A Brief History of the Midwest

A Brief History of the Midwest - Paperback

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A Brief History of the Midwest - Paperback

A Brief History of the Midwest - Paperback

by Andrew Grace
$19.95
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Book Overview

A Brief History of the Midwest is a lyric encapsulation of the hardship and hope of the American Midwest.

These poems trace the trajectory of the middle of America from its colonization to the present day. Hardships that range from loneliness to the opioid crisis to the largest earthquake in US history reverberate through the collection's fields, Northern waters, and derelict barns. The losses here are both historical and personal, as is the resilience of those who survived them. All the while there are moments of light that transcend a history " written in thorn," a moment of rest after bathing sheep, the flick of a trout in the Boyne River, a fistful of rose hips.
ISBN9781625571588
Author Andrew Grace
PublisherBlack Lawrence Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages92
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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A Brief History of the Midwest

A Brief History of the Midwest - Paperback

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About Andrew Grace

Andrew Grace was born and raised on Shadeland Farm in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. He is the the author of three books of poems, A Belonging Field, Shadeland, and SANCTA. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry, Boston Review, New Criterion and Adroit Journal amongst others. A recipient of the Guy Owen Prize from the Southern Poetry Review and two Ohio Arts Council awards for Individual Excellence, he is a former Stegner Fellow at Stanford and is a Senior Editor at the Kenyon Review. He teaches at Kenyon College.

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