Legalize Freedom
—from the Ron Paul campaign, based on a suggestion of his in a speech.
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Literature, comics, travel, politics. Also, the occasional dance battle.
This is the blog of author Alexander Chee. My first novel, Edinburgh, is in paperback from Picador.
My second novel, The Queen of the Night, is forthcoming from Houghton. I am currently the Visiting Writer at Amherst College.
“I hate those ‘based on a true story’ stickers. On my next book I’m putting stickers…that say, ‘based on an imagined story.’”
Erin Belieu, via At Length Magazine.-
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