Reading The Midwest: Space Aliens And Police States
In late March, novelist Marilynne Robinson caused a stir after a reading when she casually let slip that she was working on a fourth novel set in the fictional town of Gilead, Iowa.
God, Baseball, and the Mystery of the Disappearing Novel: Nancy Willard’s “Things Invisible to See”
In the 1989 film Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner plays Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer who plows down a section of his cornfield to build a baseball field that’s soon populated by the ghosts of players past.
Reading the Midwest: Mike Royko
By Mark Athitakis Old newspaper habits die hard. Across the country, papers still retain a local news columnist – Mitch [...]
Midwest Lit: the new nostalgia
Midwestern novels used to bring some news from the territory -- today midwest lit is a nostalgic thing.
Stewart O’Nan: Pittsburgh’s Novelist Of The Everyday
Among works about the lower rungs of the middle class, Stewart O’Nan’s novels stand out.