{"product_id":"the-dayton-anthology-shannon-shelton-miller-9781948742801","title":"The Dayton Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA part of Belt's City Anthology Series, \u003ci\u003eThe Dayton Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e offers a portrait of a city recovering from the twin 2019 crises of devastating tornadoes and the mass shooting that took the lives of nine residents in the Oregon District.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn over fifty essays and poems, contributors reflect on these traumas and the longer-term ills of disinvestment and decay that have plagued Dayton and the Miami Valley for years. But they also draw our attention to the resilience of the people who call Dayton home. This is the city that brought the world the Wright brothers' invention of flight, the cash register, and the hydraulic pump. It also gave us the soaring poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and the comedy of Dave Chappelle. Edited by Shannon Shelton Miller and with contributions from Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and former Ohio Governor Bob Taft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA delightful tour of a city that never counts itself out, that captures the true diversity of Dayton's residents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shannon Shelton Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948742802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948742801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShannon Shelton Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer with more than two decades of experience in the communications industry, working for ten years at the \u003cem\u003eOrlando Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e before moving to higher education communications and freelance writing. Born and raised in Detroit with collegiate stops in East Lansing, Michigan, and Chicago, she lives in Southwest Ohio between Dayton and Cincinnati.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shannon Shelton Miller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149483077887,"sku":"9781948742801","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c6fad62-fdc1-46aa-99ed-f287a0fe5a76.jpg?v=1688456965","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dayton-anthology-shannon-shelton-miller-9781948742801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}