{"product_id":"pittsburgh-neighborhood-guidebook-9781948742719","title":"Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart of Belt's Neighborhood Guidebook Series, a probing look at the Steel City's diverse locales.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePittsburgh is made up of more than ninety different neighborhoods. And while \u003cem\u003eThe Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook\u003c\/em\u003e can't detail every last one of them, it does its best, exploring the contrasts and contradictions that define the city's neighborhoods and how they play out through the personal narratives of those who live there. Edited by Ben Gwin (\u003cem\u003eClean Time\u003c\/em\u003e), in these pages you'll find stories about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Old Lawrenceville, Garfield, and Squirrel Hill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Swisshelm Park and Oakland in East Pittsburgh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Crafton-Ingram, Thorn Street, and the bars of Dormont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn over thirty poems and essays by lifetime residents, transplants, and transients, \u003cem\u003eThe Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook\u003c\/em\u003e offers a portrait of a city that's constantly being hailed for its renaissance but that is still marked by the old remnants of wealth inequality, gentrification, and racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe newest installment in Belt's Neighborhood Guidebook Series, \u003cem\u003eThe Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for anyone who thinks they know Pittsburgh, or just wishes they did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Gwin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eClean Time: The True Story of Ronald Reagan Middleton\u003c\/em\u003e (Burrow Press). His writing has appeared in Belt Magazine, The Normal School, Gulf Stream and others, and anthologized in \u003cem\u003eThe Pittsburgh Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e (Belt Publishing) and \u003cem\u003eVoices of the Rust Belt\u003c\/em\u003e (Picador). Ben grew up in Titusville, New Jersey. He lives in Pittsburgh with his daughter, and is currently working on a nonfiction book about parenting and the opioid crisis.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Belt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50545841537298,"sku":"9781948742719","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ddfb759a-e550-4e35-9c3b-7fd2c62dcfab.jpg?v=1731550052","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pittsburgh-neighborhood-guidebook-9781948742719","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}