An open book: coming of age in the heartland
Literature biography, Literature
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Memoir recounting the childhood of Pulitzer Prize-winning literary journalist Michael Dirda. A steelworker's son, Dirda reminisces about growing up in the industrial town of Lorain, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s, working toward a degree in English at Oberlin College,… and encountering various books that fueled his imagination along the way. 2003