{"product_id":"childhood-and-other-neighborhoods-stories-paperback","title":"Childhood and Other Neighborhoods: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStuart Dybek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Stuart Dybek's Chicago, wonder lurks in unexpected places-in garbage-strewn alleys, gloomy basement apartments, abandoned rooms at the top of rickety stairs periodically rumbled by passing el trains. Transformed through the wide eyes of Dybek's adolescent heroes, these grimy urban backwaters become exotic landscapes of fear-filled possibility, of dreams not yet turned to nightmares. Chronicling what happens when Old World faith meets the dark side of the American dream, Dybek's poignant stories of coming of age in Chicago alternately appall, amaze, and just simply entertain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Stuart Dybek's Chicago, wonder lurks in unexpected places--in garbage-strewn alleys, gloomy basement apartments, abandoned rooms at the top of rickety stairs periodically rumbled by passing el trains. Transformed through the wide eyes of Dybek's adolescent heroes, these grimy urban backwaters become exotic landscapes of fear-filled possibility, of dreams not yet turned to nightmares. Chronicling what happens when Old World faith meets the dark side of the American dream, Dybek's poignant stories of coming of age in Chicago alternately appall, amaze, and just simply entertain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised on the southwest side of Chicago, \u003cb\u003eStuart Dybek\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the writing program at Western Michigan University. He is the author of a short story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Coast of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book of poetry, \u003ci\u003e Brass Knuckles\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the forthcoming fiction, \u003ci\u003eI Sailed with Magellan\u003c\/i\u003e, and a new collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eStreets in Their Own Ink\u003c\/i\u003e. His award-winning poetry and fiction have appeared in numerous magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntaeus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.6 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454506614962,"sku":"9780226176581","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2e6e9f9f854547d10a5baca3555b6bf7.webp?v=1778852896","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/childhood-and-other-neighborhoods-stories-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}