In the Works

I have designed and maintained this website and its antecedent, by myself, since February 1999. The idea of it has never been to promote myself or my work but simply to publish writing that would otherwise have gone out of print and to inform anyone who cared about my reading and lecture appearances.

Okay, I guess that last part qualifies as self-promotion.

Lately I have been suffering from Repetitive Strain Injury that makes typing a chore and clicking an agony. As I have been spending less time online I have found that I’ve lost interest in the web as a whole, and in my site in particular. I’m tired of having to maintain www.michaelchabon.com, but I hate that it gets stale, and so quickly. Yet I don’t feel comfortable with or have any interest in getting somebody else to do it for me. So I’ve decided, not without regret, to take it down, a little at a time, starting with the posting of my monthly Details column.

I’ll probably keep some version of the schedule up, in some form, or see that the info it contains gets posted someplace else. Someday I might collect some of the longer pieces or columns in a book, but I have no plans to do so. In the meantime, you could always check out The Amazing Website of Kavalier & Clay, where the amazing Nate Raymond maintains the freshest information at a low, low price.

I’m sorry. See you around.