Fresh and far-ranging, these timely commentaries illuminate an important paradox: how, as the population living on the land plummets, the popularity of agrarianism rises anew. […]
A deep dive into the Midwest experience through thought-provoking poems, recollections, essays, and vivid stories. Pondering nature and neighbors, bars and commutes […]
In a highly imaginative blend of film locations, memories, and colorful travel essays, Robin Holabird offers an extensive and entertaining exploration of film locations far and wide, close to home […]
We rarely accept one book at a time, so when we accepted three new books by one author you know something BIG is happening. This fall (2019) we’re releasing three new books by K.L. Cook Marrying Kind, a collection of stories; Lost Soliloquies, poems; and The Art of Disobedience, essays. K. L. Cook is the […]
RECOMMENDED READING FOR IOWA HISTORY by The Iowa State Historical Society Iowa, the Definitive Collection gathers for student, teacher, researcher, and leisure reader alike a rich harvest of Iowa lore as told by a bevy of its most famous and forgotten voices—Iowa history as made and told by Iowans, for Iowans. Totaling over 500 browsable […]
OrderFracture direct and we’ll ship the book right away. Fracture is a Midwest Connections Pick. Quality books recommended by the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association and reviewed in the Chicago Tribune This book bears witness to hydraulic fracturing in the United States. Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America brings together the voices of […]
… Voices after Evelyn seeks not so much to dig up a cold case—the 1953 disappearance of La Crosse, Wisconsin, babysitter Evelyn Hartley—as reopen its heart. A fugue of voices …“Read more… […]
… At the crossroads of two cultural icons exists Jay G. Sigmund, born in Waubeek, Iowa. As the Regionalist movement was in full swing guess who had an enormous influence on well-known artist… Read more… […]
$19.99, 202p, Isbn 9781948509022 NEW: Interview with Betty Moffett at Midwest Gothic NEW: Review of Coming Clean in Flyway “In Coming Clean, Betty Moffett pays homage to the power of storytelling, revealing the glimmer and grit that ripple beneath the stoic exterior of rural America. In prose that’s as clean and inviting as a fresh-swept […]
Voices After Evelyn is being released in concert with this limited-edition artist’s book entitled 53 Lines. Iowa artist and poet Julie Russell-Steuart (Caveworks Press) was commissioned by Maintenance Ends to take a 53-line excerpt from Harsch’s novel and explore the mystery of Evelyn’s disappearance through a unique “tetra tetra flexagon” structure, also known as “Jabob’s Ladder.” […]
Miriam’s Well: A Modern Day Exodus Fiction | Jewish Studies | Spirituality | Food | Travel | Isbn 9781888160970 | $21.99 | 586p | Preorder Now! Check out Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg’s author website for events and more information. In this modern day retelling of the Exodus, Miriam wanders the political and spiritual desert of a changing […]
$19.99 | 198 pgs | Isbn 9781888160482 | Richard DeGowin “In his memoir, Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain writes: ‘The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable.’ In this memoir, the author presents us with a book well worth reading. […]
Historical Fiction | Paperback | $19.99 | 272 pgs | Isbn 9781888160956 | Ethel Barker In times of trouble one can count on the Heartland for inspiration, lessons, peace, love, and understanding. For the Andersen family, life on the family farm near the small Iowa town of Eden was like its namesake-—paradise. They happily accepted […]
Isbn 9781888160314, 338pgs. Releasing September 23, 2017 Pre-order Now. Early orders will receive signed copies. Imagine a combination of THE LOVELY BONES and THE PRINCE OF TIDES. You then have Larry Baker’s FROM A DISTANCE. Bobby Beaumont is a dying man with a secret. Her name is Ellie. She has been his secret for over […]
9781888160161, 100 pgs Order Direct | Read the Des Moines Register feature story | Coming this April, 2017: In this collection of essays, poems, and drawings from his own personal journals, Bruce Hopkins reflects on the truth and beauty in nature, concentrating on how important it is to listen to the voices of nature, and […]
96 pgs | Hard Cover | Full Color | $24.99 | 11″ x 11″ | Isbn 9781888160963 | Barbara Hall & Kathryn Gamble Read the Des Moines Sunday Register article, 2017 Check out this cool TV piece on the book from Des Moines, Iowa Women and the Land takes a look at more than twenty-five […]
