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In Meander Belt M. Randal O'Wain offers a 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 labor and 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.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Author's Note
I. Mirrored Mezzanine
II. Arrow of Light
III. Here
IV. The Junk Trade
V. Superman Dam Fool
VI. My Mother Taught Me How to Be
VII. Rock and Roll High School
VIII. Halfway Between
IX. Thirteenth Street and Failing
X. Memento Mori: Part One Calls in the Night
XI. Memento Mori: Part Two Jackson General
XII. Memento Mori: Part Three The Howlers
XIII. Rain Over Memphis
XIV. Ornamental Stairs
XV. On Love
XVI. Dear, Brother
XVII. How to Walk as a Non-Traditional Graduate
XVIII. Barking Hours
XIX. Into this Place
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