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Rough DraftsEpisode 11: Great Expectations by Vinson CunninghamIn this episode, Luke and Maurice sit with Vinson Cunningham’s novel, Great Expectations (2024). The novel follows the campaign of a historic presidential campaign narrated by a young Black man who works on the campaign. The hosts reflect on their own memories of the campaign, with Maurice reflecting on having to “act” as Obama for a school performance, and Luke sharing his own school reminiscences. They put Cunningham’s text in conversation with Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, and a documentary of the Obama campaign. Ultimately, they wonder about the impact of the campaign on contempora...
2025-07-1153 min
The Chills at Will PodcastEpisode 281 with Alexander Chee, Author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, Wonderful Literary Citizen and Activist, and Reflective, Brilliant Thinker and Craftsman of the Nuanced and PoignantNotes and Links to Alexander Chee’s Work
Alexander Chee is the bestselling author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, all from Mariner Books. A contributing editor at The New Republic and an editor at large at VQR, his essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, T Magazine, The Sewanee Review, and the 2016 and 2019 Best American Essays. He was guest-editor for The Best American Essays of 2022.
He is a 2021 United States Artists F...
2025-04-221h 13
Against Everyone with Conner HabibAEWCH 288: HOW TO LIVE IN 2025: READ with ALEXANDER CHEEThis is the is the sixth and final episode in a series of episodes on How To Live in 2025, focusing on the thoughts, feelings, and actions we need to thrive, develop, create, and resist. In other words, tools that don’t merely deaden us in the frantic pursuit of survival, but that assist us in nourishing ourselves, each other, and the world, all together.This time, the theme is READand my guest is ALEXANDER CHEE.At the end of this episode, the exercise is a little different. First we do a reading for you...
2025-03-051h 32
A Pair of BookendsJan Book Club with Nicola Dinan: Turning 30, Finding Success & The Importance of HumourWelcome to our January Book Club episode! For today's episode Hannah was joined by author Nicola Dinan to discuss her latest novel Disappoint Me. They discuss the pressures of turning 30, what success means, the vulnerability in writing sex scenes & lots more. There is also of course some chat on Nicola's debut novel, the wonderful Bellies. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and for more content you can find us via Patreon.You can find Nicola via Instagram. You can follow us via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik Tok.Books & other mentions in th...
2025-01-2946 min
Get Hooked On The Most Next-Level Full Audiobook Today!Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson, Alexander Chee - introductionPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/3349to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Notes from an Island
Author: Tove Jansson, Alexander Chee - introduction
Narrator: Orlagh Cassidy
Format: mp3
Length: 2 hrs
Release date: 10-22-24
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Diaries & Correspondence
Publisher's Summary:
In the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson, helped by Brunström, a maverick fisherman, raced to build a cabin on a treeless island in the Gulf of Finland. The island was Klovharun, where for thirty summers Tove and her beloved partner, the visual artist, Tuulikki “Tooti” Pietilä, lived, painted, and wrote, energized by the solitude and shifti...
2024-10-2230 min
Books with BetsyEpisode 23 - Genre Promiscuous with Nina Li CoomesOn this episode, Nina Li Coomes, who was once described as genre promiscuous by a professor, discusses her traumatic early reading experiences, and how her identity as a writer has developed. We also discuss some shared favorites, how much she loves a hate-read, and why it can be good to read books you might not like.
Click here to support Eman Alhaj Ali, the writer in Palestine that Nina has been working to support.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Invisible Child: Poverty...
2024-10-141h 01
Reckon True StoriesAlexander Chee on Storytelling, Motivation, and MoneyDeesha Philyaw and Kiese Laymon chat with writer Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. The three writers talk about their journeys in the publishing industry, and what success has meant to each of them, specifically in regards to money. They discuss Chee’s essay, “My Inheritance Was My Father’s Last Lesson To Me,” where he writes about his relationship to money, how it changes over time, and what the relationship between anxiety, money, and body looks like. Reading List: Authors, Stories, and Books Mentioned
How to Wr...
2024-08-0648 min
Otherppl with Brad ListiAlexander Chee on Titles, Endings, Writer Types, Anger, Patience, Deadlines, and the Messiness of the Creative ProcessIn today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 400, my conversation with author Alexander Chee. This episode first aired on February 16, 2016.Chee is the author of the bestselling novels The Queen of the Night and Edinburgh, and the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. He is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, an editor at large at The Virginia Quarterly Review, and a critic at large at The Los Angeles Times.***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary pod...
2023-12-2227 min
The Kung Fu Genius PodcastDoing Chi Sau with Yip Man’s student Chan Chee Man & More! | The Kung Fu Genius Podcast #140Alright Peeps, on this 140th episode of the Kung Fu Genius Podcast, the KFG (aka Alex Richter) will be answer questions from Patreon. Lots of gems, lots of Chan Chee Man, and lots of “hey did you hear that Ding Hao dropped three places on the Wing Chun leader board?!” Let’s get to it!
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2023-10-021h 10
TK with James Scott: A Writing, Reading, & Books PodcastSWC 12: Alexander Chee & Alane MasonIn our first episode recorded at the Sewanee Writers' Conference in the summer of 2022, Alexander Chee (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel) talks to James about his career, being the most photographed author in history, the late Randall Kenan, and Courtney Love. Plus legendary editor and founder and President of Words Without Borders, Alane Mason. Apply to the Sewanee Writers' Conference by March 15! Buy Alexander Chee's books! Buy Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan! Check out Words Without Borders! Check out Bea Troxel's music! Produce...
