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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee
11 reviews
witmol's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
I started reading this and was greedy for it, wanting to devour it all, but the book kept pushing back making it so I could not read it faster. I was glad it did: each essay left a different impression of Chee's life, from his time as an activist, being biracial, being queer, being a writer that I benefited from absorbing in moderation.
His style makes the writing flow deceptively easily and I found myself in the position of feeling like I knew just about everything of him intimately while being aware that I could never know him fully at all.
Many essays in this collection exemplified great essay-writing as well as offered direct lessons on writing both fiction and non-fiction. A useful anthology for writers to keep on hand.
His style makes the writing flow deceptively easily and I found myself in the position of feeling like I knew just about everything of him intimately while being aware that I could never know him fully at all.
Many essays in this collection exemplified great essay-writing as well as offered direct lessons on writing both fiction and non-fiction. A useful anthology for writers to keep on hand.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Police brutality, and Terminal illness
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