{"product_id":"the-columbus-anthology-9780814255742","title":"The Columbus Anthology","description":"Columbus, Ohio, is a place whose identity centers on its supposed lack of identity-an American \"every place\" that has launched countless chain dining concepts. Enter the contributors to this wide-ranging volume, who are all too happy to fight back against that reputation, even as they recognize it as an inevitable facet of the ever-growing city they call home. \"Maybe we're not having trouble designing a definitive identity,\" writes Amanda Page in her introduction. \"Maybe we are a city that is constantly considering what it will become.\"\u003cbr\u003e Race, sports, the endless squeeze of gentrification, the city's booming literary and comics scenes, its reputation as a haven for queer life, the sometimes devastating differences in perspective among black and white, native and transplant residents-and more than one tribute to Buckeye Donuts-make this anthology a challenging and an energizing read. From Hanif Abdurraqib's sparkling and urgent portrait of Columbus's vital immigrant culture as experienced through Crew games to Nick Dekker's insights into breakfast as a vehicle for getting to know a city to the poetry of Maggie Smith and Ruth Awad, the pieces gathered here show us a Columbus far more textured than any test marketer could dream up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814255742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.44d","brand":"Amanda Page","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644554342556,"sku":"9780814255742","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e5fb2a7d-557a-40e6-8722-acd78d6a2463.jpg?v=1603858889","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-columbus-anthology-9780814255742","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}