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What does it mean to be a citizen of the world in the twenty-first century? Robin Hemley wrestles with this question in
Borderline Citizen as he takes the reader on a singular journey through the hinterlands of national identity.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Traveler in the Twenty-First Century
Walled Citizens
No One Will See Me Again Forever
The Great Land Swap
Don’t Be Too Difficult
Close Calls with a Potentially Violent Felon in Cuba
They Have Forgotten Many Things
Mr. Chen’s Mountain
To the Rainforest Room
Present
Celebrating Russian Federation Day with Immanuel Kant
Field Notes for the Graveyard Enthusiast
Survivor Stories
Independence Days
About the author
Robin Hemley is the author of numerous books, including
Invented Eden;
Reply All: Stories;
A Field Guide for Immersion Writing;
Nola;
Turning Life into Fiction; and
Do-Over! 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.
Summary
What does it mean to be a citizen of the world in the twenty-first century? Robin Hemley wrestles with this question in Borderline Citizen as he takes the reader on a singular journey through the hinterlands of national identity.
