A shy manifesto, an impractical handbook, the true story of a fabulist, an entire life in parts and pieces: MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS is the first sustained work of personal writing from Michael Chabon.
The piece quickly became a viral sensation. With the GQ story as its centerpiece, and featuring six additional essays plus an introduction, Pops illuminates the meaning, magic, and mysteries of fatherhood as only Michael Chabon can.
... Michael. “The Parish and the Dream: Heaney in America, 1969–87”. The Southern Review 31 (Summer 1995): 726–738 ... Waldman”. Clinton Digital Library. https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/46030 (accessed October 27 ...
The Brothers Vonnegut reveals how science’s ability to influence the natural world also influenced one of our most inventive novelists. “Fascinating.” —Wall Street Journal “Convincing and enjoyable.” —New Republic “A superb, ...
Illustrated with over 40 rare archival photographs, "One and Only: The Untold Story of On the Road" reveals the hidden side of Neal and Jack, the real men behind the legends.
Discusses the lives and marriage of Edie Parker Kerouac and Jack Kerouac.
The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movement Writers and cultural icons Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are the most celebrated names of the Beat Generation, linked together not only by their shared ...
With illustrations by Jason Polan. The seven years between the birth of Etgar Keret’s son and the death of his father were good years, though still full of reasons to worry. Lev is born in the midst of a terrorist attack.
In this lively collection of sixteen critical and personal essays, the author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay champions the cause of westerns, horror, and all the stories, comics, and pulp fiction that get pushed aside when ...
This "gorgeously written" National Book Award finalist is a dazzling, heart-rending story of an oil rig worker whose closest friend goes missing, plunging him into isolation and forcing him to confront his past (NPR, One of the Best Books ...