{"product_id":"how-to-write-an-autobiographical-novel-by-alexander-chee","title":"How To Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as “masterful” by Roxane Gay, “incendiary” by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \"brilliant\" by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. With his first collection of nonfiction, he’s sure to secure his place as one of the finest essayists of his generation as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author’s manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these essays, he grows from student to teacher, reader to writer, and reckons with his identities as a son, a gay man, a Korean American, an artist, an activist, a lover, and a friend. He examines some of the most formative experiences of his life and the nation’s history, including his father’s death, the AIDS crisis, 9\/11, the jobs that supported his writing ​— ​Tarot-reading, bookselling, cater-waiting for William F. Buckley ​— ​the writing of his first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the election of Donald Trump.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns commanding, heartbreaking, and wry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks questions about how we create ourselves in life and in art, and how to fight when our dearest truths are under attack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book by: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTime, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNPR,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Wired, Esquire, Buzzfeed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Public Library, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBoston Globe, Paris Review, Mother Jones,The A.V. Club, Out Magazine, Book Riot, Electric Literature, PopSugar, The Rumpus, My Republica, Paste, Bitch, Library Journal, Flavorwire, Bustle, Christian Science Monitor, Shelf Awareness, Tor.com, Entertainment Cheat Sheet, Roads and Kingdoms, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChicago Public Library,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Hyphen Magazine, Entropy Magazine, Chicago Review of Books, The Coil, iBooks,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Publishing Triangle's Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction * Recipient of the Lambda Literary Trustees' Award *\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay * Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir\/Biography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46832618766502,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/IMG-1654.jpg?v=1762961746","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/how-to-write-an-autobiographical-novel-by-alexander-chee","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}