Island in the City Image close
Island in the City by Micah McCrary
Island in the City by Micah McCrary
Show Hide Adult Content
Island in the City close

Biography & True Story Books:

Home  
Books  
Biography & True Stories  
Memoirs

Island in the City

A Memoir
Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

By:

Format:

Paperback / softback
$41.99
Available from supplier

The item is brand new and in-stock with one of our preferred suppliers. The item will ship from a Mighty Ape warehouse within the timeframe shown.

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
0 in Trolley

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

  • Around 7-19 June using International Courier

Explore more American Lives

See all products in this series

Island of Bones by Joy Castro
$37.99
Island of Bones
by Joy Castro ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Autumn Song by Patrice Gopo
$44.99
Autumn Song
by Patrice Gopo ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences by Sue William Silverman
$45.99
How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences
by Sue William Silverman ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt by Marvin V. Arnett
$33.99
Pieces from Life's Crazy Quilt
by Marvin V. Arnett ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Bigger than Life on Hardback by Dinah Lenney
$60.99
Bigger than Life
by Dinah Lenney ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Such a Life by Lee Martin
$38.99
Such a Life
by Lee Martin ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Yellowstone Autumn on Hardback by W.D. Wetherell
$68.99
Yellowstone Autumn
by W.D. Wetherell ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Searching for Tamsen Donner by Gabrielle Burton
$43.99
Searching for Tamsen Donner
by Gabrielle Burton ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Let Me Count the Ways by Tomas Q Morin
$45.99
Let Me Count the Ways
by Tomas Q Morin ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Should I Still Wish by John W. Evans
$42.99
Should I Still Wish
by John W. Evans ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Queen of the Fall by Sonja Livingston
$43.99
Queen of the Fall
by Sonja Livingston ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
What Becomes You by Aaron Raz Link
$48.99
What Becomes You
by Aaron Raz Link ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Anything Will Be Easy after This by Bethany Maile
$45.99
Anything Will Be Easy after This
by Bethany Maile ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
In the Shadow of Memory by Floyd Skloot
$36.99
In the Shadow of Memory
by Floyd Skloot ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Weeds by Evelyn I Funda
$49.99
$50.50
Weeds
by Evelyn I Funda ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Just Breathe Normally by Peggy Shumaker
$38.99
Just Breathe Normally
by Peggy Shumaker ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Description

What forges the unique human personality? In Island in the City 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. 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.

Author Biography:

Micah McCrary’s work has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Rumpus, Midwestern Gothic, Identity Theory, and Third Coast. He is an assistant editor at Hotel Amerika, a contributing editor at Assay, and a founding coeditor of con•text. A teaching associate and PhD candidate in English at Ohio University, he holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia College Chicago.    
Release date Australia
September 1st, 2018
Author
Pages
168
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
ISBN-13
9781496207869
Product ID
27848029

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Explore more by Micah McCrary

See all books by this author

Teaching Cultural Dexterity in Creative Writing by Micah McCrary
$110.99
Teaching Cultural Dexterity in Creative Writing
by Micah McCrary ~ Paperback / softback
Pre-order - out 28 Nov 2024

Recommended for you

Recommended from your browsing history

Help & options

Filed under...

Books >
Biography & True Stories >
Memoirs