{"product_id":"9781328764522","title":"How to Write an Autobiographical Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, an essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist—and how we form our identities in life and in art.\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cbr\u003eAs a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as “masterful” by Roxane Gay, “incomparable” by Junot Díaz, and “incendiary” by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e With \u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel,\u003c\/i\u003e his first collection of nonfiction, he’s sure to secure his place as one of the finest essayists of his generation as well.  \u003ci\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.   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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064554012912,"sku":"9781328764522","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781328764522_p0.jpg?v=1763708485","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781328764522","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}