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A Novel

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From the best-selling author of How To Write an Autobiographical Novel, Alexander Chee's award-winning debut is "One of the great queer novels . . . of our time."—Brandon Taylor, GQTwelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean-American boy growing up in Maine whose powerful soprano voice wins him a place as section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. But when, on a retreat, Fee discovers ... Read more

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From the best-selling author of How To Write an Autobiographical Novel, Alexander Chee's award-winning debut is "One of the great queer novels . . . of our time."—Brandon Taylor, GQTwelve-year-old Fee is a shy Korean-American boy growing up in Maine whose powerful soprano voice wins him a place as section leader of the first sopranos in his local boys choir. But when, on a retreat, Fee discovers
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Essays

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Named a Best Book of 2018 by New York Magazine, the Washington Post, Publisher’s Weekly, NPR, and Time, among many others, this essay collection from the author of The Queen of the Night explores how we form 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 ... Read more

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Named a Best Book of 2018 by New York Magazine, the Washington Post, Publisher’s Weekly, NPR, and Time, among many others, this essay collection from the author of The Queen of the Night explores how we form 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
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Lucky Creatures

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Winner of the inaugural 2024 Sarabande Prize in the Essay, selected by Alexander CheeA humorous and endearing debut about migration, queerness and the transnational experience for readers of Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of GladnessLucky Creatures is a bold and playful essay collection exploring identity, displacement, and the complexities of immigrant life. Through the author’s experience as a ... Read more

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Winner of the inaugural 2024 Sarabande Prize in the Essay, selected by Alexander CheeA humorous and endearing debut about migration, queerness and the transnational experience for readers of Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of GladnessLucky Creatures is a bold and playful essay collection exploring identity, displacement, and the complexities of immigrant life. Through the author’s experience as a
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The Queen Of The Night

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a Best Book of the Year from NPR, Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, and others. The mesmerizing story of one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned diva—"a brilliant performance" (Washington Post).The Queen of the Night tells the captivating story of Lilliet Berne, an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a Best Book of the Year from NPR, Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, and others. The mesmerizing story of one woman's rise from circus rider to courtesan to world-renowned diva—"a brilliant performance" (Washington Post).The Queen of the Night tells the captivating story of Lilliet Berne, an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe
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The Best American Essays 2022

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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. ... Read more

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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.
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Hunger

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"A masterwork of enormous power." —Min Jin Lee, author of PachinkoThe searing debut of "one of the most influential writers in American letters… Hunger is a masterpiece, a necessary haunting" (Justin Torres, author of We the Animals).A powerful exploration of the Asian American experience, Hunger weaves the forces of war and magic, food and desire, ghosts and family into poignant tales of love and ... Read more

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"A masterwork of enormous power." —Min Jin Lee, author of PachinkoThe searing debut of "one of the most influential writers in American letters… Hunger is a masterpiece, a necessary haunting" (Justin Torres, author of We the Animals).A powerful exploration of the Asian American experience, Hunger weaves the forces of war and magic, food and desire, ghosts and family into poignant tales of love and
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Burden of Ashes

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The 20th anniversary edition of a groundbreaking Asian-American queer classic by celebrated author Justin ChinFloating somewhere between fiction and memoir, Burden of Ashes is a beautiful and brutal series of short stories in which childhood, homeland, and lovers both real and imagined succumb to whimsy, revision, denial, and truthful embellishment. Within these pages, Chin artfully creates a ... Read more

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The 20th anniversary edition of a groundbreaking Asian-American queer classic by celebrated author Justin ChinFloating somewhere between fiction and memoir, Burden of Ashes is a beautiful and brutal series of short stories in which childhood, homeland, and lovers both real and imagined succumb to whimsy, revision, denial, and truthful embellishment. Within these pages, Chin artfully creates a
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East Goes West

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**One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years“A wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer’s America” (Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker) by the father of Korean American literatureA Penguin Classic**Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the ... Read more

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**One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years“A wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer’s America” (Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker) by the father of Korean American literatureA Penguin Classic**Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the
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Notes from an Island

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“If you never see me again in life after this book is published, it is because I left to find an island of my own at last.” ―Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel“Tove Jansson was a genius, a woman of profound wisdom and great artistry.” —Philip Pullman, author of His Dark MaterialsIn the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson—author of the iconic novel The Summer ... Read more

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“If you never see me again in life after this book is published, it is because I left to find an island of my own at last.” ―Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel“Tove Jansson was a genius, a woman of profound wisdom and great artistry.” —Philip Pullman, author of His Dark MaterialsIn the bitter winds of autumn 1963, Tove Jansson—author of the iconic novel The Summer
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Disasterama!

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***LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST***A compelling memoir of social life in the queer underground of San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles at a time when the manic frivolity of gay rights and bohemian creativity collided with the deadly reality of plague.DISASTERAMA: 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 ... Read more

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***LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST***A compelling memoir of social life in the queer underground of San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles at a time when the manic frivolity of gay rights and bohemian creativity collided with the deadly reality of plague.DISASTERAMA: 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
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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 director is arrested, Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter takes ... Read more

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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 director is arrested, Fee tries to forgive himself for his silence. But when Peter takes
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Dracula

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Restless Classics presents Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece of horror, gorgeously illustrated by Kaitlin Chan and with a new introduction and foreword by award-winning authors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Alexander Chee.Since its original publication in 1897, Dracula has spoken aloud some of our deepest cultural anxieties: fear of sexuality, xenophobia, homophobia, and distrust of The Other. One of ... Read more

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Restless Classics presents Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece of horror, gorgeously illustrated by Kaitlin Chan and with a new introduction and foreword by award-winning authors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Alexander Chee.Since its original publication in 1897, Dracula has spoken aloud some of our deepest cultural anxieties: fear of sexuality, xenophobia, homophobia, and distrust of The Other. One of
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