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Books authored by Michael McColly

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Skyline of Chicago in the background as seen over the waters of Lake Michigan from Montrose Harbor Nature Preserve

Walking Chicago's Coast

A 63-MILE JOURNEY to the INDIANA DUNES 

From his doorstep, Michael McColly takes readers on an urban pilgrimage of 63 miles through the metropolis of Chicago ending in America's most urban of national parks, the Indiana Dunes. Part memoir, part travel narrative, part environmental reportage, McColly sews together this metropolis as he walks, reflecting on the city's layers of history and its troubling divides as well as muses on his years living in this grand polyglot mecca of the Midwest. 

The After-Death Room

JOURNEY INTO SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM

Part memoir, part travelogue, and part reportage, an HIV positive writer takes readers on a journey into heart of the HIV/AIDS epidemic as he reports and reflects on the many healers and activists he meets as he travels through South Africa, India, Southeast Asia, West Africa, and back to the streets of Chicago.

Photo of a Nigerian doctor's silhouette as he sits before a window.
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