Michael Martone writes with deep affection for the ordinary. In his hands, the quotidian dreams of the American heartland are transformed... Louise Erdrich
This is a marvelous book.... What a gift! Richard Rhodes
Author Michael Martone is the national winner of the 2013 Indiana Authors Award
MICHAEL MARTONE is the author and editor of several works of fiction and nonfiction. He and his wife, the poet Theresa Pappas, are publishers of Story County Books.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Fort Wayne Is Seventh on Hitlers List
Three Postcards from Indiana
Santa Claus
French Lick
Muncie
Everybody Watching and the Time Passing Like That
Pieces
Alfred Kinsey, Alone, after an Interview, Dreams of Indiana
Whistlers Father
Dear John
The Greek Letter in the Bed
Schliemann in Indianapolis
The Teakwood Deck of the U.S.S. Indiana
Biograph