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Monday on the NewsHour: Michael Chabon

Posted by Arts Desk , October 26, 2009

Michael Chabon has given us a wide range of male characters in his fiction, including young students and middle age academics in "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" and "Wonder Boys," a hardened private detective in "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" and two World War II-era comic book creators in the Pulitzer-prize winning "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay."

Chabon's newest male character is himself in his first work of non-fiction, "Manhood for Amateurs," a collection of essays. Monday on the NewsHour, Jeffrey Brown talked to Chabon about what he calls "the pleasures and regrets of a father, husband and son."

You can watch Chabon reading an excerpt from "Manhood for Amateurs" below:

Comments

Posted:
10/26/09 at
08:00 PM

Jake : Cannot find link "below" for Chabon's reading???
Posted:
10/26/09 at
08:04 PM

gene duenas : Liked this guy immediately.hope to read his book and maybe pick him up as a "have to read everything he's written" guy
Posted:
10/26/09 at
08:06 PM

Carmen Cross : INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, one can be a GOOD DAD simply by being with his child. The fact that he took time to be with the child, seems to qualify. Mom has to don a wonderwoman outfit... unfortunately. Has times changed?
Posted:
10/26/09 at
08:13 PM

Vane Lashua : Jeffrey Brown, more amateurs! Wonderful interview.
Posted:
10/26/09 at
10:02 PM

Daniel Nordeen : Looking for the link?? I love the interview and being a single dad of an autistic son with a crazy/depressed ex-mom. I can relate. Guess I need to write my own book of how to Survival Guide for Single Dads! I should write one to enlighten the estrogen based genre about the fact that old fashioned men do have important contributions to society where women fail and show manhood and masculine power is required for this time in society. Women are optional.
Posted:
10/27/09 at
12:38 AM

StephanieM : Thank you, Jeffrey Brown! Michael Chabon: Your writing makes me swoon; your comments here really spoke to my husband; and, crusty face notwithstanding, I'm guessing you are a really good dad.
Posted:
10/27/09 at
08:40 AM

Ing : After watching the movie "Wonder Boys" I devoured everything I could find by Mr. Chabon. I celebrate the release of his new books and reread the others in between.

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