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Midwest Futures

Phil Christman
3.95/5 (530 ratings)
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A virtuoso book-length essay on Midwestern identity and the future of the region. Named a Commonweal Notable Book of 2020, a finalist for a Midwest Independent Book award, and winner of the Independent Publisher Awards' 2020 Bronze Medal for Great Lakes Nonfiction. The Is it middle? Or is it Western? As Phil Christman writes in this idiosyncratic, celebrated book, these and other ambiguities might well be the region's defining characteristic. Deftly combining history, criticism, and memoir, Christman breaks his exploration of Midwestern identity, past and present, into a suite of thirty-six brief, interconnected essays. Ranging across material questions of religion, race, class, climate, and Midwestern myth making, the result is a sometimes sardonic, often uproarious, and consistently thought-provoking look at a misunderstood place and the people who call it home. For anyone who has ever wondered why being from the Midwest is synonymous with "normalcy," even when that's obviously not the case.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
154 pages
Publication:
2020
Publisher:
Belt Publishing
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1948742616
ISBN13:
9781948742610
kindle Asin:
B085B67VJQ

Midwest Futures

Phil Christman
3.95/5 (530 ratings)
Read Download
A virtuoso book-length essay on Midwestern identity and the future of the region. Named a Commonweal Notable Book of 2020, a finalist for a Midwest Independent Book award, and winner of the Independent Publisher Awards' 2020 Bronze Medal for Great Lakes Nonfiction. The Is it middle? Or is it Western? As Phil Christman writes in this idiosyncratic, celebrated book, these and other ambiguities might well be the region's defining characteristic. Deftly combining history, criticism, and memoir, Christman breaks his exploration of Midwestern identity, past and present, into a suite of thirty-six brief, interconnected essays. Ranging across material questions of religion, race, class, climate, and Midwestern myth making, the result is a sometimes sardonic, often uproarious, and consistently thought-provoking look at a misunderstood place and the people who call it home. For anyone who has ever wondered why being from the Midwest is synonymous with "normalcy," even when that's obviously not the case.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
154 pages
Publication:
2020
Publisher:
Belt Publishing
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1948742616
ISBN13:
9781948742610
kindle Asin:
B085B67VJQ

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