Way back in mid-August I signed on for the Literary Road Trip, hosted by GalleySmith. What is a Literary Road Trip, you ask? Well, “The Literary Road Trip is a project in which bloggers are volunteering to showcase local authors. This showcase can be anything you want to make of it — book reviews, author interviews, giveaways — as long as you’re working with an author local to you.”
Having moved to Nebraska in late July, I’m naturally excited about showcasing Nebraska authors, in part as a way for me to learn more about this state I’ve moved to. Disclosure: I’m not exactly new to Nebraska. I was born here, and over the course of my lifetime, I’ve lived in Nebraska for about five years total, spread out over three different locales and three different sojourns. I do have some roots in the state. Still, I didn’t live in Nebraska during my school years, so I don’t exactly have the local history down pat.
My early, tentative list of Nebraska authors is:
• Willa Cather
• Mari Sandoz
• Bess Streeter Aldrich
• Ted Kooser
• Ladette Randolph
• Timothy Schaffert
This is me putting the call out. Do you know of other Nebraska authors? (Are you a Nebraska author? Contact me, please!) Of the Nebraska authors I know of, what work(s) should I start with?
I’d also be interested in hearing about books set in Nebraska, particularly those in which the setting has a real presence.
I do plan to check out my local library.
In addition to book reviews and author interviews/guest posts, I also hope to include posts about touring the Nebraska homes of some of these authors — Cather’s home in Red Cloud isn’t too far from me, for example.
Ideas? Suggestions? Comments?
I’m so excited to see you joining in. I’m anxious to read more about the authors of Nebraska
I’m so glad you picked Nebraska. I picked Kansas so, hi neighbor. I’m not actually living there right now as my husband and I retired and traveling all over the place. I knew of a few Kansas authors but had the best luck when I googled Kansas authors. It led to all sorts of interesting websites and I now have a huge list of local authors. I’ll keep my eyes and ears open for you.
Margot, yeah, I’d seen that you’d picked Kansas. I look forward to your posts! This afternoon I went through the Nebraska Authors tag on my library’s website, and based on that, I have a huge list! It’ll take me a while to just check them all out!
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