Illinois Archives - The New Territory Magazine

Charles Dickens – Lebanon, Illinois

Charles Dickens in Illinois. Finding places where the whispers of the spirits occasionally break through. Literary Landscapes by Ryan Byrnes.

Stuart Dybek – Chicago, Illinois

Stuart Dybek and the way memories bind us to place. Literary Landscapes by E.N. Couturier.

José Olivarez – Calumet City, Illinois

José Olivarez & Calumet City—maps might make the world legible, but poetry reveals “the little cracks in the totality.” Literary Landscapes by Ava Tomasula y Garcia.

Marika Josephson, 2023 Artist

“My art follows a similar tack to [my brewery], exploring what is unique about southern Illinois utilizing found materials natural to our environment.”

Lisel Mueller – Forest Haven, Illinois

Lisel Mueller 27240 N. Longwood Dr. Forest Haven, Illinois By Jenny Mueller “Our trees are aspens, but people / mistake them for birches” — so begins Lisel Mueller’s “Another Version,” set in 1970s Midwestern suburbia. This proves to be a territory of error. After...

Hugo Martinez-Serros – Chicago, Illinois

Hugo Martinez-Serros & South Chicago City Dump—Depression-era salvage in a “a great raw sore on the landscape.”

Elijah Lovejoy – Alton, IL

The publisher of an abolitionist newspaper, killed by a mob in 1837 after calling for “hearty and zealous efforts” to end slavery.

Mary Hunter Austin – Carlinville, Illinois

Mary Hunter Austin & Blackburn College—a kinship in the desire to walk about unhampered and forge meaningful connections. #LiteraryLandscapes by Karen Dillon & Naomi Crummey.