{"product_id":"how-to-write-an-autobiographical-novel-essays","title":"How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, Publisher's Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others, this essay collection from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we form identities in life and in art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as \"masterful\" by Roxane Gay, \"incendiary\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and \"brilliant\" by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is the author's manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how lessons on the writing life 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 in this powerful work of queer literature, 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, \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e, and the election of Donald Trump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns commanding, heartbreaking, and wry, the literary nonfiction in \u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e asks questions about how we create ourselves in life and in art, and how to fight when our dearest truths are under attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Writing Craft: \u003c\/b\u003e Go inside the mind of a writer as he grows from student to teacher, exploring the entangling of life, literature, and politics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Queer Coming of Age: \u003c\/b\u003e A candid and intimate memoir of reckoning with identity as a son, a lover, a friend, and a gay, Korean American man in modern America.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eActivism and the AIDS Crisis: \u003c\/b\u003e Chronicles some of the most formative experiences of a generation, from the front lines of the AIDS crisis to the aftermath of 9\/11 and the election of Donald Trump.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOn Identity and Inheritance: \u003c\/b\u003e Examines the search for self through the eclectic jobs that supported his art--from Tarot-reading and bookselling to cater-waiting for William F. Buckley.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1328764524\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781328764522\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Chee, Alexander\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 2018)","offer_id":46080483983557,"sku":"9781328764522","price":18.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781328764522.jpg?v=1776037805","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/how-to-write-an-autobiographical-novel-essays","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}