2023-03-071h 49
Deichman litteraturUtlånt til Priya BainsPoet og skribent Priya Bains tok med seg essaysamlingen til Alexander Chee på hytta og leste den fra perm til perm. Så begynte hun på nytt igjen. Hva var det egentlig som fenget? Og hva sier den koreansk-amerikanske forfatteren om håp, penger og skriving som virvlet opp nye tanker og spørsmål hos den norske poeten?Har du lyst til å låne boka? Det kan du gjøre her. Programleder er Marte Storbråten Ytterbøe fra Deichman. Bøker nevnt:'Med restene av mine hender' av...
2022-12-1230 min
The Mash-Up AmericansMeditation: A Reading On Grief from Alexander CheeWelcome to the fourth meditation of our Grief, Collected series, which come out every Friday.Today is a literary meditation with the esteemed author Alexander Chee. Alexander is the bestselling author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and a beautiful essayist making meaning of the world around us and helping us imagine new ones. In today’s episode he is reading his 2018 essay, “Why Grieve Is The Word Of The Year,” which walks us through all of our many griefs, and how we can find ourselves in them.More about Alexander Chee and his wo...
2022-12-0911 min
fiction/non/fictionLive from Writers for Readers in Kansas City: Alexander Chee on Editing Best American Essays 2022Writer and editor Alexander Chee joins hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell live from the annual Writers for Readers gala in Kansas City to discuss editing Best American Essays 2022. Chee talks about what makes a strong essay and how he curated the volume, as well as how his training as a speed reader stood him in good stead as he made his selections. He also comments on specific pieces by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Anthony Veasna So, Ryan Bradley, Vauhini Vara, Erika J. Simpson, and others. Writers for Readers is an ongoing partnership between the Kansas C...
2022-11-2356 min
Allusions: LGBTQ WritingAlvin Orloff - Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997DISASTERAMA: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997, is the true story of Alvin Orloff who, as a shy kid from the suburbs of San Francisco, stumbled into the wild, eclectic crowd of Crazy Club Kids, Punk Rock Nutters, Goofy Goofballs, Fashion Victims, Disco Dollies, Happy Hustlers, and Dizzy Twinks of post-Stonewall American queer culture of the late 1970s, only to see the “subterranean lavender twilit shadow world of the gay ghetto” ravished by AIDS in the 1980s. Includes an introduction by Alexander Chee (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel.In Disasterama, Orloff recalls the delirious adventures of hi...
2022-11-1438 min
Cultural MixtapesMetacognition on Creativity with Alexander CheeAlexander Chee is the author of two novels, Edinburgh, and The Queen of the Night and one collection of essays called How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. He was also the editor for the 2022 edition of The Best American Essays Anthology, which was just published by HarperCollins. Alexander has the uncanny ability to methodically examine his own psyche while making connections that surprise both his reader and himself. His writing is guileless and he is simultaneously able to control his prose while allowing his thoughts to meander, leading to an often shocking, but infinitely exciting reading process. He’s alwa...
2022-11-0336 min
Absorb The Full Audiobook That Keeps Thriller Fans Hooked.The Best American Essays 2022 by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/20231to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Best American Essays 2022
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan, Ewan Chung, William DeMeritt, Tyla Collier, Rainy Fields, Eunice Wong, Micky Shiloah
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 11-01-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: Writing & Publishing
Publisher's Summary:
Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
2022-11-0112h 54
Get Lost In This Captivating Full Audiobook — Perfect Between Meetings.The Best American Essays 2022 by Robert Atwan, Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575415to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Best American Essays 2022
Series: Part of Best American
Author: Robert Atwan, Alexander Chee
Narrator: Tyla Collier, Micky Shiloah, William Demeritt, Rainy Fields, Ewan Chung, Eunice Wong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 53 minutes
Release date: November 1, 2022
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
2022-11-0112h 53Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Literature, Essays & AnthologiesThe Best American Essays 2022 by Robert Atwan, Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575415to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Best American Essays 2022
Series: Part of Best American
Author: Robert Atwan, Alexander Chee
Narrator: Tyla Collier, Micky Shiloah, William Demeritt, Rainy Fields, Ewan Chung, Eunice Wong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 12 hours 53 minutes
Release date: November 1, 2022
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
A collection of the year’s best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
2022-11-0112h 53Escape To A Powerful Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Best American Essays 2022 by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/19912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Best American Essays 2022
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan, Ewan Chung, William DeMeritt, Tyla Collier, Rainy Fields, Eunice Wong, Micky Shiloah
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 11-01-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: Words, Language & Grammar
Publisher's Summary:
Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
2022-11-0112h 54Absorb The Full Audiobook That Keeps Story Seekers Hooked.The Best American Essays 2022 by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/20231to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Best American Essays 2022
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan, Ewan Chung, William DeMeritt, Tyla Collier, Rainy Fields, Eunice Wong, Micky Shiloah
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 11-01-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: Writing & Publishing
Publisher's Summary:
Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
2022-11-0112h 54Discover A Transformative Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Best American Essays 2022 by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/19912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Best American Essays 2022
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan, Ewan Chung, William DeMeritt, Tyla Collier, Rainy Fields, Eunice Wong, Micky Shiloah
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 11-01-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: Words, Language & Grammar
Publisher's Summary:
Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
2022-11-0112h 54Absorb This Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook — Perfect Right Now.The Best American Essays 2022 by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/20231to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Best American Essays 2022
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Alexander Chee, Robert Atwan, Ewan Chung, William DeMeritt, Tyla Collier, Rainy Fields, Eunice Wong, Micky Shiloah
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
Release date: 11-01-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 21 ratings
Genres: Writing & Publishing
Publisher's Summary:
Alexander Chee, an essayist of “virtuosity and power” (Washington Post), selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
2022-11-0112h 54
Another Book on the Shelf103 - How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander CheeIn Episode 103, Gen and Jette dive into Gen's book club pick - How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee. After seeing this book everywhere and reading so many rave reviews of Chee's work, we knew we had to read it. Obviously, we are now obsessed. An amazing read if you do anything creative. We're both now headed into Autumn feeling inspired and ready to write and create and more.
