Out of the Ozarks
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Out of the Ozarks is the title of a 1988 book by Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist William Childress
, about his life and experiences in the rural American midwest region known as the Ozarks. The book, published by Southern Illinois University Press
, is a collection of stories culled from Childress' St. Louis Post-Dispatch
column "Out of the Ozarks," which ran as often as three times a week between the years 1983 and 1997.
William Childress
William Childress is an American writer, author, poet, and photojournalist. Childress has received numerous awards, prizes, and accolades for his writing and poetry, and is regarded as one of the foremost poets of the Korean War.-Biography:Born the oldest son of a poor family of migrant...
, about his life and experiences in the rural American midwest region known as the Ozarks. The book, published by Southern Illinois University Press
Southern Illinois University Press
Southern Illinois University Press, founded in 1956, is a university press located in Carbondale, Illinois.The press publishes approximately 50 titles annually, among its more than 1,200 titles currently in print....
, is a collection of stories culled from Childress' St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the major city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. Although written to serve Greater St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch is one of the largest newspapers in the Midwestern United States, and is available and read as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, as far south as...
column "Out of the Ozarks," which ran as often as three times a week between the years 1983 and 1997.