Review Nathan Beacom 10/3/19 Review Nathan Beacom 10/3/19 Where Progress and Tradition Held Hands: On Jon K. Lauck's "The Lost Region" Read More Review, Essay David Helps 9/25/19 Review, Essay David Helps 9/25/19 What Was The Rust Belt?: On Rebecca J. Kinney’s “Beautiful Wasteland” and Brett Story’s “Prison Land” Read More Review Sheila Liming 9/19/19 Review Sheila Liming 9/19/19 Futility and Rapacity: On Eliza Griswold’s "Amity and Prosperity" Read More Review Jeremy Bendik-Keymer & Misty Morrison 9/16/19 Review Jeremy Bendik-Keymer & Misty Morrison 9/16/19 Trauma-Feeding Read More Emmanuel Falguières 9/12/19 Emmanuel Falguières 9/12/19 Fighting for Democracy: On Sara Egge's "Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the American Midwest" Read More Essay, Review Kevin Tasker 9/9/19 Essay, Review Kevin Tasker 9/9/19 "The Pale King" and the Midwestern Canon Read More Review, Essay Ethan Tabor 9/6/19 Review, Essay Ethan Tabor 9/6/19 A Land of Arresting Contrasts: On Harlan Hatcher's "The Western Reserve" Read More Review, Essay Patrick Kerin 9/1/19 Review, Essay Patrick Kerin 9/1/19 From Occasional Bootlegger to Disciplined Criminal: On John E. Hallwas' "The Bootlegger" Read More Review Emily Prifogle 8/12/19 Review Emily Prifogle 8/12/19 Myth and History in the Midwest: On Kristin L. Hoganson’s “The Heartland” Read More Essay Eli Schoop 7/23/19 Essay Eli Schoop 7/23/19 Cultural Cool and Classism in Cleveland Read More Review Doug Sheldon 7/18/19 Review Doug Sheldon 7/18/19 A Stumble in the Right Direction: On Stephen Markley's "Ohio" Read More Review Jacob Bruggeman 7/5/19 Review Jacob Bruggeman 7/5/19 A Long Line of Mugshots: On Fox Butterfield's "In my Father's House" Read More Review Duncan Stuart 7/2/19 Review Duncan Stuart 7/2/19 Fascism and Fracture: On Gregor von Rezzori’s "Abel and Cain" Read More Review Matt Loreti 6/24/19 Review Matt Loreti 6/24/19 Apartheid’s Mutating Legacy: On Masande Ntshanga’s "Triangulum" Read More Essay, Review John Wilson 6/15/19 Essay, Review John Wilson 6/15/19 A Midwestern Novel for the 21st Century: On Wright Morris’s “The Fork River Space Project” Read More Review, Essay Philip Harris 6/12/19 Review, Essay Philip Harris 6/12/19 No More Heroes: On "Normal People" by Sally Rooney Read More Review Mark Oprea 6/7/19 Review Mark Oprea 6/7/19 When The Cerdito Flies: On Fernando A. Flores' "Tears of the Trufflepig" Read More Review Nicholas Greyson Ward 5/24/19 Review Nicholas Greyson Ward 5/24/19 A New Socialism for the 21st Century: On Leigh Philipps' and Michal Rozworski's "The People's Republic of Walmart" Read More Essay, Review Mary Wisniewski 5/13/19 Essay, Review Mary Wisniewski 5/13/19 “I love thee, infamous city”: On Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" Read More Essay Brian Fairbanks 5/1/19 Essay Brian Fairbanks 5/1/19 Lou Reed's "New York" Read More Newer Posts Older Posts
Review Nathan Beacom 10/3/19 Review Nathan Beacom 10/3/19 Where Progress and Tradition Held Hands: On Jon K. Lauck's "The Lost Region" Read More
Review, Essay David Helps 9/25/19 Review, Essay David Helps 9/25/19 What Was The Rust Belt?: On Rebecca J. Kinney’s “Beautiful Wasteland” and Brett Story’s “Prison Land” Read More
Review Sheila Liming 9/19/19 Review Sheila Liming 9/19/19 Futility and Rapacity: On Eliza Griswold’s "Amity and Prosperity" Read More
Review Jeremy Bendik-Keymer & Misty Morrison 9/16/19 Review Jeremy Bendik-Keymer & Misty Morrison 9/16/19 Trauma-Feeding Read More
Emmanuel Falguières 9/12/19 Emmanuel Falguières 9/12/19 Fighting for Democracy: On Sara Egge's "Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the American Midwest" Read More
Essay, Review Kevin Tasker 9/9/19 Essay, Review Kevin Tasker 9/9/19 "The Pale King" and the Midwestern Canon Read More
Review, Essay Ethan Tabor 9/6/19 Review, Essay Ethan Tabor 9/6/19 A Land of Arresting Contrasts: On Harlan Hatcher's "The Western Reserve" Read More
Review, Essay Patrick Kerin 9/1/19 Review, Essay Patrick Kerin 9/1/19 From Occasional Bootlegger to Disciplined Criminal: On John E. Hallwas' "The Bootlegger" Read More
Review Emily Prifogle 8/12/19 Review Emily Prifogle 8/12/19 Myth and History in the Midwest: On Kristin L. Hoganson’s “The Heartland” Read More
Review Doug Sheldon 7/18/19 Review Doug Sheldon 7/18/19 A Stumble in the Right Direction: On Stephen Markley's "Ohio" Read More
Review Jacob Bruggeman 7/5/19 Review Jacob Bruggeman 7/5/19 A Long Line of Mugshots: On Fox Butterfield's "In my Father's House" Read More
Review Duncan Stuart 7/2/19 Review Duncan Stuart 7/2/19 Fascism and Fracture: On Gregor von Rezzori’s "Abel and Cain" Read More
Review Matt Loreti 6/24/19 Review Matt Loreti 6/24/19 Apartheid’s Mutating Legacy: On Masande Ntshanga’s "Triangulum" Read More
Essay, Review John Wilson 6/15/19 Essay, Review John Wilson 6/15/19 A Midwestern Novel for the 21st Century: On Wright Morris’s “The Fork River Space Project” Read More
Review, Essay Philip Harris 6/12/19 Review, Essay Philip Harris 6/12/19 No More Heroes: On "Normal People" by Sally Rooney Read More
Review Mark Oprea 6/7/19 Review Mark Oprea 6/7/19 When The Cerdito Flies: On Fernando A. Flores' "Tears of the Trufflepig" Read More
Review Nicholas Greyson Ward 5/24/19 Review Nicholas Greyson Ward 5/24/19 A New Socialism for the 21st Century: On Leigh Philipps' and Michal Rozworski's "The People's Republic of Walmart" Read More
Essay, Review Mary Wisniewski 5/13/19 Essay, Review Mary Wisniewski 5/13/19 “I love thee, infamous city”: On Nelson Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make" Read More