Category Archives: Hoosiers

Frank Bill and the new Midwestern lit

Posted on 24 April 2013 by

[The American Prospect] In the latest issue of The American Prospect, I’ve got a long review of Frank Bill’s novel Donnybrook. I also consider a small but growing number of Midwestern fiction writers, including Donald Ray Pollock and Bonnie Jo … Continue reading →

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Mike Pence’s religion

Posted on 9 January 2013 by

Time for my second supplemental post on Mike Pence. You can read the original Indianapolis Monthly profile here, and near the end of it I describe asking Pence for some specifics about his personal faith. It’s a fair and vital question … Continue reading →

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Mike Pence’s “Confessions of a Negative Campaigner”

Posted on 6 January 2013 by

On Friday, I linked to my long Indianpolis Monthly profile of Mike Pence. Today, I’ll post the first of four supplemental blog posts on Indiana’s new governor. While Pence served in Congress from 2000 to 2012, he took his first … Continue reading →

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A review of Matthew Tully’s Searching for Hope

Posted on 3 May 2012 by

[NUVO] In this week’s NUVO, an alt weekly in Indianapolis, I’ve got a review of Matthew Tully’s Searching for Hope: Life at a Failing School in the Heart of America. Tully’s a very good columnist at the Indianapolis Star, and while Searching for Hope isn’t … Continue reading →

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The closing of the Wigwam (and the state of Indiana basketball)

Posted on 24 March 2012 by

[New York Times] In Sunday’s New York Times sports section, I’ve got a long feature on the closing of the Wigwam, the 8,996-seat arena in Anderson, Indiana, that ranks as the second largest high school gym in the world. Or ranked, rather: … Continue reading →

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