I knew it was a risk but what I was after was a novel that is about the feeling that comes with a coincidence in real life - that you feel as if something divine has intervened and has arrived with a message.
I have lived for a long time inside a series of coincidences that most people would find implausible in a novel. - Alexander Chee
I have lived for a long time inside a series of coincidences that most people would find implausible in a novel.
- Alexander Chee
The way some were entrapped into lives of prostitution, the way that something like marriage could rob them of their rights. - Alexander Chee
The way some were entrapped into lives of prostitution, the way that something like marriage could rob them of their rights.
Every now and then, you find a book that feels like it was keyed to your DNA. - Alexander Chee
Every now and then, you find a book that feels like it was keyed to your DNA.
I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew! - Alexander Chee
I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew!
PhD, MFA, self-taught - the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity… - Alexander Chee
PhD, MFA, self-taught - the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity…
As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot, that litter the hard dr… - Alexander Chee
As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot, that litter the hard dr…
Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that makes the novel possible. Change… - Alexander Chee
Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that makes the novel possible. Change…
Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you. - Alexander Chee
Whenever people say a coincidence in a novel is implausible, I think, Do I have a story for you.
One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which is a hilarious gesture. - Alexander Chee
One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which is a hilarious gesture.
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