| Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio Contributor(s): Watts, Lisa (Editor), Stine, R. L. (Foreword by), Winegardner, Mark (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0821417290 ISBN-13: 9780821417294 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $18.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: "Agood 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 resume 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2006030138 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.58" W x 8.46" (0.58 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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| Publisher Description: Winner of the Ohioana Library's 2008 Ohio Legacy Citation "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. |