What I'm Looking Forward to Reading
September, 2009
What I’m Looking Forward to Reading: Meghan O’Rourke
by Craig Morgan Teicher | Sep-20-2009
As the last couple of days of summer appear, here is poet and critic Meghan O’Rourke on her summer and fall reading
I usually read a few books for pleasure ...read »
On the road between Youngstown and New York City
by Jane Ciabattari | Sep-07-2009
After an overnight in Youngstown, Ohio (shoutout to the incredible cast and crew at Station Square restaurant), I’m thinking about the Monongahela Valley and ...read »
August, 2009
On the Road in Ilinois, Betwixt Spoon River and Chicago
by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-30-2009
It was raining most of the way as I drove from Iowa City through Illinois to South Bend, Indiana. (The next day’s Chicago Tribune referred to “stunning” ...read »
On the Road in Iowa City
by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-28-2009
Heading into Iowa on I-80. Corn, corn corn corn, and corn. Flat, flat, flat.
Before long I come upon the literary mecca of Iowa City, the third town ...read »
On the Road in Willa Cather Territory
by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-27-2009
Driving from eastern Wyoming’s arid 9000-foot Rocky Mountain plateau to the humid green expanse of western Nebraska creates a sort of culture shock. Five ...read »
On the Road in Laramie
by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-25-2009
Still on the road, my antidote to 2009 so far, I’m driving I-80 from Sonoma County to New York City, stopping when I feel like it overnight, reading whatever ...read »
On the Road in Rock Springs
by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-23-2009
I’m driving east from the Pacific to the Atlantic this week. I left Wells, Nevada, a sad town halfway to ghosting with closed-down casinos and motels Saturday ...read »
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