How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Summary
Alexander Chee

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Overview

In a collection of personal, heartfelt essays, the novelist Alexander Chee offers reflections on formative moments of his life and how they impacted his development as a writer. The collection of essays (written almost exclusively in past tense, first person perspective) moves in roughly chronological order from Chee’s adolescence in small town Maine to the height of his successful literary career, considering questions of identity, the nature of power in America, and the formal and informal aspects of a writer’s education.