Archive - The Midwest Creative

October 2024

What Life is Letting Me Read Lately

10 books that excited me in 2024 and my evolving relationship to reading

Oct 30, 2024 •

Meet the Brilliant Minds Behind the Iowa Writers Collaborative

October 25, 12 pm

Oct 24, 2024 •

The Discomfort with Being Perceived

And what it looks like to no longer care

Oct 23, 2024 •

Communities are built upon the shoulders of independent bookstores

On "How to Save Bookstores and Why: The present and Future of Bookselling" by Danny Caine

Oct 9, 2024 •

The Ways We Fracture

A review of Friendly Fire: A Fractured Memoir by Paul Rousseau

Oct 2, 2024 •

September 2024

A Look Back at the Midwest Creative

Reflecting on how my voice has developed + An offer for paid subscribers

Sep 26, 2024 •

A long, comfy car ride

A microessay inspired by my first wedding anniversary

Sep 18, 2024 •

Anthony Arroyo and the documentation of formerly neglected spaces

"Taquerias en la University" explores the cultural significance of taco trucks in Des Moines

Sep 11, 2024 •

9 Midwest Creatives to Support this Week

While I focus on a personal writing project

Sep 4, 2024 •

August 2024

I think you should be bad at more things

and start asking yourself: who cares?

Aug 28, 2024 •

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