"The Midwest is, in fact, fairly frequently written about, but almost always in a way that weirdly disclaims the possibility that it has ever been written or thought about before."

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/on-being-midwestern

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Truly, one of the best essays written about the region that's both nowhere and seen as the center of True America

I know I've tweeted it out before, and everyone should buy Phil's book ( https://beltpublishing.com/products/midwest-futures), but it is just such an accurate and unflinching description of what makes the Midwest wonderful, but at the same time, why it plays such critical role in white America's imagination