Description
“I climbed out of the grave and turned for the car. I have not been back.” — Patrick Mainelli, “Milkweed Elegy.”
Features
+ The Treasure House of Yellville, Arkansas: A one-of-a-kind treasure box house was home to an Arkansas artist. Jordan P. Hickey. Arkansas.
+ In the Blink of a Lifetime: What Lincoln, Nebraska’s gay bars meant for one writer’s family, and what their shuttering means for the local community. Molly M. Pearson. Nebraska.
+ What Ought to Be: Reimagining the legacy of Oscar Wilde – and oneself – in Lawrence, Kansas. Jackie Hedeman. Kansas.
+ Solar Midwest: Exploring the complications around solar energy policy in the sunflower state. Kansas.+ Milkweed Elegy: A long-forgotten cemetery offers hope of escape amid pandemic anxiety, but loneliness and unease follow close, dancing between the time-worn headstones. Patrick Mainelli. Nebraska.
Those are just some of the 20-or-so stories from our big, beautiful, biannual magazine.
Remember, when you buy a copy of The New Territory, you not only get more intimate with the Lower Midwest. You directly support the people who archive and interpret our region’s collective memory.
Details:
- 128 pages
- Perfect bound
- Full color
- Printed in Missouri in Fall 2021
- Free shipping for subscriptions
