{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmanda Page is an essayist and educator in Columbus, Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Trillium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50477865566482,"sku":"9780814255742","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e9da21de-887c-4514-9150-14f84cb787c8.jpg?v=1730279989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-columbus-anthology-9780814255742","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}