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6 New Books Guaranteed To Renew Your Promise to Purpose

by tina.casagrand | Nov 26, 2017 | Blog, Midwest, Review

Many Midwestern writers leave for the coasts. Hats off to those stay. These books will inspire you to commit to a meaningful life, wherever you are. For Progressive Leaders Who Choose to Stay in the Midwest In one of the reddest of Midwestern red states,...

Review: The New Midwest by Mark Athitakis

by tina.casagrand | Feb 6, 2017 | Midwest, Review

Don’t be fooled by its slim size. The New Midwest packs a punch in regional literary criticism. BY NATHAN SINDELAR | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 04 In a new book by Mark Athitakis, the Midwest is not what we think it is, and, more crucially, neither are the stories...

Here: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska

by Bryce McElhaney | Nov 23, 2016 | Department, Here, Midwest

Even after all these years of digging, that truth, it seems, remains half-buried. BY FRANCES BACKHOUSE | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 03 It’s only the middle of June and already it’s hot as hell out here in the far northwestern corner of Nebraska, where the Niobrara River...

#NoCoast — Untaming the Mild Frontier: In Search of New Midwestern Histories

by Bryce McElhaney | Nov 22, 2016 | Department, Midwest, New Message

Any historical narrative is a particular bundle of silences. BY DOUG KIEL | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 03 One idealized narrative through which midwesterners understand themselves, and link their region to the West, is the pioneer myth. Many of the Midwest’s inhabitants...

Network: Q & A with Mary Kirkendoll: music, yoga and a peace of mind in the lower Midwest

by Bryce McElhaney | Nov 18, 2016 | Interviews, Midwest

Interview with Mary Kirkendoll by New Territory contributor Kate Strum How did your life journey take you to Kansas, Oklahoma, and back to Kansas and what do you love about the Lower Midwest? This is a great question! I am originally from Long Beach,...

Here: Pigeon Creek, Iowa

by tina.casagrand | Aug 23, 2016 | Department, Midwest, Personal Essay

And yet somehow, in the breathless quiet of this sterile creek, something does remain. Something worth returning for. BY PATRICK MAINELLI | THE NEW TERRITORY ISSUE 02 Pigeon Creek is a generous name for a ditch. Though it is born upstream as a few thread- thin brooks...