This compelling anthology of contemporary prose and poetry confronts the idea of "regional," and explores the extremes of the term-the hardships of the weather versus the quiet, idyllic beauty of nature, or the provincial, remote feel of the region versus its inherent richness and cohesive spirit.Includes work by Robert Bly, Louise Erdrich, Jon Hassler, Bill Holm, William Stafford, Patricia Hampl, Jonis Agee, Carol Bly, Meridel LeSueur, and Garrison Keillor.A confrontation with the elusive idea of 'regional' writing is the self-stated goal of this important and diverse new anthology. Editors Mark Vinz and Thom Tammaro, professors at Moorhead State University, believe that 'the most positive and enduring sense of regional is indeed that link between particular and universal, local and international.' They've shown that link in this accessible, highly readable volume, comprising work by 84 writers. Editors Vinz and Tammaro have done a commendable job of balancing the material included in this fine anthology. The many themes expressed are universal concerns, and the spirit of these stories and poems extends far beyond the specific or regional. These are not merely contemporary voices from the Midwest; they are contemporary voices from the world.-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Inheriting The Land: Contemporary Voices from the Midwest

Literature & Fiction

Vinz, Mark

History & Criticism

Univ. of Minnesota Press

Sixteen nationally acclaimed authors reflect on how their Midwestern heritage has affected their attitudes, values, and development as writers. Includes brief biographies and b&amp;w photos of contributors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Imagining Home: Writing from the Midwest

United States

Weird Kid (Minnesota Voices Project)

Talman Co

Poetry. "LATE NIGHT CALLS is a gathering of messages that comes to us deep in our lives, where they bring the important news that it's all right to let ourselves care for one another, it's all right to give words of tenderness. The most remarkable of these fabulous poems are both fairy tales that articulate our wakeful sleep, and bedtime stories against the dark, lending reassurance and calm to those nights when we turn between loss and failure. Like the caller of the title poem, Mark Vinz 'needs to be heard.' We need to listen"—Jay Meek.

Late Night Calls

Poetry

New Rivers Press

Poetry. When a young mother with a traveling husband turns to her five- year-old son and says, `Now you'll have to be the man of the house,' what burdens will that gifted child unwittingly assume? He is the precocious boy we remember from childhood, the one who sees too much, hears everything, and understands only a fraction. Never shy about disclosure, he puzzles through it all, rumor and innuendo, the half-heard, and the above-his-head, aided and abetted by his slightly- more-worldly neighbor friend, Bergy. Not knowing what he doesn't know, our narrator trumpets and parrots, reports and announces. And so many questions! How does the favorite aunt always know the best gifts to give? And how is it possible for the Lone Ranger to show up with his horse Silver one Saturday afternoon at Powderhorn Park? And, more importantly, just who on earth is Sam Hill? These and the answers to oh-so-many questions can be found in the pages of THE MAN OF THE HOUSE." —Debra Marquart

Man of the House (Headwaters)

All of the poems in this collection were originally published in Dacotah Territory Magazine; we decided against selecting any poems we reprinted from other magazines or books, and also against selecting either prose poems or translations. What we sought was always two-fold: to tap into the poetry of place flourishing around us, but never to be simply limited by it; to take a stand against the placelessness of American society, but not with "down-homeism," or ... with any kind of ism. A sense of place as we tried to define it, then, was quite different from many people's notion of regionalism, and it was that end we sought: We see ourselves, then, as importers and exporters, seeking the best work from both new and established writers no matter what their place - that unique vitality which partakes of both the local and international simulaneously. In general terms, what brought about Dacotah Territory was a recognition of the talents and energies around us (and the scant number

Dacotah Territory

Ray, Grace

North Dakota Inst for

A rich combination of poetry and photography captures the essence of the state popularized by Garrison Keillor, affectionately evoking Minnesota's singular charm with a wry wit and unique observations. Original.

Minnesota Gothic: Poems (Seeing Double Series of Collaborative Books)

Gudmundson, Wayne

MILKWEED EDITIONS *

From Library Journal\nThe poems in this book are less about a way of life than about the impact of any heartfelt experience; in Philip Dacey's "The Blizzard," a visitor from the South gets caught in some heavy weather but concludes, "If it's good enough for God it's good enough for me," a statement that covers a lot of phenomena besides snowstorms. Predictably, a handful of these poems are slack or casual, but most are well wrought, direct, and colorful. One of the most affecting is Robert L. Carothers's "My Brother," in which a man learns that his dull, affluent sibling has no memory of his youthful ecstasies. Good poetry helps us remember what is important, and this is good poetry. 
- David Kirby, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee 
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Common Ground: A Gathering of Poets from the 1986 Marshall Festival

Dacotah Territorial Pr

Songs for a Hometown Boy

Solo Pr

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Inheriting The Land: Contemporary Voices from the Midwest

Imagining Home: Writing from the Midwest

Imagining Home: Writing from the Midwest

Weird Kid (Minnesota Voices Project)

Late Night Calls

Man of the House (Headwaters)

Dacotah Territory

Minnesota Gothic: Poems (Seeing Double Series of Collaborative Books)

Common Ground: A Gathering of Poets from the 1986 Marshall Festival

Songs for a Hometown Boy