A new book makes the case for the Midwest’s literary might

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Original Load Date Jan. 20, 2026, 6:04 a.m.
Last Updated Jan. 20, 2026, 6:04 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/books/2026/01/20/lingering-inland-university-of-illinois-press-midwestern-literature

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Seemingly unrelated places — from authors’ homes to grave sites to garbage dumps-turned-golf courses — serve as the imagination for writers of the essays in “Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest.” The new creative nonfiction collection of 73 essays (University of Illinois Press) is insp...