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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

In our continuing Q & A series, the museum of americana caught up with Christine Fadden to chat about girls’ softball, the eighties, and her future plans for her novel, Outta Here! Christine’s novel excerpt, “Throwing Signs” appeared in Issue Nine. To read more, from Christine, go to  www.christinefadden.com. What inspired you to write about … Continue reading Q & A With Issue 9 Contributor Christine Fadden

In this second in our Prose Q & A series for Issue Nine, contributor Todd Day offers insight into how his father, the novel Montana 1984, and an obituary yielded inspiration for his short story, “Coffee Creek,” which appears here. We were intrigued by the character of the rodeo clown in “Coffee Creek.”  What made … Continue reading Q & A With Issue 9 Contributor Todd Day

In the first of a series of Q & A’s with our Issue Nine prose contributors, Caitlin Palmer weighs in on memory, her writing process, and the aspects of setting in her lyric essay, “Inventory.” This is Caitlin’s first publication in a literary review, and we’re happy to report she has work forthcoming in Midwestern … Continue reading Q & A With Issue 9 Contributor Caitlin Palmer