Sep 17, 2021 | Literary Landscapes, Missouri, Nonfiction, Novelists, Personal Essay, Volume 2, Writers of Color
William Least Heat-Moon River-Horse PavilionColumbia, Missouri By Kit Salter In March 1995, my wife Cathy and I went to wish Godspeed to Columbia, Missouri, resident William Lewis Trogdon as he was leaving for New York City to begin a 103-day nautical journey, which...
Sep 17, 2021 | Kansas, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Poets, Volume 2, Writers of Color
Langston Hughes Woodland ParkLawrence, Kansas By John Edgar Tidwell In the weeks leading up to August 19, 1910, all the children in Lawrence, Kansas, were aglow with excitement and energy. To honor the birthday of Editor J. Leeford Brady, the Lawrence Daily Journal...
Sep 17, 2021 | Author Houses, Literary Landscapes, Missouri, Novelists, Personal Essay, Volume 2
Kate Chopin 4232 McPherson AvenueSt. Louis, Missouri By Michaella A. Thornton The Central West End neighborhood where Kate Chopin spent her final year boasts some of the loveliest homes in St. Louis, Missouri. Dormers and cornices and stained glass, lush gardens...
Sep 17, 2021 | Author Houses, Literary Landscapes, Minnesota, Novelists, Volume 2
F. Scott Fitzgerald 599 Summit AvenueSt. Paul, Minnesota By Ross K. Tangedal In fall 2016, my wife, CJ, was four months pregnant, and we decided to visit the Minnesota State Fair at the insistence of my cousin Michael, a Minneapolis resident and state fair aficionado....
Sep 11, 2021 | Literary Landscapes, Novelists, Ohio, Volume 2
Helen Hooven Santmyer Greene County CourthouseXenia, Ohio By Jacob A. Bruggeman I first visited Xenia, Ohio, a small city in the state’s southwestern corner, on a hot May afternoon in 2018. Headed north from Cincinnati on Interstate 71, smoke started rising out from...
