The Columbus anthology / edited and with an introduction by Amanda Page.

Book

Columbus : Trillium, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press ; Cleveland ; Copublished with Belt Publishing, [2020]

173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"A diverse collection of essayists, poets, and one cartoonist examine life in the rapidly growing city of Columbus, Ohio, challenging the image of the city as one without a cohesive identity. Topics include queer life, gentrification, race, immigration, sports, and food" -- Provided by publisher.

American literature -- 21st century.

Columbus (Ohio) -- Literary collections.

Page, Amanda, 1975- editor, writer of introduction.

Columbus / Maggie Smith -- Introduction / Amanda Page -- Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus / Annie McGreevy -- Buckeye to All That / Mandy Shunnarah -- I'm Here to Win / Harmony Cox -- Art in a City That Can Kill You / Scott Woods -- Every Day I Ride the Bus / David Breithaupt -- Swole for the Revolution / Meryl Williams -- The Blue Jackets Have Turned Columbus into a Major League City / Jeff Svoboda -- Sitting Out the Anthem: Reflections on the Columbus Blue Jackets, Racism, and Protest / Dan Skinner -- In a City Marked by Change, Columbus Crew SC Remains a Powerful, Unifying Force / Hanif Abdurraqib -- The City That Raised Me Has a New Face / Tiffany Williams -- What Would Jane Say? / Sarah Marsom -- Where the Sidewalk Ends / Stacy Jane Grover -- Life in Franklinton / Greg Phillips -- Breakfast with Columbus / Nick Dekker -- Consider the Johnny Marzetti / Shelley Mann Hite -- Flat City Nights / Robert Loss -- Can't Last / Bela Koe-Krompecher -- Van Sciver in Columbus / Van Sciver -- In the Silent City She's Yearned For / Jen Town -- Cactus / Jen Town -- Diorama Turned to Ashes / Jen Town -- Black Woman Repetition (After Terrance Hayes) / Barbara Fant -- Magic Before/Before Magic / Barbara Fant -- Long Line of Strong Women / Barbara Fant -- Transplant / Fayce Hammond -- Fear of Fuel / Fayce Hammond -- Main Street / Rose M. Smith -- Billboard / Rose M. Smith -- Ackerman Place / Psyche North Torok -- Nighthawks (Buckeye Donuts) / Joseph Hess -- American Folklore / Adam J. Gellings -- The Whales Are Always Feeding / Ethan Rivera -- Justice Be Like / Ethan Rivera -- Shapes Heard Free / Darren Demaree -- Do the Right Thing / Charlene Fix -- Ornithology / Geoff Anderson -- Phasmophobia / Geoff Anderson -- Flyover Country / Steve Abbott -- Hold Me Like Ohio / Amy Turn Sharp -- Summertime / Robert Colby -- Walking in the Topiary Park After Snowfall in February / Jeremy Glazier -- On the First Snowfall / Will Evans -- Auribus Teneo Lupum / Will Evans -- The New Oath / Hannah Stephenson -- Table Manners / Fariha Tayyab -- Thanksgiving / Fariha Tayyab -- The Dead Walk Over Your Land / Ruth Awad -- Inventory of What Remains / Ruth Awad -- Taillights / Ruth Awad -- Some Friday / Andrew Anderson.

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