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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. […]

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A deep dive into the Midwest experience through thought-provoking poems, recollections, essays, and vivid stories. Pondering nature and neighbors, bars and commutes […]

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… 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… […]

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… 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… […]

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$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 […]

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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 […]

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9781888160222, 92p Writing about place, energy, and politics The Midwest Oil Fields are full of stories. Crude is a manifesto for people battling issues of environmental devastation, Taylor Brorby’s Crude explores what it means to be from and of a place. Through natural history, personal experience, and a sense of awe, these poems explore the […]

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9781888160505, 60 pgs A Standing By Words Essay Buy Direct, or from select stores. Email to be invoiced if you prefer Learn more Huffington Post | Prairie Public Radio | In Coming Alive Taylor Brorby overcomes his trepidations and embraces the most powerful action of all—standing by his words. He commits to what he values most—family, home, […]

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Our Prairie Seed Poetry Prize winner is a collection entitled: The Swagger of Dorothy Gale and Other Filthy Ways to Strut by Sea Sharp. A visceral and sonic world of teeth and tornadoes, Sea Sharp’s The Swagger of Dorothy Gale explores a Midwestern past muddied by L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz fantasy […]

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Order your copy direct and have it signed by the author. Crime Fiction mystery set in the Quad Cities along the Mississippi River. There is no crime that Private Detective Mike Scofield can’t crack. Acclaimed Midwest author Patrick Irelan’s first novel is set along the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois. […]

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