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About this book
How do the stories we tell about Midwestern places influence or reflect our experiences? How is the literature of a place or a region relevant to the people who live there? In this expansive anthology, Andy Oler collects 72 original short essays by a diverse array of contemporary writers. Each explores locales in Midwestern literature relevant to the life and work of literary figures and canonical authors such as Toni Morrison and Willa Cather. Lingering in these places in both body and mind, the contributors contemplate the resonances and desires nurtured by their chosen location. Together, the essays take readers on an odyssey that maps our inner longing to connect across vast landscapes. A singular collection of creative nonfiction, Lingering Inland plumbs the personal and collective essence that binds Midwesterners together through words and places.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction by Andy Oler
- Mari Sandoz Sheridan County, Nebraska by C. J. Janovy
- James Emanuel Alliance, Nebraska by Sean Theodore Stewart
- Wright Morris Central City, Nebraska by Nathan Tye
- Ted Kooser Seward County, Nebraska by Matt Miller
- Malcolm X Omaha, Nebraska by Ashley Howard
- Willa Cather
- Langston Hughes Lawrence, Kansas by John Edgar Tidwell
- William Least Heat-Moon Columbia, Missouri by Kit Salter
- Henry Bellamann Fulton, Missouri by Alex Dzurick
- Edgar Lee Masters Petersburg, Illinois by Jason Stacy
- Mary Hunter Austin Carlinville, Illinois by Karen Dillon and Naomi Crummey
- St. Louis
- Gordon Parks Fort Scott, Kansas by Jeromiah Taylor
- James Tate Pittsburg, Kansas by Leslie VonHolten
- Meridel Le Sueur Picher, Oklahoma by Joe Schiller
- John Joseph Mathews Osage County, Oklahoma by Mason Whitehorn Powell
- S. E. Hinton Tulsa, Oklahoma by Caleb Freeman
- R. A. Lafferty Tulsa, Oklahoma by Michael Helsem
- Thomas Hart Benton Shell Knob, Missouri by Aaron Hadlow
- Maya Angelou Stamps, Arkansas by Greer Veon
- Elijah Lovejoy Alton, Illinois by Evan Allen Wood
- Rachel Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin by Christy Clark-Pujara
- Mark Twain
- F. Scott Fitzgerald St. Paul, Minnesota by Ross K. Tangedal
- Heid E. Erdrich Minneapolis, Minnesota by Elizabeth Wilkinson
- Louis LāAmour Jamestown, North Dakota by Sheila Liming
- John Bartlow Martin Herman, Michigan by Ray E. Boomhower
- Norbert Blei Sister Bay, Wisconsin by Jenna Goldsmith
- Aldo Leopold Baraboo, Wisconsin by Marc Seals
- August Derleth Sauk City, Wisconsin by Kassie Jo Baron
- Lorine Niedecker Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin by Shanley Wells-Rau
- Chicagoland
- Lew Wallace Porter County, Indiana by Matthew A. Werner
- Michael Martone LaPorte County, Indiana by Dawn Burns
- Bonnie Jo Campbell Comstock, Michigan by Lisa DuRose
- Sojourner Truth Battle Creek, Michigan by Jeffrey Insko
- Jim Harrison Osceola County, Michigan by Camden Burd
- Robert Hayden Detroit, Michigan by Ayesha K. Hardison
- Paul Vasey MichiganāOntario Border by Ramya Swayamprakash
- Philip Levine Waawiiyaatanong by Daniel A. Lockhart
- Toni Morrison
- Sherwood Anderson Elyria, Ohio by Doug Sheldon
- Kurt Vonnegut Indianapolis, Indiana by Laura Beadling
- Booth Tarkington Indianapolis, Indiana by Wesley R. Bishop
- Hunter S. Thompson Louisville, Kentucky by Charlie Cy
- Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt North Bend, Ohio by Sean E. Andres
- John Augustus Stone Metamora, Indiana by Heather Chacón
- Helen Hooven Santmyer Xenia, Ohio by Jacob A. Bruggeman
- ZitkÔla-ŠÔ Richmond, Indiana by Leah Abuan Milne
- Appendix
- Contributors
- Photo Credits
- Back Cover