"A Bit of a Crush, Actually"

Michael Chabon describes writing The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. (via The Morning News)

So I have a bit of a literary crush....on Michael Chabon's writing. I've read Mysteries and The Wonder Boys and thought they were more than worthy of the praise they received. Also, I heard Chabon read his nightmare-inducing story about clown murders, which pretty much still haunts me, at an event a few years ago (where David Byrne also presented his power point presentation). Though I don't read much detective/horror/science fiction, I actually quite like it and it's underappreciated, of course, generally. (I'm really convinced that Steven King's novels from the 70s (The Stand, The Shining) will someday receive the critical appreciation they deserve. I mean, look how many trees the Victorian novelists managed to kill and goodness knows, every single novel by those great artists wasn't a masterpiece.) I keep wanting to read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, but somehow I haven't managed to do it yet.

Related: Michael Chabon: Interviews & Press (McSweeney's) and Crafty Cliffhanger