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Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio
Ohio University Press
January 2007
On Sale: January 9, 2007
208 pages
ISBN: 0821417290
EAN: 9780821417294
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Non-Fiction
“A good place to be from.” That's how some people might
characterize the Buckeye State. The writings in Good Roots:
Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio, are testimony to the
truth of that statement. By prominent writers such as P. J.
O'Rourke, Susan Orlean, and Alix Kates Shulman, these
contributions are alternately nostalgic, irreverent, and
sincere, and offer us a personal sense of place. Their
childhoods are as varied as their work. Some were raised in
urban Cleveland, Akron, and Cincinnati, others in the small
Ohio towns that typify the Midwest, and still others in the
countryside. Yet what they have to tell us about their roots
resonates with a shared heritage, a sense of what is
universal and enduring about growing up in the heartland. Their collective résumé reads like a literary Who's Who,
including four Pulitzer Prizes, several National Book
Awards, and many prestigious fellowships. Good Roots is also
plain good reading from some of our country's most
accomplished contemporary writers. Contributors include: Jill Bialosky, Dan Cryer,
Michael Dirda, Elizabeth Dodd, Anthony Doerr, Rita Dove, Ian
Frazier, Dale Keiger, Andrea Louie, Kathleen Dean Moore,
Mary Oliver, Susan Orlean, P. J. O'Rourke, Julie Salamon,
Scott Russell Sanders, Alix Kates Shulman, Jeffery Smith,
James Toedtman, and Mark Winegardner.
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