An Angry Nation

by R. R. Reno

I traveled through the middle of America for nearly two weeks, and almost everyone I spoke with expressed frustration, anxiety, disquiet, despair.  Continue Reading »

28 Jul 2020

A Midwestern Guide to Hell

by John Wilson

Phil Christman’s Midwest Futures is short, cunningly constructed while seemingly casual, and rich with strange lore. Continue Reading »

12 Jun 2020

Rust Belt Catholics

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Charles McElwee joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss the decline of Catholicism in struggling Rust Belt communities—and attempts to revive Rust Belt parishes. Continue Reading »

19 Dec 2019

Chimpanzee Disaster

by Hannah Niemeier

The residents of Royal, Nebraska, loved their zoo to death. Continue Reading »

13 May 2019

Whose Midwest?

by John Wilson

The Midwest is often dismissed or simply ignored in books, in the “national media,” and in conversation, but a new collection of essays tells a different story. Continue Reading »

8 Feb 2019

Ut Pictura Poesis

by Anthony Kerrigan

The St. Jo River whirling full around the South Bend rich and dark as a negresse en chemise bedaubed with cochineal: mauve, purple tinting the water from the Odilon Redon sun setting. As we drove, the sunset fell over “The Goats” in Peru, Indiana and a crescent moon came up the color of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 1990