The Journey
Countless classrooms, three continents, one long search for home.
The journey runs from Chicago's South Side to a village on the Alaskan tundra, from crowded classrooms in Madagascar to a school with no electricity in the Philippines to the South Bronx. Each stop asked a different question about where David belonged and each one changed how he taught.
MEET THE AUTHOR
From South Side Kid to sportswriter to teacher on three continents.
David Lance spent fifteen years as a sports reporter before trading the press box for a classroom. He has since taught in Madagascar, the South Bronx, the Alaskan Bush, the Philippines, and Chicago — the city where he grew up chasing a very different dream.
FIND IT IN CHICAGO
Is Where I Belong available at your local bookstore?
It is in Chicago! Where I Belong is on the shelf at Tangible Books, the independent bookstore at 3324 S. Halsted St. in Bridgeport (opens in new tab). Not in Chicago? Ask your local bookseller to order a copy.
THE BOOK
A Black Teacher's Quest to Find His Home
A memoir of a year teaching in an Iñupiat village in the Alaskan Bush — and the classrooms in Madagascar, the South Bronx, the Philippines, and Chicago that led there. Equal parts travelogue, coming-of-age story, and hard-won teaching manual for anyone working somewhere that wasn't built for their success.
