Andrea Long Chu
Book Critic at New York Magazine
Journalist at Freelance
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1 week ago |
vulture.com | Andrea Long Chu
Ocean Vuong’s 2019 debut, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, was an epistolary novel addressed to someone who could not read it. The book presents itself as a series of letters written by Vuong’s alter ego, Little Dog, to his mother, Rose, a mixed Vietnamese child of the Vietnam War who never learned to read. Her illiteracy allows Little Dog to admit things he never otherwise could, most notably his secret teenage romance with his all-American best friend, Trevor.
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1 month ago |
lithub.com | Andrea Long Chu
Andrea Long Chu’s essay collection, Authority, is available now from FSG, so we asked her a few questions about writing, reading, alternate careers, and more. Article continues after advertisement*What part of your writing routine do you think would surprise your readers? When I really have to lock in, I blast certain musicals on loop. Some of these shows, I’ve listened to for decades at this point.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Andrea Long Chu
"Authority," a new collection of reviews and essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Andrea Long Chu, showcases her smarts, humor and contempt. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. AUTHORITY: Essays, by Andrea Long ChuWhat a strange book "Authority," by Andrea Long Chu, is - brilliant, blind.
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1 month ago |
wsbtv.com | Kelsey Weekman |Andrea Long Chu
Welcome to the It List Spring Guide, where we share our picks for the best in entertainment. Catch the weekly It List here for the latest releases that we can't wait to watch, stream, listen to, read and binge. Though reading more is a popular New Year's resolution, there’s something about springtime that inspires people to pick up more hobbies. For me, that's always meant reading.
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1 month ago |
vulture.com | Andrea Long Chu
Andrea Long Chu and Torrey Peters at The Strand. It’s been four years since Torrey Peters published her critically acclaimed debut, Detransition, Baby. That book was, by design, a conventional literary novel, one that explored questions of transition through a clever, and ultimately brutal, reimagining of the marriage plot.
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