{"product_id":"island-in-the-city-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Island in the City: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMicah McCrary\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat forges the unique human personality? In \u003ci\u003eIsland in the City\u003c\/i\u003e Micah McCrary, taking his genetic inheritance as immutable, considers the role geography has played in shaping who he is. Place often leaves indelible marks: the badges of self-discovery; the scars from adversity and hardship; the gilded stamps from personal triumphs; the tattoos of memory; and the new appendages--friendships, experiences, and baggage--we carry with us. Each place, with its own personality, has the power to form or revise our personhood in surprising and fascinating ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McCrary considers three places he has called home (Normal, Illinois; Chicago; and Prague) and reflects on how these surroundings have shaped him. His sharp-eyed, charming memoir-in-essays contemplates how aspects of his identity, such as being black, male, middle-class, queer, and American, have developed and been influenced by where he hangs his hat.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMicah McCrary\u003c\/b\u003e's work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMidwestern Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIdentity Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/i\u003e. He is an assistant editor at \u003ci\u003eHotel Amerika\u003c\/i\u003e, a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eAssay\u003c\/i\u003e, and a founding coeditor of \u003ci\u003econ-text\u003c\/i\u003e. A teaching associate and PhD candidate in English at Ohio University, he holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia College Chicago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45660004122668,"sku":"9781496207869","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/nk8fk0scre9781496207869.webp?v=1781586336","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/island-in-the-city-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}