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Saturday, November 21, 2009

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People

Michael Chabon

Writer Michael Chabon answers the five questions, mentioning real estate, Mr. Terrific, and Ashtabula.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rosecrans Baldwin
Rosecrans Baldwin is a founding editor of The Morning News. His first novel, You Lost Me There, is forthcoming from Riverhead Books (August 2010). He most recently wrote the Letters from Paris column for TMN. Someday his ashes will be tossed off Mount Desert Island. You can catch him on Twitter or find more on his web site.
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DOB: 24 May, 1963

What do you do:
Writer

Favorite book:
In Search of Lost Time, Proust

Heroes:
Matter-Eater Lad, Mr. Terrific, The Legion of Substitute Heroes

What makes you laugh:
Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer

Charity worth giving to:
Sierra Club

Five words that sound good:
Guadalajara, blancmange, Ashtabula, Lampedusa, Velveteen
—Published September 7, 2001