“ Anyone who has invented a better mousetrap, or the contemporary equivalent, can expect to be harassed by strangers demanding that you read their unpublished manuscripts or undergo the humiliation of public speaking, usually on remote Midwestern campuses. ”
- Barbara Ehrenreich- Copy
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“ Smell brings to mind… a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. ”
- Diane Ackerman- Copy
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“ People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, 'Where are you from?' doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? ”
- Garrison Keillor- Copy
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“ Ruthton looked like any of a thousand Midwestern towns, an aging collection of small homes on straight streets, all arranged around a two-block downtown where the brightest light after 9 PM is the Coca-Cola machine down by the Standard Oil station. ”
- Andrew H. Malcolm- Copy
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