{"product_id":"how-to-write-an-autobiographical-alexander-chee-9781328764522","title":"How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 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, \u003ci\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e, and the election of Donald Trump. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By turns commanding, heartbreaking, and wry, \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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Named a Best Book by: \u003ci\u003eTime, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003e Wired, Esquire, Buzzfeed, \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Public Library, \u003ci\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\/i\u003eChicago Public Library, \u003ci\u003e Hyphen Magazine, Entropy Magazine, Chicago Review of Books, The Coil, iBooks, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Publishing Triangle's Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction * Recipient of the Lambda Literary Trustees' Award * \u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay * Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir\/Biography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Chee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1328764524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328764522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2018 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2018 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2018","brand":"Alexander Chee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44053299003647,"sku":"9781328764522","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43a54dfb-b1d4-4d58-9873-19c44f420afe.jpg?v=1685023572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-write-an-autobiographical-alexander-chee-9781328764522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}