{"product_id":"line-study-of-a-motel-clerk-paperback","title":"Line Study of a Motel Clerk - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllison Pitinii Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo families immigrate to America's Steel Valley and open a trucking motel and laundry. The businesses change hands through three generations as the region's industry booms and busts. When the two disparate families become one, the new generation must examine what it means to endure in a place, a culture, a language, and a history. \u003ci\u003eLine Study of a Motel Clerk\u003c\/i\u003e examines a family's century-long effort to make a home in a world on the move.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllison Pitinii Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePoppy Seeds\u003c\/i\u003e (Kent State University Press, 2013), winner of the Wick Poetry Chapbook Award. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, Black Warrior Review, CutBank, Connotation Press\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Ohio State University and fellowships from Stanford University's Wallace Stegner program, the Severinghaus Beck Fund for Study at Vilnius Yiddish Institute, and will spend 2015-2016 as a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She was raised near Youngstown, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 87\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.7 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769923535136,"sku":"9781936097135","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0e8bdf533fd203b9631439fce0312166.webp?v=1780359935","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/line-study-of-a-motel-clerk-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}