{"product_id":"island-in-the-city-micah-mccrary-9781496207869","title":"Island in the City: A Memoir","description":"What 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Micah McCrary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496207866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496207869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2018","brand":"Micah McCrary","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992110334207,"sku":"9781496207869","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4eac0510-dc00-4357-997c-8c9e903ca22b.jpg?v=1683314113","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/island-in-the-city-micah-mccrary-9781496207869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}