Maps and Legends

Makes an inviting case for bridging the gap between popular and literary writing, as [Chabon] considers the high and the low, from comics to Cormac McCarthy (O, The Oprah Magazine).

Maps and Legends is an essay collection by American author Michael Chabon that was scheduled for official release on May 1, 2008, although some copies shipped two weeks early from various online bookstores. The book is Chabon's first book-length foray into nonfiction, with 16 essays, some previously published. [1] Several of these essays are defenses of the author's work in genre literature (such as science fiction, fantasy, and comics), while others are more autobiographical, explaining how the author came to write several of his most popular works.