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The Dayton Anthology - (Belt City Anthologies) by Shannon Shelton Miller (Paperback)

The Dayton Anthology - (Belt City Anthologies) by  Shannon Shelton Miller (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A collection of voices from Ohio's Gem City<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A part of Belt's City Anthology Series, <i>The Dayton Anthology</i> 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.</b></p><p>In 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.</p><p>A delightful tour of a city that never counts itself out, that captures the true diversity of Dayton's residents.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Shannon Shelton Miller</b> is an award-winning writer with more than two decades of experience in the communications industry, working for ten years at the <em>Orlando Sentinel</em> and <em>Detroit Free Press</em> 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.

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