Show Notes:
So... can we go to the Iowa Writers' Workshop?
Highly recommend watching the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk
If you're...
2022-09-141h 07
The StacksEp. 230 How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee -- The Stacks Book Club (Ingrid Rojas Contreras)Author Ingrid Rojas Contreras joins us again to talk about our book club selection How to Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee. Our discussion of this essay collection covers the artists' relationship to critical reviews, and how much day jobs and everyday life inform art. We also ask, how important is truth to fiction, and what constitutes a life well-lived? You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/08/31/ep-230-how-to-write-an-autobiographical-novelBe sure to listen all the way to end of the episode to find out what o...
2022-08-311h 01
House of Mystery Radio on NBCAlvin Orloff - DisasteramaDISASTERAMA: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997, is the true story of Alvin Orloff who, as a shy kid from the suburbs of San Francisco, stumbled into the wild, eclectic crowd of Crazy Club Kids, Punk Rock Nutters, Goofy Goofballs, Fashion Victims, Disco Dollies, Happy Hustlers, and Dizzy Twinks of post-Stonewall American queer culture of the late 1970s, only to see the “subterranean lavender twilit shadow world of the gay ghetto” ravished by AIDS in the 1980s. Includes an introduction by Alexander Chee (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel.In Disasterama, Orloff recalls the delirious adventures of hi...
2022-06-1038 min
Going Through ItA Way of Thanking Her with Alexander CheeCultural constraints kept Alexander Chee’s grandmother from pursuing Chinese Calligraphy until late in life. Alex created the Yi Dae Up Fellowship in her name to help give women writers of Asian descent the chance she didn’t get.
2022-04-1820 min
ThresholdsEndnotes: Sheila Heti, Alexander Chee, and a New VoiceIt’s the end of our ‘experimentation’ capsule of episodes and Jordan is joined in the studio by Thresholds producer Drew Broussard for a grab-bag of outtakes, audience questions, and more.MENTIONED:Sheila Heti asks Jordan a question she’s never been asked beforeAlexander Chee recommends some books, music, and more to get a person through stressful timesJordan tells Drew about a poem by Jericho Brown that knocked her overAdvice for what to do when the writing gets hardWe'll be back March 23rd!For more Thresholds, visit us at www.this...
2022-03-0920 min
Food 4 ThotIt's Not Me, It's You (ft. Alexander Chee!)Today we're rebroadcasting our absolute GEM of an episode from Season 1, featuring Food 4 Thot Zaddy-Auntie Alexander Chee! Zaddy Chee graced us with his presence in-studio for a TIMELESS episode we'll never forget!Looking for the show notes? Everything we talk about each episode — books, shows, sex toys, resources — can finally be found in our *free* Substack. Or, if you wanna support the pod, become a Zaddy or Queen Mother subscriber and get even juicier content while becoming a patron of our work
2022-02-271h 03
You Are Here (For Now) PodcastGay Writers TKTKTK with Alexander Chee, John Paul Brammer, Mitchell Kuga, and Adam JKIn this episode, I’m chatting with writers Alexander Chee, John Paul Brammer, and Mitchell Kuga about queer culture and family dynamics, finding your voice, and advice–as a concept, for our younger selves, and for each other.YOU ARE HERE (FOR NOW) is a series of conversations with some of my favorite people about being alive: navigating change, personal transformation, love, fear, and figuring it all out on the way. My new book You Are Here (For Now): A Guide to Finding Your Way is available now. Follow this episode's guests at @AlexanderChee, @JPBrammer, @Mitch...
2021-11-1956 min
The Autonomous CreativeHow to finish writing your novel: don't write for free, with Alexander CheeIn this interview, Alexander and I talk a lot about money, and specifically, about how asking for money and negotiating for what you want and need is a key piece of building a healthy relationship with your work and career.
We also talked about the myth of the solitary artist, and the reality: that community and relationships are key to not just success, but survival.
Finally, Alexander is the source of an incredibly pivotal insight for me: that caring for your creative process IS self-care, and when you allow yourself the margin to take care of your...
2021-09-3057 min
Feeling AsianYou’ll Be Very Happy, But Very Poor (feat. Alexander Chee, Writer)Alexander Chee is most recently the author of the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel and professor at Dartmouth College. He is also the first guest to subscribe to our Patreon on air lol! Alexander joins us to discuss his relationship to his biracial identity and recount stories of his family’s unique background. He also shares helpful advice for writers and people pursuing creative fields. Run to your nearest bookstore and buy all of his books and follow him on twitter @alexanderchee. Also be sure to like, subscribe and Patreon us!
