Lingering Inland
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Lingering Inland

A Literary Tour of the Midwest

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eBook - ePub

Lingering Inland

A Literary Tour of the Midwest

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

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction by Andy Oler
  9. Mari Sandoz Sheridan County, Nebraska by C. J. Janovy
  10. James Emanuel Alliance, Nebraska by Sean Theodore Stewart
  11. Wright Morris Central City, Nebraska by Nathan Tye
  12. Ted Kooser Seward County, Nebraska by Matt Miller
  13. Malcolm X Omaha, Nebraska by Ashley Howard
  14. Willa Cather
  15. Langston Hughes Lawrence, Kansas by John Edgar Tidwell
  16. William Least Heat-Moon Columbia, Missouri by Kit Salter
  17. Henry Bellamann Fulton, Missouri by Alex Dzurick
  18. Edgar Lee Masters Petersburg, Illinois by Jason Stacy
  19. Mary Hunter Austin Carlinville, Illinois by Karen Dillon and Naomi Crummey
  20. St. Louis
  21. Gordon Parks Fort Scott, Kansas by Jeromiah Taylor
  22. James Tate Pittsburg, Kansas by Leslie VonHolten
  23. Meridel Le Sueur Picher, Oklahoma by Joe Schiller
  24. John Joseph Mathews Osage County, Oklahoma by Mason Whitehorn Powell
  25. S. E. Hinton Tulsa, Oklahoma by Caleb Freeman
  26. R. A. Lafferty Tulsa, Oklahoma by Michael Helsem
  27. Thomas Hart Benton Shell Knob, Missouri by Aaron Hadlow
  28. Maya Angelou Stamps, Arkansas by Greer Veon
  29. Elijah Lovejoy Alton, Illinois by Evan Allen Wood
  30. Rachel Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin by Christy Clark-Pujara
  31. Mark Twain
  32. F. Scott Fitzgerald St. Paul, Minnesota by Ross K. Tangedal
  33. Heid E. Erdrich Minneapolis, Minnesota by Elizabeth Wilkinson
  34. Louis L’Amour Jamestown, North Dakota by Sheila Liming
  35. John Bartlow Martin Herman, Michigan by Ray E. Boomhower
  36. Norbert Blei Sister Bay, Wisconsin by Jenna Goldsmith
  37. Aldo Leopold Baraboo, Wisconsin by Marc Seals
  38. August Derleth Sauk City, Wisconsin by Kassie Jo Baron
  39. Lorine Niedecker Blackhawk Island, Wisconsin by Shanley Wells-Rau
  40. Chicagoland
  41. Lew Wallace Porter County, Indiana by Matthew A. Werner
  42. Michael Martone LaPorte County, Indiana by Dawn Burns
  43. Bonnie Jo Campbell Comstock, Michigan by Lisa DuRose
  44. Sojourner Truth Battle Creek, Michigan by Jeffrey Insko
  45. Jim Harrison Osceola County, Michigan by Camden Burd
  46. Robert Hayden Detroit, Michigan by Ayesha K. Hardison
  47. Paul Vasey Michigan—Ontario Border by Ramya Swayamprakash
  48. Philip Levine Waawiiyaatanong by Daniel A. Lockhart
  49. Toni Morrison
  50. Sherwood Anderson Elyria, Ohio by Doug Sheldon
  51. Kurt Vonnegut Indianapolis, Indiana by Laura Beadling
  52. Booth Tarkington Indianapolis, Indiana by Wesley R. Bishop
  53. Hunter S. Thompson Louisville, Kentucky by Charlie Cy
  54. Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt North Bend, Ohio by Sean E. Andres
  55. John Augustus Stone Metamora, Indiana by Heather Chacón
  56. Helen Hooven Santmyer Xenia, Ohio by Jacob A. Bruggeman
  57. ZitkÔla-ŠÔ Richmond, Indiana by Leah Abuan Milne
  58. Appendix
  59. Contributors
  60. Photo Credits
  61. Back Cover