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Prince, 1958-2016
Prince died yesterday, too young, at the of 57. Cultural icon, sex symbol, musical prodigy—he was all of these things. But perhaps his defining legacy will be his genius for individuality, and his...
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I first discovered Prince in the fall of 1983, when my friend Stacey came walking into our theater classroom in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and put down her boombox proudly, telling us we had to listen to...
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At the GrubStreet Writers of Color Roundtable
At the end of April, I attended the 2016 Muse and Marketplace Conference, hosted by the Boston-based independent writing center, GrubStreet. Celebrating its 15th year, the three-day conference hosted...
View ArticleHow We Write About Work, Then and Now
Although identifying with one’s work is an honor for some, an embarrassment for others, and an experience of multiple identities for many, it is becoming less and less common. But in Charles Dickens’...
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Jonathan Lethem’s A Gambler’s Anatomy, Reviewed By Alexander Chee in The Los...
“At times when I put the novel down, it felt like the result of a bet — I could imagine Lethem in a glamorous locale like one of those mentioned here, maybe the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, a Scotch in...
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10 Famous Writers on Loving Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Twenty years ago today, the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired on the WB. Since then, it has entertained, inspired, and terrified millions of viewers—including lots of writers. Buffy is...
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John Waters: “I think I am weirdly politically correct”
Not quite two years ago, John Waters, the legendary filmmaker, writer and self-described “filth elder,” had a viral moment (of the good kind)—his 2015 Rhode Island School of Design commencement speech,...
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How to Be a Writer on Social Media: Advice from Roxane Gay, Alexander Chee,...
Before social media became the juggernaut it is today, countless authors were skeptical about how it could be, for lack of a better word, useful. Wouldn’t tweeting just be a time-suck? How could...
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Eat Like Your Favorite Author: Writers on their Signature Sandwiches
The sandwich is the great equalizer. A simple food—two pieces of bread with something in between—that puts everyone on equal footing. Every culture has a version of the sandwich and we all, even...
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The Classes 25 Famous Writers Teach
Plenty of writers teach. Even famous ones. This is a known fact of the universe. After all, academy jobs are notoriously cushy; what you give up in writing time you get back in the form of a steady...
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See It Here First: The Cover for Alexander Chee’s New Essay Collection
Forthcoming from Mariner Books in April 2018, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is an essay collection exploring life, literature, and politics, and how we create ourselves through art. Alexander...
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The Power of Facebook: How Big is Too Big?
In episode three of fiction/non/fiction, V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell talk to The Atlantic‘s Alexis Madrigal and novelist Alexander Chee about Facebook, Russia, dark ads, and how writers are...
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First Dance: Alexander Chee on Hearing Prince for the First Time
I first discovered Prince in the fall of 1983, when my friend Stacey came walking into our theater classroom in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and put down her boombox proudly, telling us we had to listen to...
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At the GrubStreet Writers of Color Roundtable
At the end of April, I attended the 2016 Muse and Marketplace Conference, hosted by the Boston-based independent writing center, GrubStreet. Celebrating its 15th year, the three-day conference hosted...
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How We Write About Work, Then and Now
Although identifying with one’s work is an honor for some, an embarrassment for others, and an experience of multiple identities for many, it is becoming less and less common. But in Charles Dickens’...
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10 Famous Writers on Loving Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Twenty years ago today, the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired on the WB. Since then, it has entertained, inspired, and terrified millions of viewers—including lots of writers. Buffy is...
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