2021-09-151h 09
The Maris ReviewEpisode 100! Live Episode with Alexander Chee, Morgan Parker, and Emma StraubOver the course of 99 episodes, The Maris Review has featured casual yet intimate conversations with authors like Susan Choi, George Saunders, Raven Leilani, and David Sedaris. For the 100th episode celebration, host Maris Kreizman is joined by a few of her very favorites -- Alexander Chee, Morgan Parker, and Emma Straub -- to talk about reading as both a writer and a part of a literary community. We’ll converse online and take questions from the audience. The only way this night could be more fun is if we could all get a drink together afterward.Alexander Chee...
2021-04-221h 02
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Romance, EroticaKink: Stories by TbdPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459062to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Kink: Stories
Author: Tbd
Narrator: Ashton Grooms, Aven Shore, Aden Hakimi, Lameece Issaq, Kaipo Schwab, Corey Brill, Joy Osmanski
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 26 minutes
Release date: February 9, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 10
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Erotica
Publisher's Summary:
A New York Times Notable Book Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander Chee...
2021-02-098h 26
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Romance, EroticaKink: Stories by TbdPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/459062 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Kink: Stories Author: Tbd Narrator: Ashton Grooms, Aven Shore, Aden Hakimi, Lameece Issaq, Kaipo Schwab, Corey Brill, Joy Osmanski Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 26 minutes Release date: February 9, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.9 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Erotica Publisher's Summary: A New York Times Notable Book Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and interests across the sexual spectrum, edited by lauded writers R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell, and featuring a roster of all-star contributors including Alexander...
2021-02-0903 min
The Archive Project2020 Portland Book Festival Highlights, Week 3This episode of The Archive Project features highlights from the opening day of the 2020 Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of America. Listen to excerpts from longer discussions. Novelists Emily Nemens, National Book Award-winner Charles Yu, and moderator Jon Raymond talk about ambition, disappointment, family, and the possibility of a new story. Claire Messud and Lydia Millet get into a cross-genre discussion, moderated by Alexander Chee. And finally, poets Nate Marshall, Jennifer Perrine, and moderator Anis Mojgani discuss language and the ways words shape our collective American cultural consciousness.
To listen to full discussions from this episode...
2020-11-2355 min
The Fail SafeEpisode 12: Alexander CheeHost Rachel Yoder talks with Alexander Chee about how to mentally prepare for a book's publication, the trials & tribulations of a 15-year novel project, & his ingenious journaling system that keeps him on task.
2020-09-2355 min
Frontyard PoliticsEpisode 7: Dustin Schell and Alexander Chee - How to Start With What You HaveDustin Schell and Alexander Chee were longtime residents of New York City who recently found an opportunity to fulfill their dreams of full-scale gardening. Dustin previously had a community garden plot the size of a grave in New York City. It was located in the Clinton Community Garden in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen, where he gardened for over twenty years. Then they moved to rural Vermont in 2016 and bought a home there in the fall of 2019. Dustin and Alex started their new garden in the midst of a pandemic in their first year as homeowners. They talk a...
2020-09-0144 min
FluffFluff Take Over: Bad FormFluff Listeners! We are delighted to hand over the microphone this episode to the vibrant and SUPER INTERESTING Amy and Sophie of @badformreview ! For our 25th episode you are getting Double Sagittarius energy 🔥 🔥 ! Check out their discussion points below- we are hooked in already! Thank you Bad Reform for bringing your work to Fluff“What percentage of children’s books published in the UK in 2017 had a main character who was not white? How can we talk about Black, Asian, Arabic and other non-white people without lumping them together in yet another acronym? What are the right and wr...
2020-06-191h 00
LIC Reading SeriesPANEL DISCUSSION: Alexander Chee, Jonathan Lee, and Natalie S. HarnettWhere is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota.
This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series event on April 12, 2016, with Alexander Chee, Jonathan Lee, and Natalie S. Harnett. Check out our last episode for the readings from this event.
About the Readers:
Alexander Chee is a n...
2020-05-2239 minLIC Reading SeriesREADING: Alexander Chee, Jonathan Lee, and Natalie S. HarnettWhere is all of the literary love for Queens? It’s right here at LIC Reading Series. Join them each week for stories, readings, and discussions with acclaimed writers, recorded with a live audience in the cozy carriage house of a classic pub in Long Island City, Queens, New York, and hosted by founder Catherine LaSota.
This week, the podcast features the reading and panel discussion from the LIC Reading Series event on April 12, 2016, with Alexander Chee, Jonathan Lee, and Natalie S. Harnett. Check out the panel discussion on Thursday!
About the Readers:
Alexander Chee is a novelist and essayist and...
2020-05-1951 min
BookableRebecca Solnit & Alexander CheeThe authors of Bookable have the most amazing friends. We wondered what would happen if we asked a former Bookable guest to choose an author they admire and interview them. In our first bonus episode, Alexander Chee talks to Rebecca Solnit. Writer, historian, and activist Solnit is the author of more than twenty books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, hope and disaster, including her latest book, just out, entitled Recollections of My Nonexistence. Episode Credits:This episode was produced by Andrew Dunn, Beau Fr...
2020-05-1041 min
The PEN PodEpisode 3: Social Distancing aka Social Solidarity With Alexander CheeIn this episode for Friday, March 20, a new Pew survey shows that Americans are paying close attention to the coronavirus, but that misinformation is seeping into the dialogue. Then, an interview with award-winning author Alexander Chee for his thoughts on the craft of writing during a period of social distancing. And finally, a poem read by PEN America's own Michelle Franke.
