Category Archives: Hoosiers

Hoosiers, Redux?

Posted on 27 February 2011 by

[Indianapolis Monthly] In this month’s issue of Indianapolis Monthly, I’ve got a long feature on Milan, Indiana — the small town that inspired Hoosiers and that’s struggled ever since. The magazine’s website is in the middle of a redesign, so the … Continue reading →

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The College-Exploitation Machine

Posted on 6 October 2010 by

[Lexington Herald-Leader] Dustin Sinclair, an old college roommate and current good friend, and I co-wrote an op ed in the Lexington Herald-Leader on higher education’s growing costs and shrinking access. This is an enormously complex issue, of course, but we tried … Continue reading →

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“The Grateful Dead Approach to Intellectual Property”

Posted on 11 November 2009 by

[NUVO] That quote came from Moira Smith, the librarian for folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University. I interviewed Moira for my NUVO cover story on Google Books’ basically unnoticed foray into Indiana, and one question I asked was whether she … Continue reading →

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Meth and the Midwest

Posted on 6 July 2009 by

[Bookslut] My review of Nick Redding’s Methland: The Death and Life of An American Small Town is in the July issue of Bookslut. It was supposed to be in the June issue, actually, but I missed my deadline and am … Continue reading →

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Scenes from a Life

Posted on 2 July 2009 by

Today, Michael Mann’s Public Enemies opens nationwide, and I’ve got a couple of new stories tying into it. First, there’s this Cincinnati CityBeat cover story on “the Dillinger legend”—and by that, I mean not only the historical person, but also … Continue reading →

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