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Growing Up Chicago
By David Schaafsma (Editor), Lauren DeJulio Bell (Editor), Roxanne Pilat (Editor), Luis Alberto Urrea (Foreword by), Samira Ahmed (Contribution by), Dhana-Marie Branton (Contribution by), Anne Calcagno (Contribution by), Ana Castillo (Contribution by), Maxine Chernoff (Contribution by), Shelly M. Conner (Contribution by), Stuart Dybek (Contribution by), Saja Elshareif (Contribution by), Emil Ferris (Contribution by), Jessie Ann Foley (Contribution by), Charles Johnson (Contribution by), Rebecca Makkai (Contribution by), Daiva Markelis (Contribution by), James McManus (Contribution by), David Mura (Contribution by), Nnedi Okorafor (Contribution by), Christian Picciolini (Contribution by), Tony Romano (Contribution by), Erika Sánchez (Contribution by), George Saunders (Contribution by), Luis Alberto Urrea (Contribution by)
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By David Schaafsma (Editor), Lauren DeJulio Bell (Editor), Roxanne Pilat (Editor), Luis Alberto Urrea (Foreword by), Samira Ahmed (Contribution by), Dhana-Marie Branton (Contribution by), Anne Calcagno (Contribution by), Ana Castillo (Contribution by), Maxine Chernoff (Contribution by), Shelly M. Conner (Contribution by), Stuart Dybek (Contribution by), Saja Elshareif (Contribution by), Emil Ferris (Contribution by), Jessie Ann Foley (Contribution by), Charles Johnson (Contribution by), Rebecca Makkai (Contribution by), Daiva Markelis (Contribution by), James McManus (Contribution by), David Mura (Contribution by), Nnedi Okorafor (Contribution by), Christian Picciolini (Contribution by), Tony Romano (Contribution by), Erika Sánchez (Contribution by), George Saunders (Contribution by), Luis Alberto Urrea (Contribution by)
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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 Castillo, Stuart Dybek, Emil Ferris, Charles Joh...