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2020-03-2010 min
ThresholdsAlexander CheeAlexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, all from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic, and an editor at large at VQR. His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, T Magazine, Tin House, Slate, and Guernica, among others. He is winner of a 2003 Whiting Award, a 2004 NEA Fellowship in prose and a 2010 MCCA Fellowship, and residency fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the VCCA, Civitella Ranieri and Amtrak. He is an assoc...
2020-03-1823 min
BookableAlexander Chee: How to Write an Autobiographical NovelWhat’s in your junk drawer? For writer Alexander Chee, answering that question resulted in a critically-acclaimed collection of essays entitled How To Write An Autobiographical Novel. Alex sits down with host Amanda Stern to talk about personal growth, what we can learn from roses, fair pay in the workplace, and divining the mysteries of the universe through tarot. About the Author:Alexander Chee is the author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, all from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.He is...
2020-03-0123 min
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & PoetryTin House Live : “From First Draft to Plot” with Alexander CheeAlexander Chee delivered this craft lecture, from “First Draft to Plot,” at the 2016 Tin House Summer Workshop. Chee is the author most recently of the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel.
The post Tin House Live : “From First Draft to Plot” with Alexander Chee appeared first on Tin House.
2020-02-2136 min
The BookstoreHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander CheeThis week we read Alexander Chee's How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. The Bookstore Podcast Reading Schedule: 3/3 - Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, 3/17 - The Collection by Nina Leger, 3/31 - Passing by Nella Larson, 4/14 - Weather by Jenny Offill
2020-02-1841 min
Tell Me What You’re ReadingEp. #23 Uli Beutter Cohen: Mona Eltahawy, Alexander Chee, Ocean Vuong, Erin Williams, Lauren DucaAfter discussing the Subway Book Review project in our Episode 22, Uli Beutter Cohen and I discussed five books that Uli has recently read and recommends: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee, an essay collection by a Korean American artist and activist; The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy, which has been referred to as a striking anti-patriarchal manifesto written by an Egyptian American activist, “with enough rage to fuel a rocket”; On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Ocean is a young Vietnamese-American writer — born in Saigon, he was raised in Hartford...
2020-01-1522 min
Step Inside This Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.The Weddings by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/133702to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Weddings
Series: Inheritance
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Greg Chun
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
Release date: 12-19-19
Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 stars, 279 ratings
Genres: Anthologies & Short Stories
Publisher's Summary:
For Jack Cho, a fortysomething gay man, being able to marry someone he loves is so unfamiliar it’s terrifying. Then a wedding invitation from a college friend brings about a collision with those fears--and his own secret history. Jack and his new boyfriend, Caleb, are attending the wedding of Jack’s estranged straight friend Scott. No sooner do t...
2019-12-191h 15
WMFAReturning to Your Humanity w. ALEXANDER CHEEAlexander Chee's latest book is the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. He and Courtney discuss the process of becoming real to yourself, staying accountable to the work, and how to keep a novel journal.
2019-11-2036 min
WMFAReturning to Your Humanity w. ALEXANDER CHEEAlexander Chee's latest book is the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. He and Courtney discuss the process of becoming real to yourself, staying accountable to the work, and how to keep a novel journal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-11-2037 min
Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America by Nikesh Shukla, Chimene SuleymaPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399657 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America Author: Nikesh Shukla, Chimene Suleyma Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 32 minutes Release date: October 29, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, these "electric" essays come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of modern America (The Washington Post). From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of white supremacists in Charlottesville, America is consumed by tensions o...
2019-10-2903 min
Listen to Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America by Nikesh Shukla, Chimene SuleymaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/399657to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America
Author: Nikesh Shukla, Chimene Suleyma
Narrator: Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Release date: October 29, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, these "electric" essays come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of modern America (The Washington Post). From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of white supremacists in Charlottesville, America is consumed by tensions over i...
2019-10-2910h 32
HomophiliaRoz Drezfalez + Alexander CheeFirst, Roz Drezfalez joins to talk about her new podcast GHOSTED! - which is all about, you guessed it, ghosts! They discuss her own experiences, the difference between a ghost and a succubus, and the fun in believing anything is possible. Plus, they talk Drag Race, Real Housewives, and Lisa Rinna's hustle. Then, author and professor Alexander Chee joins Matt & Dave to discuss his book, HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL: ESSAYS. They chat about Princess Margaret, X-Men, young summer love, and how Oprah is always right.
2019-08-231h 31
Auckland Writers FestivalTo Life: Alexander Chee (2019)Alexander Chee is variously described as “masterful” (Roxane Gay), “incendiary” (The New York Times) and “brilliant” (The Washington Post). Author of the novels Edinburgh and Queen of the Night, he has now written the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel – shortlisted for the PEN Diamonstein-Vogel Prize for the Art of the Essay. In it he scrutinises the emotional and psychological events of his life, and examines the versions of himself – son, subject of sexual abuse, gay man, Korean-American, artist, activist, lover, and friend. He also gives advice on keeping the rent low and the employment flexible. In conversation with Sasha de Bu...
