tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post912950244515094373..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Michael Chabon and MeCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-48319185011724546282009-03-27T19:30:00.000-04:002009-03-27T19:30:00.000-04:00A lovely and loving entry, Jeffrey.A lovely and loving entry, Jeffrey.dtklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754509776199786016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-48575743640175517162009-03-25T19:44:00.000-04:002009-03-25T19:44:00.000-04:00Readers of this post may also enjoy this piece by ...Readers of this post may also enjoy <A HREF="http://gwenglish.blogspot.com/2009/03/michael-chabon-reading-recap.html" REL="nofollow">this piece by a GW student</A>.<BR/><BR/>An amazing thing about Chabon is that, aside from gently mocking his frappuccino loving and pink rubber iPhone condom, there is nothing but I praise I can give: he is smart, likable, hilarious, human.<BR/><BR/>Also, he gave me the opening to use the word "penis" in front of an audience of 300 and I went for it.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-26397468610477582282009-03-25T19:25:00.000-04:002009-03-25T19:25:00.000-04:00Michael Chabon has been a favorite author of mine ...Michael Chabon has been a favorite author of mine for a very long time, Jeffrey--I listened to "Wonderland" on audiotapes, which he himself recorded, a couple of summers ago, but I haven't yet gotten around to the "Yiddish Policeman's Union." Thanks for this post.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-45016629045617578242009-03-25T17:42:00.000-04:002009-03-25T17:42:00.000-04:00Grumble. I wish I could have met Michael Chabon.Grumble. I wish I could have met Michael Chabon.Rob Barretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17791752557408134270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-45330781264129150952009-03-25T17:38:00.000-04:002009-03-25T17:38:00.000-04:00Thank you for this. It's hard to tell what kind of...Thank you for this. It's hard to tell what kind of effect childhood books will have. <BR/><BR/>When I was around ten, my dad gave me a nice hardbound copy of Edith Hamilton's Mythology. I ate it up. I loved the Greek myths, and growing up, I knew that if there was one religion I really wanted to believe in, that was it. They were everything bright and beautiful and sexy. I knew I wanted to learn Greek, go to Greece, and live in that world of Pygmalions and Odysseys...<BR/><BR/>Now, as those of you who know the book will recollect, there is also a section in "Mythology" on Northern myths. I read these too, and though somewhat intrigued by Sigfried and Brunhild, all in all I was rather put off by the darkness of these stories. I simply did not understand what anyone could want with these depressing tales if they had Greek myths at their disposal. <BR/><BR/>Fifteen years later, this has wound up being my field, and I *still* haven't learned Greek.ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105686105741162480noreply@blogger.com