{"product_id":"elbow-room-paperback","title":"Elbow Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Alan McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Alan McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e (1943-2016) was the author of \u003ci\u003eHue and Cry, Railroad, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElbow Room, \u003c\/i\u003e for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1978. His essays and short stories appeared in numerous periodicals-- including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Newsday, Ploughshares, The Iowa Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDouble-Take\u003c\/i\u003e--and anthologies such as volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, The Best American Essays, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories.\u003c\/i\u003e McPherson received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Prize Fellows Award, and was a professor of English at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in Iowa City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.84 x 4.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (1978)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700148342847,"sku":"9780449213575","price":10.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d8f5434fe8f273932d5846331ad55eca.webp?v=1765015676","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/elbow-room-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}