2019-06-1845 min
Full Audiobook That Come to Life, AnywhereHome Remedies: Stories Audiobook by Xuan Juliana WangListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 356426
Title: Home Remedies: Stories
Author: Xuan Juliana Wang
Narrator: Annie Q, Catherine Ho, Cory Censoprano, David Shih, Elaine Kao, Feodor Chin, James Chen, Jennifer Lim, Joel De La Fuente, Lawrence Kao, Nancy Wu, Tim Chiou
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:35:33
Language: English
Release date: 05-14-19
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Short Stories, Literary Fiction
Summary:
A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION • WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD...
2019-05-146h 35
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Home Remedies: Stories by Xuan Juliana WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356426to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Home Remedies: Stories
Author: Xuan Juliana Wang
Narrator: Elaine Kao, Nancy Wu, David Shih, Feodor Chin, James Chen, Jennifer Lim, Catherine Ho, Annie Q, Tim Chiou, Joel De La Fuente, Lawrence Kao, Cory Censoprano
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
Release date: May 14, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION • WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD...
2019-05-146h 35Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalHome Remedies: Stories by Xuan Juliana WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/356426to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Home Remedies: Stories
Author: Xuan Juliana Wang
Narrator: Cory Censoprano, Lawrence Kao, Annie Q, Catherine Ho, Joel De La Fuente, Tim Chiou, Jennifer Lim, Elaine Kao, David Shih, James Chen, Feodor Chin, Nancy Wu
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
Release date: May 14, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION • WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD...
2019-05-146h 35
Race MattersEpisode 16: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (with Alexander Chee)Intergenerational language, first times in drag and... Spider-Man fan fiction? Korean-American writer and essayist Alexander Chee talks to Darren about his best-seller How to Write an Autobiographical Novel and so, so much more.
2019-05-1323 minThe Archive ProjectThe Believer at Portland Book Festival 2018This special episode of The Archive Project is broken up into three sections, each corresponding to a single micro-interview at Portland Book Festival 2018, in partnership with The Believer magazine. The first featurette puts The Believer’s Sara Ortiz in conversation with Tommy Orange, author of critically acclaimed debut novel There There, which follows the struggles of Oakland Indians as their lives converge at a local powwow. In the second micro-interview, moderated by local artist Jonathan Hill, graphic artists Ali Fitzgerald (Drawn to Berlin) and Jason Lutes (Berlin) delve into the relationships we have with places we move to or have l...
2019-03-061h 00
Ignite Your Mind With Free AudiobookEdinburgh Audiobook by Alexander CheeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 346593
Title: Edinburgh
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Daniel K. Isaac, Josh Hurley
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:12:04
Language: English
Release date: 01-29-19
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, LGBTQ+
Summary:
Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, his best friend, is in line to...
2019-01-298h 12
Fuel Your Mind With This Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook — Perfect At Home.Edinburgh by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/133946to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Edinburgh
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Daniel K. Isaac, Josh Hurley
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Release date: 01-29-19
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 223 ratings
Genres: Genre Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Twelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean American boy and a newly named section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys' choir. But when Fee learns how the director treats his section leaders, he is so ashamed he says nothing of the abuse, not even when Peter, his best friend, is in line to be next. When the...
2019-01-298h 11
Little AtomsLittle Atoms 555 - Alexander Chee's How to Write an Autobiographical NovelAlexander Chee is the bestselling author of the novels The Queen of the Night and Edinburgh. He is a contributing editor at the New Republic, an editor at large at Virginia Quarterly Review, and a critic at large at the Los Angeles Times. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays 2016, The New York Times Magazine, Slate, Guernica, and Tin House, among others. He is an associate professor of English at Dartmouth College. His latest book is the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-01-2226 min
Start This Game-Changing Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/4229to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Daniel K. Isaac
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
Release date: 12-04-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 306 ratings
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 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...
2018-12-048h 28Power-Up With The Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook Now, Story Seekers!How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/32029to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Daniel K. Isaac
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
Release date: 12-04-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 306 ratings
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 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...
2018-12-048h 28Begin An Breakthrough Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/4229to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Daniel K. Isaac
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
Release date: 12-04-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 306 ratings
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 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...
2018-12-048h 28
Ignite Your Mind With Free AudiobookHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays Audiobook by Alexander CheeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 346041
Title: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Daniel K. Isaac
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:30:03
Language: English
Release date: 12-04-18
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Language Instruction, Language Arts
Summary:
An essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activistand how we form our identities in life and in art
As a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as masterful by Roxane Gay, incendiary by the New York Times, and brilliant by the Washington Post. With How to Write...
2018-12-048h 30Explore: This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/4229to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Daniel K. Isaac
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
Release date: 12-04-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 306 ratings
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 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...
2018-12-048h 28
Books & AuthorsAlexander Chee, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Miami Book FairAcclaimed novelist and essayist Alexander Chee joined me at the Miami Book Fair to talk about his work, and his latest collection, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel.
2018-11-2700 minfiction/non/fictionJane Coaston and Alexander Chee on Politics, Storytelling, and the MidtermsIn this episode of the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, reporter Jane Coaston and writer Alexander Chee talk to hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the upcoming midterm elections.Readings for the episode: How to Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee · “Max Boot, Jackie Robinson, and the racism problem in the Republican Party,” by Jane Coaston, Vox · “‘False flags,’ explained,” by Jane Coaston, Vox · The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right by Max Boot · Tomb of the Unknown Racistby Blanche McCrary Boyd · I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson · “A Party for the Colonel,” by F.T...
