{"product_id":"elbow-room-9780449213575","title":"Elbow Room by McPherson, James Alan","description":"A 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Alan McPherson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fawcett Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.84h x 4.22w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449213575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Fawcett Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45472544555161,"sku":"9780449213575","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_d5aa1592-81b6-4d2b-8ca4-6a22a2048f44.jpg?v=1750081491","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/elbow-room-9780449213575","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}