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The #Midwessay: Aram Mrjoian, Apples to Apples
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The #Midwessay: Oindrila Mukherjee, The Things I Might Tell You
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The #Midwessay: David LeGault, On the Avoidance of Conflict
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The #Midwessay: Jennifer Furner, Midwestern Work Ethic
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The #Midwessay: Diane Seuss, My Midwestern Essay
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The #Midwessay: Sarah Curtis, The Wishing Heart
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The #Midwessay: Jodie Noel Vinson, The Midwest Essay is Strong and Limber
The Midwest EssayJodie Noel Vinson*The Midwest Essay is strong and limber, broad-shouldered, hard working. Digs deep. Makes a point.Or three. A swish from behind the line, straight shooting. A dribble...
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The #Midwessay: Alan Van Wyk, Minnesota
MinnesotaAlan Van Wyk*The sky here still feels a little off; a little too much. Not too big, exactly, but too deep, appearing without surface or limit. Simply there. Everywhere. An upward sink of...
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The #Midwessay: Gwen Niekamp, Wanted: Grad Student to Show Famous New York...
Wanted: Grad Student to Show Famous New York Writer Around St. LouisGwen Niekamp*Riding shotgun in my second-hand Civic—paid for in cash I saved from an $11/hour gig—the New Yorker sucked her teeth as...
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The #Midwessay: Devin Thomas O'Shea, Types of Missouri Guy
Types of Missouri GuyDevin Thomas O’Shea*A major type of Missouri guy sits in his ’98 Saturn recording YouTube rants on his phone. The phone is positioned horizontally on the car’s dashboard. His...
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#The Midwessay: Allie Leach, "Midwest Nice" and Other Tired and True Stereotypes
“Midwest Nice” and Other Tired and True StereotypesAllie Leach*Last spring, with the sudden change from teaching at school to teaching online at home, I got pretty lonely. And I had a bit of extra time...
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The #Midwessay: Travis Scholl, A Reckoning in Missouri
A Reckoning in MissouriTravis Scholl*Editor's note: this essay is graphic in its depiction of a lynching.*On Tuesday, January 13, 1931, if you would have opened a copy of The New York Times, you would...
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The #Midwessay: Conor Gearin, On Joe Pera and Midwestern Obscurity
On Joe Pera and Midwestern ObscurityConor Gearin*In the chorus of the song “Team,” Lorde sings, We live in cities you'll never see onscreen Not very pretty, but we sure know how things.Whenever I hear...
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The #Midwessay: Sebastian Stockman, Home and How To Get There
Home and How To Get ThereSebastian Stockman *Fly to Kansas City International Airport (MCI). Rent a car. Take I-435 to I-70. Head east on 70, toward St. Louis. (Don’t go to St. Louis!)...
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The #Midwessay: Melody S. Gee, After Our Roots Have Thirsted
After Our Roots Have ThirstedMelody Gee *Because the Los Angeles suburb I grew up in was built in the 1960s, carved out of abandoned citrus groves and dairy farms, the 1927 brick bungalow we bought in...
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The #Midwessay: David Schuman, 40
40David Schuman*My kid and I are driving west on the highway when she pipes up. “What is Missouri famous for?” It’s the kind of random question she asks a lot these days, but it hits me...
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The #Midwessay: Jill Kolongowski, Atmospheric River
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The #Midwessay: Marcia Meier, An Unfulfilled Promise
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The #Midwessay: Jaclyn Sipovic, On Shit and Shinola
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The #Midwessay: Caitlin Horrocks, The Cottage Essay
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