The Bookshelf

The Bookshelf: Alexander Chee on Identity, Class, and the Writing Life


Listen Later

In his first novel, Edinburgh , Dartmouth college professor Alexander Chee wrote about a difficult subject: child sexual abuse. "Part of the reason why I wrote it was because I hadn't seen anything that really dealt with the rage that people feel afterwards, and I wanted to show that in some way," he says. The novel's protagonist was a Korean American boy who, like Chee, was sexually abused. The novel was well-reviewed, but Chee says the most meaningful response to his novel came from a man
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The BookshelfBy

  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1

4.1

12 ratings


More shows like The Bookshelf

View all
Something Wild by Dave Anderson, Chris Martin

Something Wild

118 Listeners

10 Minute Writer's Workshop by New Hampshire Public Radio

10 Minute Writer's Workshop

137 Listeners

Outside/In by NHPR

Outside/In

1,451 Listeners

Primarily Politics from New Hampshire Public Radio by New Hampshire Public Radio

Primarily Politics from New Hampshire Public Radio

3 Listeners

Civics 101 by NHPR

Civics 101

2,504 Listeners

Bear Brook by NHPR

Bear Brook

14,984 Listeners

Document by NHPR

Document

805 Listeners

Patient Zero by NHPR

Patient Zero

1,342 Listeners

Stranglehold by NHPR

Stranglehold

327 Listeners

Second Greatest Show on Earth by New Hampshire Public Radio

Second Greatest Show on Earth

29 Listeners