Growing Up Chicago

by Alexandria House

Book Overview

Growing Up Chicago is a collection of coming-of-age stories that reflects the diversity of the city and its metropolitan area. Primarily memoir, the book collects work by writers who spent their formative years in the region to ask: What characterizes a Chicago author? Is it a certain feel to the writer's language? A narrative sensibility? The mention of certain neighborhoods or locales? Contributors to the volume include renowned writers Ana...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810143682
• ISBN13: 9780810143685
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"