{"product_id":"meander-belt-family-loss-and-coming-of-age-in-the-working-class-south-paperback","title":"Meander Belt: Family, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working-Class South - Paperback","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\u003eM. Randal O'Wain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMeander Belt\u003c\/em\u003e M. Randal O'Wain offers a reflection on how a working-class boy from Memphis, Tennessee, came to fall in love with language, reading, writing, and the larger world outside of the American South. This memoir examines what it means for the son of a carpenter to value mental rather than physical labor and what this does to his relationship with his family, whose livelihood and sensibility are decidedly blue collar. Straining the father-son bond further, O'Wain leaves home to find a life outside Memphis, roaming from place to place, finding odd jobs, and touring with his band. From memory and observation, O'Wain assembles a subtle and spare portrait of his roots, family, and ultimately discovers that his working-class upbringing is not so antithetical to the man he has become.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Randal O'Wain\u003c\/b\u003e earned his MFA from the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. He is a teaching assistant professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and serves as a National Endowment of the Arts Writing Fellow at the Beckley Federal Correctional Institution. O'Wain is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Station\u003c\/i\u003e and his work has been published in \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Hotel Amerika, Crazyhorse, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGuernica Magazine. \u003c\/i\u003eFor more information about the author visit randalowain.com. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47629339263229,"sku":"9781496213310","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/TzY0dkNocDEyOTF5OGlZak5pWjFVQT09.webp?v=1780318345","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/meander-belt-family-loss-and-coming-of-age-in-the-working-class-south-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}