Back on a Michael Chabon kick. Read Summerland, and his short stories, Model World. Just re-read Mysteries of Pittsburgh.
Some of his descriptions, back stories of place and character are so rich, and deeply imagined or researched, I think to myself, that I could never do that and then realize that he's been writing for a while now and perhaps, when I get my 10,000 hours of writing in, perhaps then I could.
He likes to transpose his adjectives and phrases.
Currently reading his essays, Manhood for Amateurs. Next up, his stories, Werewolves in their Youth.
Importance of place: Summerland, Pittsburgh. Of time: Summer.
What's the difference between nostalgia and sentimentality?
Are all novels an exercise in nostalgia? Not a yearning for the past, but just to remember it. Mark it.
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