A Place of sense essays in search of the Midwest / edited by Michael Martone ; photographs by David Plowden.
| Other author | Martone, Michael. |
| Other author | Iowa Humanities Board. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Iowa City : University of Iowa Press for the Iowa Humanities Board, 1988. |
| Description | 144 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Bur oak original Bur oak original. ^A239633 |
| Contents | Under the sign of Wonder Bread and Belmont Caskets / Michael J. Rosen -- The flatness / Michael Martone -- A writer's sense of place / Louise Erdrich -- The way the country lies / Douglas Bauer -- American Gothic / David Hamilton -- If you can talk to a guy / Jane Staw and Mary Swander -- Grandma's backbone, Dougie's ankles / Gary Comstock -- Letting go : the virtue of vacant ground / Janet Kauffman. |
| LCCN | 88015058 |
| ISBN | 0877452113 |
| ISBN | 0877452172 (pbk.) |