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 11, 2021 | Indiana, Literary Landscapes, Nonfiction, Schools, Volume 1, Writers of Color
Zitkála-Šá Earlham HallRichmond, Indiana By Leah Milne I was a Midwest transplant, born and raised on the East Coast. Before I left home, friends joked about flatland and cornfields and voiced concerns about my entering what they perceived to be a region of...
Sep 11, 2021 | Literary Landscapes, Poets, Schools, Volume 1, Writers of Color
Naomi Shihab Nye Central Elementary SchoolFerguson, Missouri By Taylor Fox There’s a haunted feeling that comes with walking around an empty schoolyard. Barren playgrounds and darkened windows convey emptiness, dejection. It’s unnatural for playgrounds to go quiet....
