midwest

Never-Ending Nostalgia: Who and What Inspired Willa Cather

Benjamin Taylor on the Early Years of America's Chronicler of the Great Plains

 
By Benjamin Taylor  November 15, 2023
Narrative Structures

Stories Where Nothing Happens in the Middle of Nowhere: A Reading List

By Michael Martone  September 19, 2022
Interview with an Indie Press

Interview with an Indie Press: Belt Publishing

By Corinne Segal  July 9, 2021
Road Trips

Unexpected Lessons from the Back Roads of the American Midwest

By Tom Zoellner  October 16, 2020
On Race

Learning to Be Black in a Strange, Strange Country

By Ajibola Tolase  October 9, 2020
Identities

Heading North to Become
a Poet

By Michael Torres  October 7, 2020
The American Midwest

The Irresistible Dream of a Prepper’s Life

By Phil Christman  April 2, 2020
The American Midwest

Flyover and Proud: TaraShea Nesbit Reckons With Home

By TaraShea Nesbit  March 18, 2020
News and Culture

Annie Proulx on One of Her Favorite Short Stories

By Annie Proulx  June 24, 2019
Haunted Houses

As a Teacher of Gothic Lit, I Should Have Known Better Than to Move into a Haunted House

By Emily Waples  May 23, 2019
Close Reading

On the Overlooked Eroticism of Mary Oliver

By Jeanna Kadlec  January 23, 2019