Do Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take a most individual approach to storytelling. And the result-to the delight of readers everywhere-has been stories that reveal the mystery, joy, and enchantment in the most ordinary and incidental moments of life. These 33 exceptional tales showcase the peculiarly wonderful vision of some of the region's best-known or soon-to-be-celebrated writers. Each invites its readers to see the world through different eyes and see it anew.…mehr
Do Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take a most individual approach to storytelling. And the result-to the delight of readers everywhere-has been stories that reveal the mystery, joy, and enchantment in the most ordinary and incidental moments of life. These 33 exceptional tales showcase the peculiarly wonderful vision of some of the region's best-known or soon-to-be-celebrated writers. Each invites its readers to see the world through different eyes and see it anew.
edited by Michael Martone, with contributions by Max Apple, Joel Brouwer, Robert Coover, Robert Day, Rikki Ducornet, Stuart Dybek, Mark Ehling, Louise Erdrich, Robin Hemley, Lily Hoang, Laird Hunt, Sandy Huss, Lily James, Janet Kauffman, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Brian Kitely, Clarence Major, Brian McMullen, Glenn Meeter, Ander Monson, Susan S. Neville, Lon Otto, Erin Pringle, Josh Russell, Scott Russell Sanders, George Saunders, Steve Tomasula, Deb Olin Unferth, Kellie Wells, Curtis White, Michael Wilkerson
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Introduction: In the Middle of the Middle of Middletown Patty-Cake Patty-Cake... A Memoir by Max Apple Childhood; Detroit; Michigan by Joel Brouwer Beginnings by Robert Coover Some Notes on the Cold War in Kansas by Robert Day The One Marvelous Thing by Rikki Ducornet Visions of Budhardin by Stuart Dybek River Dead of Minneapolis by Mark Ehling Fuck With Kayla And You Die by Louise Erdrich All You Can Eat by Robin Hemley 13 Remotely Related to South Bend by Lily Hoang Happy Film by Laird Hunt Long Walk by Sandy Huss Round by Lily James Anton's Album by Janet Kauffman A History of Indiana by Jesse Lee Kercheval Still Life with Insects by Brian Kitely Mobile Axis: A Triptych by Clarence Major The Digitally Enhanced Image of Cary Grant Appearing in a Cornfield in Indiana by Michael Martone Talking to my Old Science Teacher about Drawings in which I Killed Him by Brian McMullen A Harvest by Glenn Meeter Other Electricities by Ander Monson The Mausoleum by Susan S. Neville Submarine Warfare on the Upper Mississippi by Lon Otto Wednesday Night Reflections Edited Thursday by Erin Pringle The Great War by Josh Russell July Snow by Scott Russell Sanders The Red Bow by George Saunders Medieval Land by Steve Tomasula Natural Citizens by Deb Olin Unferth Session by Kellie Wells Metaphysics of the Midwest by Curtis White Luna Moth by Michael Wilkerson Baby; Pornography by Dianne Williams
Introduction: In the Middle of the Middle of Middletown Patty-Cake Patty-Cake... A Memoir by Max Apple Childhood; Detroit; Michigan by Joel Brouwer Beginnings by Robert Coover Some Notes on the Cold War in Kansas by Robert Day The One Marvelous Thing by Rikki Ducornet Visions of Budhardin by Stuart Dybek River Dead of Minneapolis by Mark Ehling Fuck With Kayla And You Die by Louise Erdrich All You Can Eat by Robin Hemley 13 Remotely Related to South Bend by Lily Hoang Happy Film by Laird Hunt Long Walk by Sandy Huss Round by Lily James Anton's Album by Janet Kauffman A History of Indiana by Jesse Lee Kercheval Still Life with Insects by Brian Kitely Mobile Axis: A Triptych by Clarence Major The Digitally Enhanced Image of Cary Grant Appearing in a Cornfield in Indiana by Michael Martone Talking to my Old Science Teacher about Drawings in which I Killed Him by Brian McMullen A Harvest by Glenn Meeter Other Electricities by Ander Monson The Mausoleum by Susan S. Neville Submarine Warfare on the Upper Mississippi by Lon Otto Wednesday Night Reflections Edited Thursday by Erin Pringle The Great War by Josh Russell July Snow by Scott Russell Sanders The Red Bow by George Saunders Medieval Land by Steve Tomasula Natural Citizens by Deb Olin Unferth Session by Kellie Wells Metaphysics of the Midwest by Curtis White Luna Moth by Michael Wilkerson Baby; Pornography by Dianne Williams
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