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This Is What Happens When You Mess With Michael Chabon

On February 15, 2012 By Jason Diamond

Michael Chabon In Hollywood

On February 14, 2012 By Jason Diamond

Afternoon Bites: Hanksy Speaks! Chabon on comics! Straub on Walhberg! and more.

On February 9, 2012 By Tobias Carroll

Bites: Kim Kardashian vs. the Countess of Grantham, 2012 books, Tin House picks,The Men, and more

On December 28, 2011 By Jason Diamond

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Morning Bites: Banjamin Hale goes Greek, Chabon for the kids, Rookie, Jill Abramson, and more

On September 6, 2011 By Jason Diamond

The new issue of Paris Review is out. Appearances by Lydia Davis, Dennis Cooper, Geoff Dyer, and more.
Benjamin Hale contributes an essay over at Fortnight Journal. While we were busy cooking hot dogs and celebrating not having to labor, everybody wrote about Tavi Gevinson’s new site Rookie. We’re excited about it also, so we figured if for some reason you missed out on hearing about it, we just hooked you up. Today Jill Abramson begins as executive editor at the New York Times. Michael Chabon talks to the Chicago Tribune about his [...]
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Morning Bites: Tom Robbins at CUNY, Chabon Sells to HBO, Gov. Haley’s Memoir and More

On March 8, 2011 By Jason Diamond

Back to school: Tom Robbins goes to CUNY.
Michael Chabon sold a show to HBO. Hobgoblin will be about “a motley group of conmen and magicians who use their skills at deception to battle Hitler and his forces during WWII.” Robert Birnbaum talks with author Gretel Ehrlic. In honor of International Women’s Day, the BBC takes a look at feminist icon, writer and theorist, Rosa Luxemburg. Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina is working on a memoir. Etta James gets to watch her family fight over [...]
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I Bet Michael Chabon is a Pretty Sweet Dad

On February 27, 2010 By Jason Diamond

I’m probably never going to read Manhood for Amateurs (sorry), but every time I read something Michael Chabon writes something about dads, being a dad, etc. I think to myself that he probably makes a pretty sweet parent.
In comparing himself to his father-in-law, I think he admits that he smoked or smokes weed:
“I didn’t play golf, and he had never smoked marijuana.”
He married a woman who had “a rich history of weird sex, weird jobs and weird scenes”. Michael Chabon seems to have no boundaries. Michael Chabon is not ashamed to show pictures from his dork [...]
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Bites: Belle de Jour is Our New Favorite Hooker, Chabon in Boston, Literary Sausage, Coolio Cooks, Xiu Xiu, and More

On November 27, 2009 By Jason Diamond

Michael Chabon interviewed over at The Boston Globe.

Lit.
Move outta the way hooker with a heart of gold, Belle de Jour is the “new Pretty Woman” says The Rumpus. (Book Deal, TV series, etc.) At The Millions, they discuss “literary sausage parties“. Jack and Jill in French. Oprah can’t take publishing with her.
Black Friday ideas.
Be one of the masses. You can “curl up” with these books says The Huffington Post. Coolio [...]
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