Alexander Chee How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

In the age of selfies and Instagram stories, what is the status of traditional autobiography? Novelist Alexander Chee dares to double down on the form. In How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, Chee explores his life and roles: son, gay man, Korean American, artist, activist, lover, and more. Chee's novels (including the acclaimed The Queen of the Night) have been described as “masterful” (Roxane Gay), “incomparable” (Junot Díaz) and “incendiary” (New York Times). Nami Mun joins him to discuss this commanding, heartbreaking, and wry manifesto on how identity is formed in life and art, and the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction.