{"product_id":"midwest-futures-9781948742610","title":"Midwest Futures","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Phil Christman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - Midwest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA virtuoso book about midwestern identity and the future of the region. Named a \u003cem\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of 2020, a finalist for a Midwest Independent Book award, and winner of the Independent Publisher Awards' 2020 Bronze Medal for Great Lakes Nonfiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Midwest: Is it middle? Or is it Western? As Phil Christman writes in this idiosyncratic, critically acclaimed essay collection, these and other ambiguities might well be the region's defining characteristic. Deftly combining history, criticism, and memoir, Christman breaks his exploration of midwestern identity, past and present, into a suite of thirty-six brief, interconnected essays. Ranging across material questions of religion, race, class, climate, and Midwestern myth making, the result is a sometimes sardonic, often uproarious, and consistently thought-provoking look at a misunderstood place and the people who call it home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs James Fallows of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e noted, it's A combination of history, memoir, reportage, and lit-crit that taught me a lot about a region I've reported on.... Check it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has ever wondered why being from the Midwest is synonymous with normalcy, even when nothing could be further from the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46318505656471,"sku":"9781948742610","price":1762.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781948742610.webp?v=1767712468","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/midwest-futures-9781948742610","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}