{"product_id":"lingering-inland","title":"Lingering Inland Book","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"page\" class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"main-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area col-sm-12\"\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"content\" role=\"main\" class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"content-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"region region-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"abaproduct-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-sm-12 ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all\" id=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"abaproduct-body ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\" id=\"desc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\"\u003e🥇 \u003cem\u003eWinner of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mipa.org\/midwest-book-awards\/2026-finalists\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e2026 Midwest Book Awards\u003c\/a\u003e: gold medal in Humanities category\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\"\u003eHow do the stories we tell about Midwestern places influence or reflect our experiences? How is the literature of a place or a region relevant to the people who live there?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\"\u003eIn this expansive anthology, Andy Oler collects 73 original short essays by a diverse array of contemporary writers. Each explores locales in Midwestern literature relevant to the life and work of literary figures and canonical authors such as Toni Morrison and Willa Cather. Lingering in these places in both body and mind, the contributors contemplate the resonances and desires nurtured by their chosen location. Together, the essays take readers on an odyssey that maps our inner longing to connect across vast landscapes.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\"\u003eA singular collection of creative nonfiction,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLingering Inland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplumbs the personal and collective essence that binds Midwesterners together through words and places.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"inner-tabs\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLingering Inland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the richness and diversity of the Midwest as no other book has managed to do, through the celebration of the region’s many and divers writers and the places they’ve been. What a marvel of landmarks, these birthplaces, museums, houses, burial sites, and roadside attractions! What a tapestry of American prairies, rivers, marshes, caves, deserts, dumps, and empty lots! These are the places that mattered to America’s fictionists, poets, playwrights, abolitionist newspapermen, and speech writers, and they matter to the authors of these remarkably intimate essays. In these pages, we explore the edges of the Midwest, where it rubs up against the south (in Twain’s Hannibal, MO) and the west (in L’Amour’s North Dakota), and to the north (via the Ambassador bridge to Canada). The essays stand as a magnificent protest against the erasure of monuments and voices, continually under threat by what passes for progress. Read this book to find out about the past and present of this vast and remarkable region, its natural features, its architecture (its cornbelt cubes, shacks, cabins, camps, and ruins), and, of course, its literature. I have never been so enthralled by my own part of the world, my Midwest.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waters: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The New Territory Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46644222951573,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/0566\/0053\/files\/pre-order_LingeringInland.jpg?v=1763752046","url":"https:\/\/shop.newterritorymag.com\/products\/lingering-inland","provider":"The New Territory Magazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}