Repository of Michael Chabon essays?
January 4, 2007 7:44 AM
Trying to find a Michael Chabon essay on regret and unhapppiness from Details magazine.
Yesterday at the gym, I was perusing a Details magazine, when I happened upon a Michael Chabon essay wherein he discussed growing up, 'tristeza', getting married, getting divorced, etc. There was a neat little summary about how one goes about developing regret, which I would love to have for myself (I have a young and reckless family member who might respond to such words). Unfortunately, I didn't get a look at the cover (there was an article about influential men), so I can't offer any guidance as to issue numbers. I am hoping that somebody can point me in the direction of a copy of that essay online (I can't find it). Hope me?
Yesterday at the gym, I was perusing a Details magazine, when I happened upon a Michael Chabon essay wherein he discussed growing up, 'tristeza', getting married, getting divorced, etc. There was a neat little summary about how one goes about developing regret, which I would love to have for myself (I have a young and reckless family member who might respond to such words). Unfortunately, I didn't get a look at the cover (there was an article about influential men), so I can't offer any guidance as to issue numbers. I am hoping that somebody can point me in the direction of a copy of that essay online (I can't find it). Hope me?
I loves me some Chabon so am searching for this. Evidently Chabon was writing a regular monthly column for Details Magazine...but their website appears to have no search mechanism.
posted by vito90 at 10:17 AM on January 4, 2007
posted by vito90 at 10:17 AM on January 4, 2007
On the front page of Mr. Chabon's website(www.michaelchabon.com), he says:
"I’m tired of having to maintain www.michaelchabon.com, but I hate that it gets stale, and so quickly. Yet I don’t feel comfortable with or have any interest in getting somebody else to do it for me. So I’ve decided, not without regret, to take it down, a little at a time, starting with the posting of my monthly Details column.em>
(The bolded content was done by me for emphasis)
posted by Bearman at 11:54 AM on January 4, 2007
"I’m tired of having to maintain www.michaelchabon.com, but I hate that it gets stale, and so quickly. Yet I don’t feel comfortable with or have any interest in getting somebody else to do it for me. So I’ve decided, not without regret, to take it down, a little at a time, starting with the posting of my monthly Details column.em>
(The bolded content was done by me for emphasis)
posted by Bearman at 11:54 AM on January 4, 2007
I too loves me some Chabon, vito90, and was surprised to find an essay by him in a magazine I consider a bit less, um, intellectually rigorous. I appreciate all of your help, but I guess that I am just going to have to beg the gym to give me that issue of Details so I can copy it myself. I just can't believe that it isn't available anywhere online! Damn that Details magazine for not having any semblance of a search function on its crappy site.
posted by msali at 3:40 PM on January 4, 2007
posted by msali at 3:40 PM on January 4, 2007
I don't know where to find it online, but it's in the October issue (pg. 200).
posted by concrete at 11:10 PM on January 4, 2007
posted by concrete at 11:10 PM on January 4, 2007
Concrete, do you have a copy of that issue? Did you see the paragraph about regret? I don't suppose you would want to, um, perhaps transcribe it for me? Much obliged if you are still following this thread!
posted by msali at 4:47 PM on January 5, 2007
posted by msali at 4:47 PM on January 5, 2007
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posted by icontemplate at 9:37 AM on January 4, 2007