Mingo Town & Memories

A vivid and imaginative account and tribute to the significance of place in our lives."Larry Smith's strikingly lucid and complete memoir has a deep and strong focus upon bringing forward the experience of Midwest Ohioan mill town working-class life. His writing moves with great energy, directness, honesty, clarity, and empathy touching upon family, townspeople, and others, but also upon nature, in the sense of experiencing the oneness of self and place." Ingrid Swanberg
Author Jim Daniels on Smith's memoir writing: "Larry Smith writes of a life full of personal challenges, a life full of consistent engagement with the larger world, and a life full of commitment to making it a better place--as a husband, father, writer, and editor. Smith has worn a lot of hats, and he's worn them well. His story here of his home town has the emotional resonance of all of his writing making the point that working-class lives like his in communities like his are important to our culture and history. They matter."
Author Jim Daniels on Smith's memoir writing: "Larry Smith writes of a life full of personal challenges, a life full of consistent engagement with the larger world, and a life full of commitment to making it a better place--as a husband, father, writer, and editor. Smith has worn a lot of hats, and he's worn them well. His story here of his home town has the emotional resonance of all of his writing making the point that working-class lives like his in communities like his are important to our culture and history. They matter."
Author Jim Daniels on Smith's memoir writing: "Larry Smith writes of a life full of personal challenges, a life full of consistent engagement with the larger world, and a life full of commitment to making it a better place--as a husband, father, writer, and editor. Smith has worn a lot of hats, and he's worn them well. His story here of his home town has the emotional resonance of all of his writing making the point that working-class lives like his in communities like his are important to our culture and history. They matter."
Author Jim Daniels on Smith's memoir writing: "Larry Smith writes of a life full of personal challenges, a life full of consistent engagement with the larger world, and a life full of commitment to making it a better place--as a husband, father, writer, and editor. Smith has worn a lot of hats, and he's worn them well. His story here of his home town has the emotional reson