Literary Landscapes

personal stories about the places of Midwestern literature

Editor’s Note

Personally, I love the range demonstrated in this issue of Literary Landscapes. We have a well-preserved house and the ruins of another, the woods one author was known to gallivant, a cemetery that the township would rather you didn’t poke around in, and (I believe) our first genuine roadside attraction. This is America?

Here in Vol. 12, our contributors invite readers into the histories of these places and the writing about them, covering both the damage that has been done and the possibilities inherent within them.

We have, now, an even dozen — well on our way to a baker’s dozen — and if you have a place you can link to Midwestern literature and that you love, or that you hate, or that (perhaps more on the nose) you have mixed feelings about, then please do send me a pitch! Check out this blog post for more information and a list of potential sites.

Andy Oler, Departments Editor
The New Territory