{"product_id":"good-roots-writers-reflect-on-growing-up-in-ohio-hardcover","title":"Good Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Watts\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Ohioana Library's 2008 Ohio Legacy Citation\u003cbr\u003e 2014-2015 Choose to Read Ohio selection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A good place to be from.\" That's how some people might characterize the Buckeye State. The writings in \u003ci\u003eGood Roots: Writers Reflect on Growing Up in Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Their collective résumé reads like a literary \u003ci\u003eWho's Who, \u003c\/i\u003e including four Pulitzer Prizes, several National Book Awards, and many prestigious fellowships. \u003ci\u003eGood Roots\u003c\/i\u003e is also plain good reading from some of our country's most accomplished contemporary writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors include\u003c\/b\u003e: 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOhio native \u003cb\u003eLisa Watts\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor and writer who raised her family in a small Ohio town for ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.62 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52445964501299,"sku":"9780821417287","price":47.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eWJRb0tOa3FrS2VldG45NktVclZpZz09.webp?v=1758974286","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/good-roots-writers-reflect-on-growing-up-in-ohio-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}