2018-11-011h 13
A Phone Call From PaulA Conversation with Alexander CheeIn this episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber reaches Alexander Chee in Italy and asks him about mentors (and mentoring), his favorite Italian writers, virtues great and small, and the need for fiction to address the violent reality we live in. For more, visit LitHub.com.
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2018-07-1936 min
A Phone Call From PaulA Conversation with Alexander CheeIn this episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber reaches Alexander Chee in Italy and asks him about mentors (and mentoring), his favorite Italian writers, virtues great and small, and the need for fiction to address the violent reality we live in. For more, visit LitHub.com.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-07-1939 min
A Phone Call From PaulA Conversation with Alexander CheeIn this episode of A Phone Call From Paul, Paul Holdengraber reaches Alexander Chee in Italy and asks him about mentors (and mentoring), his favorite Italian writers, virtues great and small, and the need for fiction to address the violent reality we live in. For more, visit LitHub.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-07-1939 min
Recommended#2: Sandhya Menon and Alexander CheeIn this episode, Sandhya Menon recommends Sophie Kinsella's The Undomestic Goddess and Alexander Chee recommends Anne Carson's Plainwater.
This episode of Recommended is sponsored by Furyborn by Claire Legrand and Penguin Random House Audio.
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2018-05-2320 min
LGBTQ&AAlexander Chee: On Becoming An American WriterAlexander Chee talks about the challenges in addressing and writing about sexual assault, how privilege can operate as an intellectual barrier for people, and navigating his career as a "professional gay" writer. He also talks about reading tarot and why his "witchy side" is such an intimate part of who he is. Alexander is the author of The Queen of The Night, How to Write An Autobiographical Novel, and Edinburgh.
LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
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2018-04-2430 min
Food 4 ThotThot Like a Master (feat. Alexander Chee!)Qyeens,Boi, do we have a treat for you: this week, honorary podfather Alexander Chee is on Food 4 Thot. We talk about his new book and the art of how to tell your own story — whether it’s on Instagram, in your writing, or with your girlfriends over brunch. Who owns stories, and how do you navigate telling them? Is telling your own story cathartic? Does therapy make you a better storyteller? The master Chee tells all.In this episode, we also play a ho-ed up version of Never Have I ever. And! In a very...
2018-04-221h 00
The Racist Sandwich PodcastE45: Becoming an American Writer (w/ Alexander Chee)In this episode, Zahir interviews the award-winning writer Alexander Chee about his new essay collection “How to Write an Autobiographical Novel.” Alexander speaks about his visit to Korea, what it was like to wait tables before writing his novel, and why he felt like an impostor while living in a plush New York apartment. Also on this episode, Soleil talks about her trip to Hawaii and Zahir gushes about his experience at Kundiman. Produced by Juan Ramirez and Stephanie Kuo. Music by AF the Naysayer and Blue Dot Sessions. LINKS DU JOUR How to Write...
2018-03-2829 min
Keep the Channel OpenAlexander CheeAlexander Chee is the author of two novels, Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night. I read the latter of the two last year and it was one of my favorite books of the year. I was pleased to get a chance to talk with Alexander about that book, as well as his essay "How to Write an Autobiographical Novel," which will be included in his forthcoming collection of the same name. In our wide-ranging conversation we also talked about the work of Joan Didion, as well as a surprising influence on the structure of The Queen of the...
2017-10-111h 08
OPB's State of WonderJuly 1: Authors Maria Semple, Rabih Alameddine and Alexander Chee at WordstockMaria Semple on "Today Will Be Different" - 1:23The world of Maria Semple's imagination is a glowing place. Her characters rocket off on madcap adventures; they collide at high speed; they teeter on the edge of emotional cliffhangers. Some passages crackle with the comedic snap she honed writing for TV shows like “Arrested Development” and "Mad About You," but at the center of her stories are quiet emotional truths. Semple’s last novel was the "New York Times" best-seller “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” — a merry chase on the trail of a formidable heroine that's currently being adapted into a movie s...
2017-06-3052 min
Food 4 ThotIt's Not Me, It's U (feat. Alexander Chee)This week, we have guest host *gay drum roll* Alexander Chee! The critically acclaimed, award-winning novelist and essayist! Google him, binch! This episode is about rejection — how do we cope with rejection in our writing, in our race, and in our romantic lives? Also, we conned Alex into telling us a pearl-clutching thot story, plus we lay out our plan for the First 100 Days in office, as Presidents of the United Thots of America. In Goddess, we trust. This is our last episode of the season! If you think you’ll miss us, subscribe to our newsletter for periodic upda...
2017-05-281h 02OPB's State of WonderNov. 19: Maria Semple, Alexander Chee, Rabih Alameddine, Artists Respond to TrumpThis week, we bring you the second of two shows we'd recorded live at Wordstock, Portland's book festival. It's sparkling hour with three witty truth-tellers. But first, we wanted to check in: how're you feeling after the election. Artists Respond to TrumpPortland hip-hop sensation Aminé hit the stage of "The Tonight Show" Tuesday, adding some politics to his viral song “Caroline”: "You can never make American great again / All you did is make this country hate again." His voice joined the chorus of artists protesting in the streets, making visual art about the election, and other...
