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How Agricultural Runoff Contaminated One of Iowa's Main Water Sources

How Agricultural Runoff Contaminated One of Iowa's Main Water Sources

Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty on the Legal Battle to Hold Powerful Polluters Accountable

By Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty | May 27, 2025

Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place

Phil Christman on the Poetics of Place

“I fear the obvious so much that my evasions of it have sometimes made me ridiculous.”

By Phil Christman | July 26, 2024

The Wild, Wonderful, and Poetic World of Ralphie Parker

The Wild, Wonderful, and Poetic World of Ralphie Parker

Matt Mitchell on Midwestern Humorist Jean Shepherd and the Christmas Story Universe

By Matt Mitchell | December 14, 2022

Conjuring Family Through Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Conjuring Family Through Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Maren Ellingboe King on Making Classic Midwestern Cuisine for the Modern Era

By Maren Ellingboe King | September 23, 2022

Lights, Camera... Corn: 15 Quintessentially Midwestern Movies to Watch After <em>Fargo</em>

Lights, Camera... Corn: 15 Quintessentially Midwestern Movies to Watch After Fargo

Charlie Berens Recommends Heartland Classics, from Purple Rain to Planes, Trains and Automobiles

By Charlie Berens | November 19, 2021

The Fault Lines of Midwestern<br> Racism Run Deep

The Fault Lines of Midwestern
Racism Run Deep

Amaud Jamaul Johnson's Letter to Wisconsin

By Amaud Jamaul Johnson | September 22, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

I have more than 600 postcards from a guy who made them into a literary genre.

By Aaron Robertson | August 25, 2020

The Monster That Drew Crowds to a Small Midwestern Town

By B.J. Hollars | September 4, 2019

The Best Short Stories from the
Heart of the Country

By Donna Baier Stein | April 4, 2019

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to St. Louis

5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to St. Louis

A Thriving Literary Scene, Lower Rent, and More

By Sylvia Sukop | November 27, 2018

Midwestern Women: An Essential Reading List

Midwestern Women: An Essential Reading List

Meghan O'Gieblyn Recommends 8 Novels From Ohio to Iowa and Beyond

By Meghan O'Gieblyn | October 18, 2018

The Mindfuck: Returning to My Mennonite Homeland

The Mindfuck: Returning to My Mennonite Homeland

Rachel Yoder Goes Looking for... Rachel Yoder?

By Rachel Yoder | August 6, 2018

A History of Violence, From Frontier to Family

A History of Violence, From Frontier to Family

Paula Saunders Examines the Parallel Lines of History and Home

By Paula Saunders | July 31, 2018

"We Have A Gay Bar Here." You Don't Need A Coast to Be Cosmopolitan

On "Small Blue Bubbles in a Sea of Red."

By Greggor Mattson and Tory Sparks | July 19, 2018

Where Are All the Rural Gay Poets?

Where Are All the Rural Gay Poets?

Bruce Snider on Searching for Poetry that Reflected His Experience

By Bruce Snider | September 22, 2017

When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

When Chicago Was the Real Literary Capital of the United States

According to H. L. Mencken, Anyway

By Liesl Olson | September 18, 2017

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