Further Reading
- Arana, Marie, “Michael Chabon: Touched by Fortune,” Washington Post Book World (16 July 2000): 6. (Arana discusses Chabon's literary success and his Columbia, Maryland, upbringing.)
- Arditti, Michael, “The Dark Continent,” Times (London) (6 March 1999): 1F. (Review of Werewolves in Their Youth, commenting that each individual story is powerful, but that the collection as a whole is limited in emotional range.)
- Balz, Douglas, “The Different Styles of Michael Chabon,” Chicago Tribune Books (14 April 1991): C7. (Balz offers a positive assessment of A Model World.)
- Benedict, E., “Sorrow at the Mall,” New York Times Book Review (26 May 1991): 7. (Benedict praises the vivid prose in A Model World and Other Stories, but faults Chabon for his tidy resolutions and for failing to properly describe the raw emotions that accompany the difficult life situations depicted in his stories.)
- Binelli, Mark, “The Amazing Story of the Comic-Book Nerd Who Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: A Conversation with Michael Chabon,” Rolling Stone (27 September 2001): 58-62, 78. (Interview with Michael Chabon.)
- Buzbee, Lewis, “Michael Chabon: Comics Came First,” New York Times Book Review (24 September 2000): 9. (In this interview, Chabon discusses The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, his life and writing, and his early interest in comic books.)
- Frank, Jeffrey A., “Confessions of a Young Man,” Washington Post Book World (7 April 1991): 5. (Frank offers a mixed assessment of A Model World, noting that Chabon's writing is competent but unmemorable.)
- Giles, Jeff, “He's a Real Boy Wonder,” Newsweek (10 April 1995): 76. (Giles offers a positive assessment of Wonder Boys, and praises the author's lyrical prose.)
- Gorra, Michael, “Endangered Species,” New York Times Book Review (31 January 1999): 10. (Gorra offers a mixed assessment of Werewolves in Their Youth, praising the prose and the settings of the stories, but faulting Chabon for concluding several of the tales with neat and convenient endings.)
- Herold, Kathryn, Review of A Model World, by Michael Chabon, Ploughshares 17, nos. 2-3 (fall 1991): 284. (Review of A Model World, lauding Chabon for the broad range, skillful prose, and satisfying endings of his stories.)
- Hunter, Stephen, “Possible to Put Down!” Washington Post (25 February 2000): C5. (Hunter offers a negative assessment of the film adaptation of Wonder Boys.)
- Kakutani, Michiko, “A Novel about a Novelist and His Messy Life,” New York Times (17 March 1995): C28. (Kakutani lauds Chabon's ability to combine the fantastic and the mundane in Wonder Boys, comparing Chabon's works to those of novelist Philip Roth.)
- Kakutani, Michiko, “Marriage and Other Things That Can Go Wrong,” New York Times (9 February 1999): E8. (Kakutani offers a negative assessment of Werewolves in Their Youth, arguing that the stories are labored, overwritten, and do not measure up to Chabon's previous works.)
- Kakutani, Michiko, “Stories of Confusion and Conflict,” New York Times (2 April 1991): 15. (Review of A Model World.)
- Kalfus, Ken, “The Golem Knows,” New York Times Book Review (24 September 2000): 8. (In this positive review of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Kalfus comments upon the escapist imagery in the novel, discusses the reoccurring themes of transformation, and lauds Chabon for his inventive work.)
- Koening, Rhoda, Review of A Model World, by Michael Chabon, New York 24, no. 13 (1 April 1991): 63. (Review of A Model World deriding the stories in the volume as two-dimensional and devoid of genuine emotion.)
- Maslin, Janet, “A Life and Death Story Set in Comic Book Land,” New York Times (21 September 2000): E10. (Maslin offers a positive assessment of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and applauds the novel's “understated gravity.”)
- Moody, Rick, “Pitching Michael Chabon,” Voice Literary Supplement (11 April 1995): 9. (Moody examines similarities between Wonder Boys and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, commenting on deeper levels of meaning that lie beneath the farcical elements and improbable coincidences in the stories.)
- Rubin, Merle, “Snapshots of Modern Life,” Wall Street Journal (29 April 1991): A12. (Review of A Model World.)
- Smith, Jeremy, “Heroes, Superheroes, and Anti-Heroes: Three New Books Display the Power of Pictures in Storytelling,” Chicago Tribune Books (12 November 2000): 1. (Smith offers a positive assessment of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.)
- Streitfeld, David, “Book Report,” Washington Post Book World (28 February 1999): 13. (Streitfeld discusses Chabon's e-mail correspondence with readers of Wonder Boys.)
- Streitfeld, David, “The Book Builder,” Washington Post Book World (12 May 1991): 12. (Streitfeld discusses Chabon's upbringing in Columbia, Maryland, his approach to writing, and his related interest in architecture.)
- Ward, Robert, “Writing High,” New York Times Book Review (9 April 1995): 7. (Ward offers a positive assessment of Wonder Boys, lauding the novel's lyricism, comedy, witty style, and appealing nature.)
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