In a way, what Coleman does is write his autobiography, a fictional autobiography, in the very process of living it.

从某种意义上讲，Coleman在写自传，虚构的自传，同时他也在经历这些情节。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Now the part about his life in Chicago was I'm going to keep doing this, call it the novel versus the autobiography, and I'll explain why I make that mistake a little later--it was cut from the autobiography.

他在芝加哥的生活那部分,我会一直把这书叫做小说，而不是自传,我之后会解释为什么犯这样的错误,这书是从自传的一部分。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选