Meander Belt
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Meander Belt

Family, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working-Class South

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Meander Belt

Family, Loss, and Coming of Age in the Working-Class South

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In Meander Belt M. Randal O'Wain offersa reflection on how a working-class boy from Memphis, Tennessee, came to fall in love with language, reading, writing, and the larger world outside of the American South. This memoir examines what it means for the son of a carpenter to value mental rather than physical laborand what this does to his relationship with his family, whose livelihood and sensibility are decidedly blue collar. Straining the father-son bond further, O'Wain leaves home to find a life outside Memphis, roaming from place to place, finding odd jobs, and touring with his band. From memory and observation, O'Wain assembles a subtle and spare portrait of his roots, family, and ultimately discovers that his working-class upbringing is not so antithetical to the man he has become.

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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781496217271
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Mirrored Mezzanine
  8. 2. Arrow of Light
  9. 3. Here
  10. 4. The Junk Trade
  11. 5. Superman Dam Fool
  12. 6. My Mother Taught Me How to Be
  13. 7. Rock and Roll High School
  14. 8. Halfway Between
  15. 9. Thirteenth Street and Failing
  16. 10. Memento Mori Part One: Calls in the Night
  17. 11. Memento Mori Part Two: Jackson General
  18. 12. Memento Mori Part Three: The Howlers
  19. 13. Rain over Memphis
  20. 14. Ornamental Stairs
  21. 15. On Love
  22. 16. Dear Brother
  23. 17. How to Walk as a Nontraditional Graduate
  24. 18. Barking Hours
  25. 19. Into This Place
  26. Acknowledgments