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Car Bombs To Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology
Car Bombs To Cookie Tables The Youngstown Anthology Author:Jacqueline Marino, Will Miller Youngstown has long been known for its rise and fall as a 20th century steel town turned crime town, but the city that inspired Bruce Springsteen and scores of outsider journalists, filmmakers, and artists has not been recognized for the stories of its own residents. Until now. Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology (Belt Publishin... more »g, May 2015) is filled with stories born of struggle and conflict, stories that have shaped the values and lives of people from the Mahoning Valley. It resists boosterism. It elevates works that capture life as it was, is, and will be lived in the Youngstown area. The book includes an original story by Modern Family star Ed O Neill, as well as contributions by leading literary voices, including the novelist and short-story writer Christopher Barzak and Rust Belt poet Rochelle Hurt. Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett penned a personal essay about what he s learned on the route from promise to prison to redemption. In age, the book's 45 contributors span seven decades.« less