New York Mag: Chabon re-signs with Harper for two books

Entertainment & Culture Blog -- New York Magazine: "Chabon Again With Harper: Michael Chabon signs two-book deal with HarperCollins' Jonathan Burnham, with Jennifer Barth editing. Mary Evans is Chabon's agent. Deal covers novel set in contemporary Bay Area and book of nonfiction about 'being a man in all its complexity — a son, a father, a husband.' Somewhere, Ayelet Waldman haters sharpen their knives."

MC mentioned when he was in Atlanta that his next novel would be set in present day. The nonfiction book is essentially a collection of his excellent columns that have been running in DETAILS magazine.