The New Territory has collaborated with University of Illinois Press to collect and publish Lingering Inland, 73 essays edited by Andy Oler that originally appeared in the magazine’s #LiteraryLandscapes series. Pre-orders will ship in November 2025 just in time for the holidays. Hint, hint.
I’m excited to see these essays collected as a print book.
Pre-order your copy today.
ABOUT THE BOOK
How do the stories we tell about Midwestern places influence or reflect our experiences? How is the literature of a place or a region relevant to the people who live there?
In this expansive anthology, Andy Oler collects 73 original short essays by a diverse array of contemporary writers. Each explores locales in Midwestern literature relevant to the life and work of literary figures and canonical authors such as Toni Morrison and Willa Cather. Lingering in these places in both body and mind, the contributors contemplate the resonances and desires nurtured by their chosen location. Together, the essays take readers on an odyssey that maps our inner longing to connect across vast landscapes.
A singular collection of creative nonfiction, Lingering Inland plumbs the personal and collective essence that binds Midwesterners together through words and places.