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          We wish you the best of luck in the selection process!  Poetry Heat by Ellen Stone Slickwater and Sand by Ruth Foley Driving in Nebraska and Listening to a Russian Band Play Dave Brubeck by Carol V. Davis Vertebrae by Jeremy Michael Reed Creature from the Black Lagoon by Ace … Continue reading Congrats to this year’s Best of the Net nominees!

Independence Pass Just before you reach Leadville, Colorado, a Victorian town with 11,000 feet of elevation and a population of less than 3,000, you reach a decision point in the road. That is where you’ll decide how you’ll like to cross into the mountains. The left path leads to a steady climb through the Rockies, … Continue reading Transportation Celebration — Corie Rosen on Dangerous Driving

Travelers  I walk to walk: the act has its own value, and the words, if they happen to arrive, are in the nature of a gift . . .  —Michael Dennis Browne, “Poetry and Walking” My students do not walk to school. Most take the schoolbus or arrive in their parents’ cars, always plugged into … Continue reading Transportation Celebration — Susanna Lang on Walking

In the latest episode of Artifact Chat, a monthly podcast of curated intersections between America’s past and present, museum prose editor, Lindsey Griffin, sat down with Kristine Engel, curator of Meringue, a vintage formal wear boutique in Chicago’s Roscoe Village, to chat about the dresses in Kristine’s collection, the history of wedding fashion, and why re-imagined … Continue reading Americana-Themed Podcast Newly Released

We at the museum of americana are excited to collaborate with a number of our contributors to plan a new series of readings throughout the country. These readings will take place over the next several months as a way to explore and celebrate our journals themes as well as to bring their excellent work to live audiences. More soon, … Continue reading Our Reading Series — Coming Soon!

Congratulations to contributor, Nick Fox, whose nonfiction essay, "On the Trail of Jack London," received a 2016 Solas Award for Destination Travel from Traveler's Tales. "On the Trail of Jack London" first appeared in Issue 9 of the museum of americana. Check out Nick's award winning essay here!  

  This year’s AWP conference in Los Angeles was the museum’s first, and we kicked it off with an offsite reading co-presented with our friends at Midwestern Gothic. Hosted by the generous folks at Wolf & Crane Bar in downtown L.A.’s Little Tokyo, the event brought out a great crowd of writers, friends, and family … Continue reading The Museum Hits Downtown LA for AWP 16 and a Reading at Wolf & Crane Bar

the museum of americana travels to AWP next week, and we'd love to connect with you there! Be sure to join us at Wolf & Crane Bar for A Midwestern Americana Reading hosted by the museum of americana and Midwestern Gothic. You can also catch up with us: Thursday, March 31, 10-Noon Chat with editor Lauren Alwan at the book … Continue reading the museum of americana at the AWP Conference

In our continuing Q & A series, the museum of americana caught up with Nick Fox to chat about travel, his childhood reading habits, and how photography, memory, and the physical act of writing are integrated into in his process. Nick’s essay, “On the Trail of Jack London” appeared in Issue Nine. As your essay … Continue reading Q & A With Issue 9 Contributor Nick Fox

Saturday,  April 2, 7-8:30 pm Join the museum of americana and Midwestern Gothic at #AWP16 for a free offsite event at Wolf & Crane Bar in downtown L.A.! Our featured readers are poets and fiction writers Shaindel Beers, Curtis Crisler, John McCarthy, Toni Nealie, and Ben Tanzer. Wolf & Crane Bar is located in downtown L.A.'s little Tokyo, … Continue reading A Midwestern Americana Reading