{"product_id":"borderline-citizen-dispatches-from-the-outskirts-of-nationhood-paperback","title":"Borderline Citizen: Dispatches from the Outskirts of Nationhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin Hemley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBorderline Citizen\u003c\/em\u003e Robin Hemley wrestles with what it means to be a citizen of the world, taking readers on a singular journey through the hinterlands of national identity. As a polygamist of place, Hemley celebrates Guy Fawkes Day in the contested Falkland Islands; Canada Day and the Fourth of July in the tiny U.S. exclave of Point Roberts, Washington; Russian Federation Day in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad; Handover Day among protesters in Hong Kong; and India Day along the most complicated border in the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Forgoing the exotic descriptions of faraway lands common in traditional travel writing, \u003cem\u003eBorderline Citizen\u003c\/em\u003e upends the genre with darkly humorous and deeply compassionate glimpses into the lives of exiles, nationalists, refugees, and others. Hemley's superbly rendered narratives detail these individuals, including a Chinese billionaire who could live anywhere but has chosen to situate his ornate mansion in the middle of his impoverished ancestral village, a black nationalist wanted on thirty-two outstanding FBI warrants exiled in Cuba, and an Afghan refugee whose intentionally altered birth date makes him more easy to deport despite his harrowing past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part travelogue, part memoir, part reportage, \u003cem\u003eBorderline Citizen\u003c\/em\u003e redefines notions of nationhood through an exploration of the arbitrariness of boundaries and what it means to belong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Hemley \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eInvented Eden\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eReply All: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide for Immersion Writing\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNola\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTurning Life into Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDo-Over!\u003c\/i\u003e He has won many awards for his writing, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and three Pushcart Prizes, as well as residencies at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center, the Bogliasco Foundation, the Fine Arts Work in Provincetown, the MacDowell Colony, and others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760017867040,"sku":"9781496220417","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0fa93a0cd13da25c1e5bc6b6567ef2a9.webp?v=1780169079","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/borderline-citizen-dispatches-from-the-outskirts-of-nationhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}