Alexander Chee: A Reading and Q&A

The Quinnipiac Creative Writing Series presents a reading by Alexander Chee, the bestselling author of the novels Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night and the essay collection How To Write An Autobiographical Novel, all from Mariner Books. A 2021 Guggenheim Fellow and a 2021 United Artists Fellow, he is the recipient of a Whiting Award and an NEA Fellowship in prose, as well as residencies from MacDowell, Civitella Ranieri and the VCCA. His stories and essays have appeared recently in T Magazine, Harpers and the New Republic, and he is the guest editor for Best American Essays 2022. He teaches as an associate professor of English and creative writing at Dartmouth College. A Q&A will follow the reading, moderated by Prof. Jason Koo. This event is presented as part of QU's early celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, with support from QU English, the College of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Cultural and Global Engagement, and the Multicultural Student Leadership Council.