VOLUME 05: WAYFINDINGThe Bureau Dispatch is an ode to the writer’s bureau; a collection of stories accompanied by photographs of writers at their places of work.
The bureau is the easel. Or it is the laboratory, the microscope, or the telescope; it is the cauldron or the smelting furnace; it is sanctuary or it is battleground. But perhaps there is no need for metaphors because no two bureaus are alike: the bureau just is.
CORRESPONDENCEAlexander Chee, author of Edinburgh, The Queen of the Night, and How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
This quarter we receive a dispatch from bestselling author, essayist, and teacher, Alexander Chee. We discuss the distance between strangers, Alexander’s writing desks, and the importance of remaining hidden.