Collection
The complete title of Chabon's collection is ''Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son''. As the writer explains, the work discusses "being a man in all its complexity — a son, a father, a husband." The collection was nominated for a 2010 Northern California Book Award in the Creative Nonfiction category. This was Chabon's second published collection of essays and non-fiction.Essays
Most of the essays previously appeared in '' GQ'', ''Contents
*The Losers' Club *William and I *The Cut *D.A.R.E. *The Memory Hole *The Binding of Isaac *To the Legoland Station *The Wilderness of Childhood *Hypocritical Theory *The Splendors of Crap *The Hand on My Shoulder *The Story of Our Story *The Ghost of Irene Adler *The Heartbreak Kid *A Gift *Faking It *Art of Cake *On Canseco *I Feel Good About My Murse *Burning Women *Verging *Fever *Looking for Trouble *A Woman of Valor *Like, Cosmic *Subterranean *X09 *Sky and Telescope *Surefire Lines *Cosmodemonic *Boyland *A Textbook Father *The Omega Glory *Getting Out *Radio Silence *Normal Time *Xmas *The Amateur Family *Daughter of the CommandmentReferences
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