{"product_id":"2940169920611","title":"How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist - and how we form our identities in life and in art.\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 \u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel, \u003c\/i\u003ehis first collection of nonfiction, he is 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 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBookRiot \u003c\/i\u003ePick of Books to Read If You Love \"Pose\". \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year (So Far). \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of Best of the Year (So Far). \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year (So Far). \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWired Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of Must-Read Summer Titles. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eEsquire Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of Best Books of 2018 (So Far). \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor \u003c\/i\u003eselection of 2018's Most Anticipated Books. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBitch magazine\u003c\/i\u003e pick of Most Anticipated Nonfiction for 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePop Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of Most Anticipated Upcoming Books. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine \u003c\/i\u003ePick of Most Anticipated Books of 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116917473520,"sku":"2940169920611","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169920611_p0.jpg?v=1769903527","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169920611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}