# Books ## [Bookmobiles Have Delivered Books to Ohioans for More than a Century. What’s Next?](/content/bookmobiles-have-delivered-books-to-ohioans-for-more-than-a-century-whats-next/index.html) [Nikki Han](/content/author/nikki-han/index.html)-May 20, 2026 In 2022, Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library unveiled the “Bee.” With the tagline “pollinating the community with good things,” the Bee is not... ## [Columbus’ 32-Room Bookstore Is a Book Lover’s Dream](/content/columbus-32-room-bookstore-is-a-book-lovers-dream/index.html) [Eva Fraser](/content/author/eva-fraser/index.html)-January 26, 2026 Imagine 32 rooms of books in a labyrinthine old building, open to early birds and night owls alike, with discounted books to boot. A... ## [Madame Bovary, But Make It Midwest: A Review of Louise Erdrich’s “The Mighty Red”](/content/madame-bovary-but-make-it-midwest-a-review-of-louise-erdrichs-the-mighty-red/index.html) [Tom Griffin](/content/author/tom-griffin/index.html)-January 31, 2025 Published in October 2024, Louise Erdrich’s 19th novel, “The Mighty Red” is a raucous Shakespearean tragicomedy, a refreshingly new and pertinent narrative from a... ## [Capote’s Tangled Truth: How a Rural Kansas Town Birthed a Literary Genre](/content/capotes-tangled-truth-how-a-rural-kansas-town-birthed-a-literary-genre/index.html) [Ruby Grisin](/content/author/ruby-grisin/index.html)-January 14, 2025 After spending much of his life writing for The New Yorker in the Big Apple, renowned journalist and author Truman Capote made his way... ## [The “Oz” Tourism Industry Brings Travelers to Rural Kansas](/content/the-oz-tourism-industry-brings-travelers-to-rural-kansas/index.html) [Alyssa Jacoby](/content/author/alyssa-jacoby/index.html)-November 23, 2024 In “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy Gale’s adventure across yellow brick roads, poppy fields and emerald cities is a beloved, technicolor dream. But where... ## [Listening for Wonder With the U.S. Poet Laureate at Cuyahoga Valley National Park](/content/listening-for-wonder-with-the-u-s-poet-laureate-at-cuyahoga-valley-national-park/index.html) [Riley Gramley](/content/author/riley-gramley/index.html)-October 12, 2024 Still, there are mysteries below our sky: the whale song, the songbird singing its call in the bough of a wind-shaken tree. We are creatures of constant... ## [In Cleveland, a Book Award Celebrates Literature’s Power for “World Repair”](/content/in-cleveland-a-book-award-celebrates-literatures-power-for-world-repair/index.html) [Ruby Grisin](/content/author/ruby-grisin/index.html)-September 23, 2024 Edith Anisfield-Wolf, a Jewish poet and philanthropist based in Cleveland, founded the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards out of a belief among Jewish communities called “tikkun... ## [Children’s Authors Thriving in the Buckeye State (And Four You Didn’t Know Were From Ohio)](/content/childrens-authors-thriving-in-the-buckeye-state-and-four-you-didnt-know-were-from-ohio/index.html) [Caitlin Cooper](/content/author/caitlin-evans/index.html)-March 23, 2024 “I have everything here that I need.” Will Hillenbrand has been writing and illustrating children’s books for over 33 years. His bibliography, which includes the... ## [Telling the Working-class Stories of Rural Michigan: A Review of “Enough to Lose”](/content/telling-the-working-class-stories-of-rural-michigan-a-review-of-enough-to-lose/index.html) [Caitlin Cooper](/content/author/caitlin-evans/index.html)-January 5, 2024 When asked about his background, RS Deeren’s first instinct is to describe the setting of his upbringing: rural isolation and working-class struggle. This view... ## [How Illinois Librarians Are Waging War on Literary Censorship](/content/how-illinois-librarians-are-waging-war-on-literary-censorship/index.html) [Caitlin Cooper](/content/author/caitlin-evans/index.html)-October 4, 2023 “Of Mice and Men,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Catcher in the Rye.” They have more in common than being household classics of American... 1 [2](/content/category/books/page/2/index.html) [3](/content/category/books/page/3/index.html) [next-page](/content/category/books/page/2/index.html) Page 1 of 3 --- ### Quick Access ### MIDSTORY MEDIA THINKHUB Midstory is a 501(c)(3) educational media thinkhub with a mission to progress the narrative of the Midwest. We work with diverse and interdisciplinary thinkers to envision the future of our region through storytelling & research. ### SOCIAL MEDIA [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/midstory "Facebook") [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/midstorytoledo/ "Instagram") [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIipiaWusTv2tFEyyX124A "Youtube") [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/midstory/ "Linkedin") [Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/user-837511315 "Soundcloud") [X](https://x.com/midstory "X") Copyright © 2026 Midstory. All rights reserved.