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Informationen zum Autor edited by Michael Martone, with contributions by Max Apple, Joel Brouwer, Robert Coover, Robert Day, Rikki Ducornet, Stuart Dybek, Mark Ehling, Louise Erdrich, Robin Hemley, Lily Hoang, Laird Hunt, Sandy Huss, Lily James, Janet Kauffman, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Brian Kitely, Clarence Major, Brian McMullen, Glenn Meeter, Ander Monson, Susan S. Neville, Lon Otto, Erin Pringle, Josh Russell, Scott Russell Sanders, George Saunders, Steve Tomasula, Deb Olin Unferth, Kellie Wells, Curtis White, Michael Wilkerson Klappentext Each invites its readers to see the world through different eyes and see it anew. Zusammenfassung Do Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take an individual approach to storytelling. This book contains 33 tales that showcase the wonderful vision of some of the region's best-known writers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: In the Middle of the Middle of Middletown Patty-Cake, Patty-Cake... A Memoir, by Max Apple Childhood; Detroit; Michigan, by Joel Brouwer Beginnings, by Robert Coover Some Notes on the Cold War in Kansas, by Robert Day The One Marvelous Thing, by Rikki Ducornet Visions of Budhardin, by Stuart Dybek River Dead of Minneapolis, by Mark Ehling Fuck With Kayla And You Die, by Louise Erdrich All You Can Eat, by Robin Hemley 13 Remotely Related to South Bend, by Lily Hoang Happy Film, by Laird Hunt Long Walk, by Sandy Huss Round, by Lily James Anton's Album, by Janet Kauffman A History of Indiana, by Jesse Lee Kercheval Still Life with Insects, by Brian Kitely Mobile Axis: A Triptych, by Clarence Major The Digitally Enhanced Image of Cary Grant Appearing in a Cornfield in Indiana, by Michael Martone Talking to my Old Science Teacher about Drawings in which I Killed Him, by Brian McMullen A Harvest, by Glenn Meeter Other Electricities, by Ander Monson The Mausoleum, by Susan S. Neville Submarine Warfare on the Upper Mississippi, by Lon Otto Wednesday Night Reflections, Edited Thursday, by Erin Pringle The Great War, by Josh Russell July Snow, by Scott Russell Sanders The Red Bow, by George Saunders Medieval Land, by Steve Tomasula Natural Citizens, by Deb Olin Unferth Session,, by Kellie Wells Metaphysics of the Midwest, by Curtis White Luna Moth, by Michael Wilkerson Baby; Pornography, by Dianne Williams ...
