{"product_id":"dreaming-of-columbus-a-boyhood-in-the-bronx-paperback","title":"Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in the Bronx - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA moving memoir, \u003ci\u003eDreaming of Columbus\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates place as a force that shapes lives. With recollection and reportage, Michael Pearson re-creates the Bronx of the 1950s and 1960s, an Irish Catholic culture filled with light and shadows. Pearson renders time and place vividly through his lyrical narrative voice and his generous spirit toward his characters. The driving force behind Pearson's story is its people--an enigmatic father, a steadfast mother, an eccentric and influential writing teacher, the boys and girls who shared his neighborhood, the high school girl who shared his vision and his life--and the books that made escape and return seem possible. Few writers go home again as successfully as Michael Pearson. When he literally and imaginatively revisits the all-but-unrecognizable Bronx of his youth, longing for its intense life, he concedes it was \"close to paradise.\" We understand perfectly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e teaches creative writing and American literature at Old Dominion University. He is the author of numerous books, including\u003ci\u003e Innocents Abroad Too, Shohola Falls, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eImagined Places: Journeys into Literary America.\u003c\/i\u003e His essays and stories appear in such publications as the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal and Constitution, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Literary Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759211544864,"sku":"9780815606369","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69ede6c9493d33a68c89b5d0c8ec5804.webp?v=1780145618","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dreaming-of-columbus-a-boyhood-in-the-bronx-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}