A Scattering Time: How Modernism Met Midwestern Culture

The American Midwest does not feature prominently in studies of modernism. Modernism is cosmopolitan and avant-garde, the story goes, whereas the Midwest is . . . not. The essays in this ground-breaking collection tell a different story, arguing for a more nuanced understanding of both modernism and the Midwest. The Midwest, it turns out, has a radical streak.