2016-11-1951 min
So Many Damn Books42: Alexander Chee & "What Belongs to You"Alexander Chee stops into the Damn Library for a Lilliet and a discussion of his novel The Queen of the Night. Drew and Christopher ask after pop culture parallels and fidelity to nonfiction. They also discuss Garth Greenwell's What Belongs to You and whether or not you're a sucker to fall in love with a prostitute. 15 seconds of a song: I Love Paris - Sam Butera and the Witnesses Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2016-05-1833 min
Discover a World of Knowledge With Full AudiobookQueen of the Night Audiobook by Alexander CheeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 262912
Title: Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged
Length: 17:34:00
Language: English
Release date: 04-28-16
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Epic Fantasy
Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge.
From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to w...
2016-04-295h 34
Immerse Yourself In The Most Powerful Full Audiobook Today!The Queen of the Night by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes
Release date: April 28, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Epic Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge. From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned star L...
2016-04-285h 34Feel The Captivating Full Audiobook Experience!The Queen of the Night by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes
Release date: April 28, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge. From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned star L...
2016-04-285h 34Get Hooked On: This Must-Listen Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.The Queen of the Night by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes
Release date: April 28, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge. From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned star Lilliet B...
2016-04-285h 34Journey Through: This Unforgettable Full Audiobook For Story Seekers.The Queen of the Night by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes
Release date: April 28, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge. From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned star Lilliet B...
2016-04-285h 34Unlock Full Audiobook in Fiction, HistoricalThe Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged
Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-28-16
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge.
Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role. When one is finally offered to her, she realizes with alarm that the libretto is based on a hidden...
2016-04-285h 34Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+The Queen of the Night by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes
Release date: April 28, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge. From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned star Lilliet B...
2016-04-285h 34Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic FantasyThe Queen of the Night by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes
Release date: April 28, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Epic Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge. From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned star L...
2016-04-285h 34
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, Epic FantasyThe Queen of the Night by Alexander CheePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262912 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of the Night Author: Alexander Chee Narrator: Rachel Bavidge Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 34 minutes Release date: April 28, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Epic Fantasy Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge. From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned s...
2016-04-2805 minListen to the Latest Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe Queen of the Night by Alexander CheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/262912to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 17 hours 34 minutes
Release date: April 28, 2016
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge. From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as 'the fire, in my opinion, and the light', a mesmerizing novel that follows one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned star Lilliet B...
2016-04-285h 34
10 Minute Writer's WorkshopWorkshop 13: Alexander CheeAlexander Chee is a careful craftsman of language. As we came to find out, when we talked to him from Argot Studios in NYC, he is as measured, unassuming and thoughtful in his speech. A retiring man, who prefers to write in transient spaces, he also just so happens to have penned the most hotly anticipated literary novel of 2016 - The Queen of the Night, a sophomore work fifteen years in the making*.
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2016-03-2310 min
How to Discover Full Audiobook in Radio & TV, Great InterviewsStudio 360: Tom McCarthy, Alexander Chee, & "Migrant Mother" by Kurt Andersen | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Studio 360: Tom McCarthy, Alexander Chee, & "Migrant Mother"
Author: Kurt Andersen
Narrator: Kurt Andersen
Format: Original Recording
Length: 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-27-16
Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International
Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews
Summary:
Tom McCarthy's Oscar-nominated movie Spotlight turns the tedium of news-gathering into gripping drama. Also, the heroine of Alexander Chees new historical novel, The Queen of the Night, is a megastar soprano with lots of secrets and someone who knows them all is spilling the beans. And we find out why photographer...
2016-02-2754 min
Otherppl with Brad ListiEpisode 400 — Alexander CheeAlexander Chee is the guest. His new novel, The Queen of the Night, is available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It is the official February pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club.
Years ago Alex was out in LA and we had a drink and he told me he was working on this novel. It's amazing to see it all come to fruition, to see him on Late Night with Seth Meyers, to see the book reviewed all over the place, to see everybody chattering about it online. Just happy for him. It was a long road from start to fi...
2016-02-161h 29
Discover Popular Authors Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThe Queen of the Night Audiobook by Alexander CheePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.
Title: The Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Lisa Flanagan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19 hrs and 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-02-16
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 401 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
From a ferociously talented writer, praised as "the fire, in my opinion. And the light" by Junot Diaz, comes a blazing portrait of one woman's rise from courtesan to world-renowned diva.
Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an...
2016-02-027h 06
Free Audiobook: Where Stories Come to LifeQueen of the Night Audiobook by Alexander CheeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 255303
Title: Queen of the Night
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Lisa Flanagan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19:09:39
Language: English
Release date: 02-02-16
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, Essays & Anthologies, Literary Fiction
Summary:
From a writer praised by Junot Díaz as the fire, in my opinion, and the light, comes a mesmerizing novel that follows one womans rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned diva.
Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every singers c...
2016-02-027h 09
Listen to Audiobook in Newspapers & Magazines, News & CultureFuture Queer by Alexander Chee | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Future Queer
Author: Alexander Chee
Narrator: Derek Shetterly
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-29-15
Publisher: New Republic
Genres: Newspapers & Magazines, News & Culture
Summary:
Where is Gay America going next?
©2015 The New Republic (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
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2015-06-2912 min
Listen to New Releases Audiobooks in Newspapers & Magazines, News & CultureFuture Queer Audiobook by Alexander CheePlease visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1513 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Future Queer Author: Alexander Chee Narrator: Derek Shetterly Format: Unabridged Length: 12 mins Language: English Release date: 06-29-15 Publisher: New Republic Genres: Newspapers & Magazines, News & Culture Publisher's Summary: Where is Gay America going next? ©2015 The New Republic (P)2015 Audible, Inc.
2015-06-2900 min