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| Author | : Jason L. Brown |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2013-03-22 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0253008182 |
New Stories from the Midwest presents a collection of stories that celebrate an American region too often ignored in discussions about distinctive regional literature. The editors solicited nominations from more than 300 magazines, literary journals, and small presses and narrowed the selection to 19 authors. The stories, written by Midwestern writers or focusing on the Midwest, demonstrate that the quality of fiction from and about the heart of the country rivals that of any other region. Guest editor John McNally introduces the anthology, which features short fiction by Charles Baxter, Dan Chaon, Christopher Mohar, Rebecca Makkai, Lee Martin, and others.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : RAYGUN |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Middle West |
| ISBN | : 0578116197 |
| Author | : Jack Tackman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2012-07-13 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780984924530 |
This book is a beautiful tribute to the “rural skyscrapers” of Wisconsin. It allows the reader to discover all of the different types of silos there are from fieldstone, wood, brick, block, glazed tile and concrete. The author not only photographed each site, he also personally spoke with a majority of the landowners to learn more about their silo's distinct history. A must read for anyone interested in Wisconsin's dairy history and the beauty of Wisconsin's rural landscape.
| Author | : David James Poissant |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2014-03-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1476729964 |
A first collection by an award-winning writer features characters at relationship crossroads in such stories as "Lizard Man," in which two men race to save a sick alligator; and "The End of Aaron," in which a girl helps her boyfriend face his greatest fears.
| Author | : Mark Athitakis |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 85 |
| Release | : 2017-02-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0997774355 |
In the public imagination, Midwestern literature has not evolved far beyond heartland laborers and hardscrabble immigrants of a century past. But as the region has changed, so, in many ways, has its fiction. In this book, the author explores how shifts in work, class, place, race, and culture has been reflected or ignored by novelists and short story writers. From Marilynne Robinson to Leon Forrest, Toni Morrison to Aleksandar Hemon, Bonnie Jo Campbell to Stewart O'Nan this book is a call to rethink the way we conceive Midwestern fiction, and one that is sure to prompt some new must-have additions to every reading list.
| Author | : Richard C. Longworth |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2010-08-09 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1596918470 |
The Midwest has always been the heart of America-both its economic bellwether and the repository of its national identity. Now, in a new, globalized age, the Midwest is challenged as never before. With an influx of immigrant workers and an outpouring of manufacturing jobs, the region that defines the American self-the Lake Wobegon image of solid, hardworking farmers and factory hands-is changing at breakneck speed. As factory farms and global forces displace old ways of life, the United States is being transformed literally from the inside out. In Caught in the Middle, longtime Chicago Tribune reporter Richard C. Longworth explores the new reality of life in today's heartland and reveals what these changes mean for the region-and the country. Ranging from the manufacturing collapse that has crippled the Midwest to the biofuels revolution that may save it, and from the school districts struggling with new migrants to the Iowa meatpacking town that can't survive without them, Longworth addresses what's right and what's wrong in the region, and offers a prescription for how it must change-politically as well as economically-if it is to survive and prosper.
| Author | : E. Ashley Rooney |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 9780764341052 |
This expansive book takes a fresh look at 100 living artists from the Midwest, their personal stories and inspirations, along with several examples of their works. A wealth of urban settings, wide plains, flourishing cities, rushing rivers, and placid lakes are source material and inspiration for the artists. These works show how each artist interprets life. They explore the richness of the homegrown imagery of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin – their culture, society, and environment. They are delineating our stories for future generations in oil, pastels, sculpture, and other media. Their works are displayed in over 600 full color images. This book is essential for all who appreciate or practice art today.
| Author | : Janet Groth |
| Publisher | : Algonquin Books |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2013-06-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1616203064 |
Describes the author's career as a receptionist at the prestigious New Yorker magazine, recounting her relationships with famous poets, essayists, and playwrights, and chronicling the behind-the-scenes affairs of the magazine and its staff.
| Author | : Jeanne Marie Laskas |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2012-09-13 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 110160056X |
An Oprah.com “Must-Read Book” Award-winning journalist Jeanne Marie Laskas reveals “enlightening, entertaining, and often poignant”* profiles of America's working class—the forgotten men and women who make our country run. Take the men of Hopedale Mining company in Cadiz, Ohio. Laskas spent several weeks with them, both below and above ground, and by the end, you will know not only about their work, but about Pap and his dying mom, Smitty and the mail-order bride who stood him up at the airport, and Scotty and his thwarted dreams of becoming a boxing champion. That is only one hidden world. Others that she explores: an Alaskan oil rig, a migrant labor camp in Maine, the air traffic control center at LaGuardia Airport in New York, a beef ranch in Texas, a landfill in California, a long-haul trucker in Iowa, a gun shop in Arizona, and the Cincinnati Ben-Gals cheerleaders, mere footnotes in the moneymaking spectacle that is professional football. “Jeanne Marie Laskas is a reporting and writing powerhouse. She doesn’t just interview the people who dig our coal and extract our oil, she goes deep into the mines and tundra with them. With beauty, wit, curiosity, and grace, she finds the hidden soul of America. Hidden America is essential reading.”—Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
| Author | : Frances Manos |
| Publisher | : Big Earth Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Gardening |
| ISBN | : 9781931599405 |
Create your own beautiful cottage garden. This practical book offers advice to help Midwestern gardeners--whether novices or old pros--achieve beautiful, organic gardens drawing on ageold cottage garden traditions. Learn how to use a lively mixture of perennials, annuals, fruiting trees and shrubs, vegetables, and herbs.
