A review by nibs
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is so intimate and powerful. Such personal essays about his own experiences - identity being a central part, as well as writing - made me feel connected to the author and all other readers. EVery essay stands alone, but ordered like this forms a cohesive unit. I expected to connect most to his queerness, learning about history and seeing parallels with my present life as a queer young person, but all of his exploration of identity hit me so hard. 
What is your sense of self? What are you constructing as a self? How does your present shape your present self? 
I am recommending this to so many people. 
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