Zak: Reader, what's your story What, in its telling, will you allow yourself to know? In this luminous collection of autobiographical essays, Chee harnessesa life's worth of wisdom as he writes his way towards an answer. Invoking the modern masters of the form while remaining true to his own superb idiom, Chee interrogates the substance of his life - the life of an activist, a lover, a son, a gay man, a Korean-American, and a writer - with clarity, insight, and generosity. Each essay in isolation would be enought to warrant the recommendation, such is their strength; together, however, they realise a portrait of striking, often startling beauty. Byturns rapturous, heartbreaking, and deeply moving, Chee's latest is a triumph of art and heart.