Items related to The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story (Trillium Books)
Wil Haygood's memoir of his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, is an uplifting and unsparing celebration of the ties that bind all loving American families. The lives of the Haygood clan--grandmother a hotel cook, mother a nightlife-loving waitress, father mostly absent, one brother a legendary pimp, the other a star-crossed dreamer, sisters whose fates included very little disposable income--were intertwined with that of Mount Vernon Avenue, a seductive street of shops, juke joints, and speakeasies at the epicenter of Columbus's black community. Wil loved that avenue. Gifted and ambitious, he eventually found his first reporting terrain there, writing for the local paper, The Call & Post, while the first waves of urban renewal began to shake and shift the city of his childhood. Haygood tells here of his early passions: his fierce love for his restless mother, his enthusiasm for fishing in the Olentangy River, and his adolescent love of basketball, which drove him to ride buses surreptitiously.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"Gracefully written and often moving, The Haygoods of Columbus takes the black experience out of the realm of sociology and puts it squarely in the kingdom of literature." --David Nicholson, The Washington Post
"Wil Haygood has achieved a profoundly attractive blend of emotional and moral complexity in a prose of crisp lucidity and irresistible drive. I've admired his work for years; in this new family memoir he's surpassed himself. Like all prime work, it's a grave and beautiful surprise." --Reynolds Price
"The Haygood family, for all the rich uniqueness of its warmth, struggle, and dignity, could be any family in America. But there is only one writer like Wil Haygood. His elegant prose, honorable eye, and unfaltering voice combine to make his memoir beautiful." --James Carroll
"The Haygoods of Columbus is indeed a love story: the love of a boy for his family, the love of a man for the truth . . . . It is a story that continues to have different endings as each generation adds its patch to the quilt." --Nikki Giovanni
"The most loving and generous book I have read in years." --Richard Rhodes
"Wil Haygood has achieved a profoundly attractive blend of emotional and moral complexity in a prose of crisp lucidity and irresistible drive. I've admired his work for years; in this new family memoir he's surpassed himself. Like all prime work, it's a grave and beautiful surprise." --Reynolds Price
"The Haygood family, for all the rich uniqueness of its warmth, struggle, and dignity, could be any family in America. But there is only one writer like Wil Haygood. His elegant prose, honorable eye, and unfaltering voice combine to make his memoir beautiful." --James Carroll
"The Haygoods of Columbus is indeed a love story: the love of a boy for his family, the love of a man for the truth . . . . It is a story that continues to have different endings as each generation adds its patch to the quilt." --Nikki Giovanni
"The most loving and generous book I have read in years." --Richard Rhodes
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherTrillium
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 0814253911
- ISBN 13 9780814253915
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Trillium 1/22/2017
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0814253911
ISBN 13: 9780814253915
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story 0.95. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780814253915
Buy New
£ 21.34
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus Format: Paperback
Published by
University of Chicago press
(2016)
ISBN 10: 0814253911
ISBN 13: 9780814253915
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 9780814253915
Buy New
£ 18.67
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story (Trillium Books)
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2416190227574
Buy New
£ 19.78
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story (Trillium Books)
Published by
Trillium
(2016)
ISBN 10: 0814253911
ISBN 13: 9780814253915
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9780814253915
Buy New
£ 23.48
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus A Love Story Trillium Books
Published by
Ohio State University Press
(2017)
ISBN 10: 0814253911
ISBN 13: 9780814253915
New
PAP
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9780814253915
Buy New
£ 24.69
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story (Trillium Books)
Published by
Trillium
(2016)
ISBN 10: 0814253911
ISBN 13: 9780814253915
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In English. Seller Inventory # ria9780814253915_new
Buy New
£ 21.93
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story (Trillium Books)
Published by
Trillium
(2016)
ISBN 10: 0814253911
ISBN 13: 9780814253915
New
Paperback
First Edition
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Special order direct from the distributor. Seller Inventory # ING9780814253915
Buy New
£ 24.25
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story (Trillium Books)
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.79. Seller Inventory # 0814253911-2-1
Buy New
£ 32.30
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story
Published by
The Ohio State University Press
(2016)
ISBN 10: 0814253911
ISBN 13: 9780814253915
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Seller Inventory # ria9780814253915_lsuk
Buy New
£ 22.52
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story
Published by
Trillium
(2016)
ISBN 10: 0814253911
ISBN 13: 9780814253915
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Seller Inventory # C9780814253915
Buy New
£ 24.92
Convert currency