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Check out "Journeys of Freedom Seekers in Illinois" by @CarolineKisiel from the special issue of Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Vol. 119, No. 1, "Essays on Illinois and America 250." cc: @ILHistory1818 scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/arti…

Welcome to Greener Pastures, a new Midstory podcast that takes you out into the fields to retell the story you thought you knew. 🌾 🔗 midstory.org/greenerpastures or wherever you get your podcasts.

Is the Midwest left out of the national story? See essay (now open for free) in our new issue: "Narrative Inequality and the Flickering Flames of Midwestern Regionalism" muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/article… @Chris_arnade @jmart @Th_Midwesterner @Eric_Erins @midwestern_ope @MiddleWestPress

Happy #EarthDay! 🌍️ Check out our titles in environmental studies here: buff.ly/gnX4ffL

Attn, Nebraskans and others in our region x.com/h_midwest/stat…

It’s time to travel the Twin Cities of books: Rain Taxi’s 2026 Twin Cities Independent Bookstore Passport is now available in 38 stores across the metro! raintaxi.com/twin-cities-in…

The 58th Annual Dakota Conference is taking place tomorrow at Augustana University augie.edu/resources/cent…

Reviewed in our new issue: "The War at Home: Minnesota During the Great War, 1914–1920" @MNHSPress muse.jhu.edu/issue/56644

The Midwest Revival: a Well-Kept Secret (Governing Magazine) governing.com/urban/the-midw…

A new documentary, “Revisiting Utopia,” details the Park Forest’s unorthodox plan to racially integrate the village, and its lasting effects on those who grew up there. chicagomag.com/city-life/a-ne…

🎉 Now Available! Lyda Conley and the Fight to Preserve Huron Indian Cemetery edited by Stephanie Bennett, Samantha Gill, and Tai S. Edwards. 👉 Discover the story: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700641215/ #LydaConley #IndigenousHistory #WomensHistory #KansasHistory #UPKansas

The Center for Western Studies just released a new history of the Missouri River: "America's Longest River" @AugieCWS Copies available via @UnivNebPress nebraskapress.unl.edu/the-center-for… @WhaHistory @newterritorymag @Missouri_Review @americanrivers @MTHist @brim006 @SoDakHistorian

Happy Publication Day to ECHOES OF CABRINI-GREEN by Rudolph Elliot Willis! In this powerful memoir, Willis tells the story of his journey from Chicago’s most notorious public housing project to the halls of academia and medicine. siupress.com/9780809339914/…

Our May issue is here! The cover story is all about visiting our neighbor to the north: This curated guide to Wisconsin includes adventurous road trips, long weekends at hidden gems, and week-worthy stays. chicagomag.com/chicago-magazi…

For #LesbianVisibilityWeek, read this article from Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 118.2 by Mary Z. Rose (@dreamahighway) about romantic relationships between women faculty at Monticello Female Seminary. cc: @ILHistory1818 scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jishs/arti…

Fred Haefele joins Lauren Korn on Monana Public Radio's The Write Question to discuss his new book THE ESSENTIAL BOOK OF PICKUP TRUCKS. bit.ly/4tYekdS

It’s a beautiful morning at @Kansas_Press!

A poetry walk provides 4 more good reasons to join us on May 15-17 in Yellow Springs for the Sun & Moon Poetry Festival! Poets Aimee Noel, Zach Hannah, Deborah Strozier, and Cathryn Essinger will be stationed in various locations downtown. Register at ohiopoetryassn.org/sun-moon-festi…

Celebrating both the stories on our shelves and those still to come that represent the history, nature, and communities across all areas Michigan. #NationalLibraryWeek

For our new issue Robert Loerzel contributed an essay about “The New Midwestern Photography Movement.” Here he is paging through the new issue near his home in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. muse.jhu.edu/issue/56644