Cleveland Review of Books

Life Sentence: On Lucy Ellmann's "Ducks, Newburyport"

Oct 14

Oct 14 Life Sentence: On Lucy Ellmann's "Ducks, Newburyport"

Middling: On Hamlin Garland’s "Main-Travelled Roads"

Oct 7

Oct 7 Middling: On Hamlin Garland’s "Main-Travelled Roads"

Alex Zweber Leslie

Reviews, Midwest Canon

Where Progress and Tradition Held Hands: On Jon K. Lauck's "The Lost Region"

Oct 3

Oct 3 Where Progress and Tradition Held Hands: On Jon K. Lauck's "The Lost Region"

Midwest History, Reviews

What Was The Rust Belt?: On Rebecca J. Kinney’s “Beautiful Wasteland” and Brett Story’s “Prison Land”

Sep 25

Sep 25 What Was The Rust Belt?: On Rebecca J. Kinney’s “Beautiful Wasteland” and Brett Story’s “Prison Land”

Futility and Rapacity: On Eliza Griswold’s "Amity and Prosperity"

Sep 19

Sep 19 Futility and Rapacity: On Eliza Griswold’s "Amity and Prosperity"

Midwest History, Reviews

Sep 16

Sep 16 Trauma-Feeding

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer & Misty Morrison

Fighting for Democracy: On Sara Egge's "Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the American Midwest"

Sep 12

Sep 12 Fighting for Democracy: On Sara Egge's "Woman Suffrage and Citizenship in the American Midwest"

Emmanuel Falguières

Midwest History, Reviews

"The Pale King" and the Midwestern Canon

Sep 9

Sep 9 "The Pale King" and the Midwestern Canon

A Land of Arresting Contrasts: On Harlan Hatcher's "The Western Reserve"

Sep 6

Sep 6 A Land of Arresting Contrasts: On Harlan Hatcher's "The Western Reserve"

Midwest History, Reviews

From Occasional Bootlegger to Disciplined Criminal: On John E. Hallwas' "The Bootlegger"

Sep 1

Sep 1 From Occasional Bootlegger to Disciplined Criminal: On John E. Hallwas' "The Bootlegger"

Midwest History, Reviews

Myth and History in the Midwest: On Kristin L. Hoganson’s “The Heartland”

Aug 12

Aug 12 Myth and History in the Midwest: On Kristin L. Hoganson’s “The Heartland”

Reviews, Midwest History

Cultural Cool and Classism in Cleveland

Jul 23

Jul 23 Cultural Cool and Classism in Cleveland

A Stumble in the Right Direction: On Stephen Markley's "Ohio"

Jul 18

Jul 18 A Stumble in the Right Direction: On Stephen Markley's "Ohio"

A Long Line of Mugshots: On Fox Butterfield's "In my Father's House"

Jul 5

Jul 5 A Long Line of Mugshots: On Fox Butterfield's "In my Father's House"

Jacob A. Bruggeman

Fascism and Fracture: On Gregor von Rezzori’s "Abel and Cain"

Jul 2

Jul 2 Fascism and Fracture: On Gregor von Rezzori’s "Abel and Cain"

Apartheid’s Mutating Legacy: On Masande Ntshanga’s "Triangulum"

Jun 24

Jun 24 Apartheid’s Mutating Legacy: On Masande Ntshanga’s "Triangulum"

A Midwestern Novel for the 21st Century: On Wright Morris’s “The Fork River Space Project”

Jun 15

Jun 15 A Midwestern Novel for the 21st Century: On Wright Morris’s “The Fork River Space Project”

Midwest History, Reviews

No More Heroes: On "Normal People" by Sally Rooney

Jun 12

Jun 12 No More Heroes: On "Normal People" by Sally Rooney

When The Cerdito Flies: On Fernando A. Flores' "Tears of the Trufflepig"

Jun 7

Jun 7 When The Cerdito Flies: On Fernando A. Flores' "Tears of the Trufflepig"

A New Socialism for the 21st Century: On Leigh Philipps' and Michal Rozworski's "The People's Republic of Walmart"

May 24

May 24 A New Socialism for the 21st Century: On Leigh Philipps' and Michal Rozworski's "The People's Republic of Walmart"

Nicholas Greyson Ward