in seven volumes

eleventh of ten volumes

in seven volumes

The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest's continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.

CONTENTS The Blasphemer (revised) . . . 5 “Mean Enough for Ya?” . . . 129 “Who Are You Going As?” . . . 204 “Annie, Forget Your Gun” . . . 216 Jane Austen’s New Play and Sex Life . . . 230 Puppets Rule! . . . 323 “Asylum?” . . . 391 “Oh, Leave Me Alone”(straight version) . . . 404 “Oh, Leave Me Alone (gay version) . . . 448 “Those Golden Years” (with two women) . . . 493 “Those Golden Years” (with man and woman) . . . 504