Indianapolis Archives

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines

In 2022, I attended the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500, and watched cars hurtle past at 220 mph—fast enough to cover a football field in nine tenths of a second. Over 325,000 fans cheered louder than the engines themselves.

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This Week in Indie Bookstores

Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!

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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Ira Kaplan’s Favorite Pit Stops

To pull into a rest area and get a bag of KFC or McDonald’s or whatever is kind of soul crushing, or at least it is for us.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Adrian Matejka

Adrian Matejka discusses his new collection Map to the Stars, writing about poverty in contemporary poetry, and how racism maintains its place in our society.

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Why I Chose Adrian Matejka’s Map to the Stars for March Poetry Book Club

It started, as it often does, with a recommendation from a friend, in this case Gabrielle Calvocoressi. She sent me an email saying “You have to look at this book.”…

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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Mike Adams’s Uncompromising Taste

This stuff is my favorite drink in the world, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

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