Midwestern Miscellany LII (Spring-Fall 2024)

Midwestern Miscellany is a peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year by The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. This double issue, no. LII (Spring-Fall 2024), is edited by John Rohrkemper. Contributions in this issue focus on the theme "Banned in the Heartland." Contents:"Banned in Lewiston: Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology" -- Marcia Noe"Sinclair Lewis's Main Street and America's Cultural Divide" -- Ralph Goldstein"'One of the Filthiest Books of the Year': Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises as Banned Book" -- Donald A. Daiker"Avoiding the 'Weathering' of Black Girly by Not Banning Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye" -- Marilyn Judith Atlas"Who's Afraid of Books? Banning Toni Morrison's Beloved in Michigan" -- Maureen N. Eke"'We Can't Stop Living': No Love for Queer Memoirs in the Heartland" -- Haley M. Bateman and Patrick S. Allen"Literary Gatekeeping in Midwestern Classrooms: Book Challenges, Early Reading Instruction, and Reading in Context" -- Patricia Oman