Oct 17, 2021 | Illinois, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Novelists, Schools, Volume 6
MARY HUNTER AUSTIN Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, Illinois By Karen Dillon and Naomi Crummey As professors in the English department at Blackburn College, we have always been aware of the legacy of the college’s most famed writer, Mary Hunter Austin, who was born in...
Oct 17, 2021 | Indiana, Literary Landscapes, Novelists, Volume 6
BOOTH TARKINGTON North Meridian StreetIndianapolis, Indiana By Wesley R. Bishop Booth Tarkington would still recognize his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, which he described in The Turmoil as “a midland city in the heart of fair open country, a dirty and wonderful...
Oct 17, 2021 | Illinois, Literary Landscapes, Poets, Volume 6, Writers of Color
GWENDOLYN BROOKS South Side Community Art CenterChicago, Illinois By Angie Chatman 4724 South Evans Avenue was located a block south of Cottage Grove, one of the main thoroughfares through the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago. The three-flat building, now...
Oct 17, 2021 | Author Houses, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Nonfiction, Volume 6, Wisconsin
Aldo Leopold The Leopold ShackBaraboo, Wisconsin By Marc Seals I am not a Midwestern native — I was raised in the woods and swamps of north Florida, far from the Driftless Region of Wisconsin (where I now live). As a result, I was not familiar with Aldo Leopold or his...
Oct 17, 2021 | Literary Landscapes, Nebraska, Poets, Volume 6, Writers of Color
JAMES EMANUEL Alliance Public LibraryAlliance, Nebraska By Sean Stewart Alliance, Nebraska, does not remember James Emanuel. There is no plaque, no statue. His poetry is not assigned to high school students. Despite the lofty architecture of the public library and...
