“Hearing Place will bring our Midwest humanities themes to life through vibrant programming that might remind you of your favorite field trips or TEDx events,” says Tina Casagrand Foss, executive director of The New Territory Magazine. A variety of activities will take place around Weston from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., with the main hub at Eventful at Locust Grove (25180 NW County Rd. JJ). University of Missouri scholars and New Territory leaders will engage participants in workshops and tours in the late morning and convene for an interactive moderated panel presentation in the early afternoon, with social time to follow for one-on-one conversation.

“The many different disciplines that are incorporating elements of sound across Missouri and the Midwest will deepen participants’ understanding of our place,” says Dr. Soren Larsen, professor of geography at the University of Missouri and organizer of the scholar panel. 

Presentation topics include ecomusicology, Indigenous soundscapes, folk music, creative writing centered on place, tobacco farming, and the Missouri River podcast River Town. “We believe words heal divides,” says Casagrand Foss. “And we look forward to working with Missouri Humanities to fulfill its vision of a more thoughtful, informed, and civil society.”

Following the Hearing Place event, The New Territory will host a fundraiser dinner to benefit the independent 501(c)3 nonprofit magazine’s narrative journalism, art and personal, natural and societal stories about the Great Plains, Ozarks, and Lower Midwest.

For more information on attending or sponsoring the event, please visit the Pageturner 2024 page at newterritorymag.com.

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About Missouri Humanities
Missouri Humanities’ programs remember the past by exploring Missouri’s Heritage, sharing Veterans stories, and preserving Native American and Civil War history. Visit mohumanities.org.

About The New Territory Magazine
The New Territory Magazine is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization on a mission to advocate and foster love and protection of the Great Plains, Ozarks, and Lower Midwest through publishing art and narrative journalism focused on personal, natural and societal stories. Visit newterritorymag.com.

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We seek brief essays (~600 words), accompanied by a photo of the site, to publish on The New Territory website for Literary Landscapes. This is an ongoing series on the website, with highlights published in the print magazine. All contributors will receive a one-year New Territory subscription as a thank-you.

It’s essential that this series represent the diversity of the Midwest, including the authors, contributors, and the types of landscapes and visuals that we publish. With that in mind, we especially seek pitches from Indigenous, people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ contributors.

Here are a few possibilities from The New Territory team. Select one of these or pitch your own! Send inquiries and pitches to Departments Editor Andy Oler at andy@newterritorymag.com.

A (limited) list of potential sites:
*We will regularly add to this list and remove names/sites that have been “claimed” by a contributor. Last updated 10/26/2024.

• Hanif Abdurraqib (Columbus, OH)
• Kaveh Akbar (Warsaw, Indianapolis, or Lafayette, IN; Iowa City, IA)
• Lynda Barry (Richland Center or Footville, WI, or Chicago, IL)
• b: william bearheart (Turtle Lake, WI)
• Ana Castillo (Chicago, IL)
• Charles W. Chesnutt (Cleveland, OH)
• Maxine Clair (Kansas City, KS)
• Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (Crow Creek Reservation, SD)
• Violet Kazue de Cristoforo (Jerome War Relocation Center, AR)
• William Cunningham (sites from the Green Corn Rebellion in eastern Oklahoma)
• Ella Cara Deloria (Yankton or Standing Rock Reservations, or sites in Vermillion or Rapid City, SD)
• Rita Dove (Akron, OH)
• Louise Erdrich (all over! we are considering an Erdrich-focused volume)
• Paul Laurence Dunbar (Dayton, OH)
• Ralph Ellison (Oklahoma City, OK; Gary, IN; Chicago, IL)
• Eve L. Ewing (Chicago, IL)
• B. H. Fairchild (Tulsa, OK, or small towns and oil fields in Oklahoma or Kansas)
• Ross Gay (Bloomington, IN)
• Susan Glaspell (Davenport or Des Moines, IA)
• Paul Goble (Rapid City, SD)
• Zane Grey (Zanesville, OH, or sites from his westerns)
• Woody Guthrie (Okemah, OK, or sites from Bound for Glory)
• Joy Harjo (Tulsa, OK)
• E. Lynn Harris (Little Rock, AR)
• Velina Hasu Houston (Junction City, KS)
• Scott Heim (Hutchinson, KS)
• LeAnne Howe (Edmond or Stillwater, OK)
• Lawson Fusao Inada (Jerome War Relocation Center, AR)
• Cynthia Kadohata (Chicago, IL, or Springdale, AR)
• Elmore Leonard (Detroit, MI, or characters from Detroit, MI, Norman, OK, etc.)
• Oscar Micheaux (Gregory County, SD, or Great Bend, KS)
• Janice Mirikitani (Rohwer War Relocation Center, AR)
• N. Scott Momaday (Lawton, OK)
• Bich Minh Nguyen (Fort Chaffee, AR; Grand Rapids, MI; Ann Arbor, MI; West Lafayette, IN; Madison, WI)
• Ohiyesa/Charles Eastman (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois)
• Tillie Olsen (Wahoo or Omaha, NE)
• Otokichi Ozaki (Jerome War Relocation Center, AR)
• Harvey Pekar (Cleveland, OH)
• Celia C. Pérez (Chicago, IL)
• Susan Power (Chicago, IL)
• James Whitcomb Riley (Greenfield, IN)
• Tomás Rivera (Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, or Wisconsin)
• Damon Runyon (Manhattan, KS)
• Danez Smith (St. Paul, MN)
• Matȟó Nážiŋ/Luther Standing Bear (Rosebud or Pine Ridge, SD)
• Ruth Suckow (Hawarden, IA, or many other towns/farms/landscapes in Iowa)
• Joyce Carol Thomas (Ponca City, OK)
• Taitetsu Unno (Rohwer War Relocation Center, AR)
• V. “Valhalla” Vale (Jerome War Relocation Center, AR)
• Gerald Vizenor (Minneapolis or White Earth Reservation, MN)
• John Albert Williams (Omaha, NE)
• Xéhachiwinga/Mountain Wolf Woman (Black River Falls, WI)
• Ray Young Bear (Meskwaki Settlement, IA)

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