{"product_id":"book-cup2","title":"How to Write an Autobiographical Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist-and how we form our identities in life and in art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as \"masterful\" by Roxane Gay, \"incendiary\" by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times,\u003c\/em\u003e and \"brilliant\" by the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e. With \u003cem\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel, \u003c\/em\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\u003cem\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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-wailing for William F. Buckley-the writing of his first novel, \u003cem\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/em\u003e, and the election of Donald Trump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns commanding, heartbreaking, and wry, \u003cem\u003eHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/em\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":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49293884752176,"sku":"BDcup2","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49293884784944,"sku":"ZEcup2","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49293884850480,"sku":"ZMcup2","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cup2-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775860122","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cup2","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}