHORT DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963-05-24
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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