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You Again, He Said To Himself
A visit to mom. Some just finished, currently reading, reading next thoughts. And a reunion with an old friend, which is a reunion with an old self.
Dec 23, 2025 • Alexander Chee
"What Do You Do With Your Stories?"
A report from the end of the term, including some thoughts on teaching students to send work out as well as what magazines are even for.
Dec 8, 2025 • Alexander Chee
The Clothes You Were
"They were always getting ready for a world that would never be ready for them."
Nov 25, 2025 • Alexander Chee
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I Want More Of You In Here: A Guide to Interiority In the Personal Essay and Memoir
May 15, 2024 • Alexander Chee
On Turning Writing Community, Writing Habits, and Submitting Work Into A Life
Jul 31, 2024 • Alexander Chee
This Country Is Still That Country
Nov 11, 2024 • Alexander Chee
On How To Be Prolific and How To Face The Wall
Sep 25, 2024 • Alexander Chee
Bibliomancy For The Living Autobiography In The Third Person
Sep 23, 2023 • Alexander Chee
Imaginary Countries
Oct 17, 2024 • Alexander Chee
He Loves New York So Much
On Missing New York, Mamdani, And Recent Events
Nov 11, 2025 • Alexander Chee
The Cataclysm You Are Already Living Through
1. Sometimes, while my husband is driving us, I stick my phone up to or even out the window when the landscape moves me.
Oct 25, 2025 • Alexander Chee
Like The Unfair Death Of Someone You Love
Following the trail of some old quotes in my thoughts about war, politics and art.
Oct 10, 2025 • Alexander Chee
Have You Read All These Books?
Some thoughts on speculative fiction, realism, reading for pleasure, the literary internet, and teaching writing.
Oct 2, 2025 • Alexander Chee
I Woke Up In New York With Someone Else’s Lipstick Still On My Cheek.
Some adventures with books in September, including the one I'm writing.
Sep 23, 2025 • Alexander Chee
Questions Answered: What It Was Like
Some questions from my class on Description and Setting.
Sep 10, 2025 • Alexander Chee
Activity Report: The Earrings of Madame de...
In which I will go to San Francisco for a screening at the invitation of Zyzzyva Magazine and LitQuake.
Sep 2, 2025 • Alexander Chee
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