Middle West Press
@middlewestpress.bsky.social
Middle West Press is an Iowa-based editor and publisher of non-fiction, fiction, journalism, and poetry books. Our projects are often inspired by the people, places, and history of the American Midwest. Also #veterans. Visit: http://www.middlewestpress.com
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From "Line of Advance" & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards: The best new and established voices from modern wars & eras! NOW IN TWO VOLUMES !!
Series link here:
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Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
"ON WARS ... & AFTER-WARS!"
For readers and writers of modern military life! Great reads & gifts for those who serve, and those whose lives are touched by military service!
Available worldwide via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, @bookshop.org, and indie booksellers!
Round-up link: amzn.to/3MbKf9X
For readers and writers of modern military life! Great reads & gifts for those who serve, and those whose lives are touched by military service!
Available worldwide via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, @bookshop.org, and indie booksellers!
Round-up link: amzn.to/3MbKf9X
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"ON WARS ... & AFTER-WARS!"
For readers and writers of modern military life! Great reads & gifts for those who serve, and those whose lives are touched by military service!
Available worldwide via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, @bookshop.org, and indie booksellers!
Round-up link: amzn.to/3MbKf9X
For readers and writers of modern military life! Great reads & gifts for those who serve, and those whose lives are touched by military service!
Available worldwide via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, @bookshop.org, and indie booksellers!
Round-up link: amzn.to/3MbKf9X
Meet “Charlie Sherpa” @fobhaiku.bsky.social, the GWOT mil-blogger who originated the “Sherpatudes”!
Part lessons-learned guy & unit historian, part war poet, part “brigade staff jester”! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry—you just might learn something to boot!
FIND ALL HIS BOOKS:
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Part lessons-learned guy & unit historian, part war poet, part “brigade staff jester”! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry—you just might learn something to boot!
FIND ALL HIS BOOKS:
amzn.to/3Kd6kUU
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Meet “Charlie Sherpa” @fobhaiku.bsky.social, the GWOT mil-blogger who originated the “Sherpatudes”!
Part lessons-learned guy & unit historian, part war poet, part “brigade staff jester”! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry—you just might learn something to boot!
FIND ALL HIS BOOKS:
amzn.to/3Kd6kUU
Part lessons-learned guy & unit historian, part war poet, part “brigade staff jester”! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry—you just might learn something to boot!
FIND ALL HIS BOOKS:
amzn.to/3Kd6kUU
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Looking at the physical state of the White House, I could see why this move happened.
I expect American buildings to become less safe, less efficient, less creative, and less elegant long-term as a result of the Trump administration's policies
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I expect American buildings to become less safe, less efficient, less creative, and less elegant long-term as a result of the Trump administration's policies
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/24/a...
Architecture no longer considered a "professional degree" in USA
Students in the USA will receive lower loans under the terms of the One Big Beautiful Bill as architecture will not be considered a professional degree.
www.dezeen.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Looking at the physical state of the White House, I could see why this move happened.
I expect American buildings to become less safe, less efficient, less creative, and less elegant long-term as a result of the Trump administration's policies
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/24/a...
I expect American buildings to become less safe, less efficient, less creative, and less elegant long-term as a result of the Trump administration's policies
www.dezeen.com/2025/11/24/a...
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poetry prompt of the week: i heard recently that "the future has an ancient heart." can you tell me what your past, present, and future's heart has to say for you? listen closely and write as close to what comes up as you can.
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
poetry prompt of the week: i heard recently that "the future has an ancient heart." can you tell me what your past, present, and future's heart has to say for you? listen closely and write as close to what comes up as you can.
Military Families—we see you! @lisasticepoet.bsky.social is a poet, editor, literary activist, mother, military spouse, and the author of multiple full-length poetry collections!
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FIND ALL HER BOOKS HERE:
amzn.to/48gYrpu
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Military Families—we see you! @lisasticepoet.bsky.social is a poet, editor, literary activist, mother, military spouse, and the author of multiple full-length poetry collections!
FIND ALL HER BOOKS HERE:
amzn.to/48gYrpu
FIND ALL HER BOOKS HERE:
amzn.to/48gYrpu
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"She meets other Ladies with The Call to Adventure. Some try to help her where they can, but some are threatened by her Adventure. Her Adventure might diminish their own Adventures. Are there even enough dragons for all the Ladies to slay?" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Lady Hero’s Journey
A woman tries to set out on The Hero’s Journey only to find that Joseph Campbell didn’t believe that women take The Hero’s Journey. She must instea...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"She meets other Ladies with The Call to Adventure. Some try to help her where they can, but some are threatened by her Adventure. Her Adventure might diminish their own Adventures. Are there even enough dragons for all the Ladies to slay?" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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It gives us great pleasure to introduce Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and Pete W Sutton! Find out more about the project and the amazing contributors in our post! 💙
Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies
Is it is with great pleasure that we welcome to the Luna Family, the editors and authors of Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies, edited by Dan Coxon and Pete W Sutton.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It gives us great pleasure to introduce Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and Pete W Sutton! Find out more about the project and the amazing contributors in our post! 💙
Congratulations to U.S. Navy & Air Force veteran Ron Riekki, for his first-place poem “I counseled survivors of torture” in "Proud to Be" Vol. 14!
Where to buy:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
& here's Riekki’s 2022 collection “Blood / Not Blood … Then the Gates”:
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Where to buy:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
& here's Riekki’s 2022 collection “Blood / Not Blood … Then the Gates”:
amzn.to/3fxE6oi
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Congratulations to U.S. Navy & Air Force veteran Ron Riekki, for his first-place poem “I counseled survivors of torture” in "Proud to Be" Vol. 14!
Where to buy:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
& here's Riekki’s 2022 collection “Blood / Not Blood … Then the Gates”:
amzn.to/3fxE6oi
Where to buy:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
& here's Riekki’s 2022 collection “Blood / Not Blood … Then the Gates”:
amzn.to/3fxE6oi
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My new collection of #poetry is out now! www.wayfarerbookstore.com/product/subh...
March 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My new collection of #poetry is out now! www.wayfarerbookstore.com/product/subh...
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"The media outlets and tech platforms that settled with Trump chose to give him money because they *wanted* to. They could have fought and won, since Trump’s lawsuits (and his lawyering) are universally terrible."
CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win
Take this grift and shove it.
www.publicnotice.co
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The media outlets and tech platforms that settled with Trump chose to give him money because they *wanted* to. They could have fought and won, since Trump’s lawsuits (and his lawyering) are universally terrible."
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Art school problems
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Art school problems
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again, one of the finest pieces of contemporary poetry around 🖤
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, one of the finest pieces of contemporary poetry around 🖤
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November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Thanks to the @sfpoetry.bsky.social(SFPA) for notice of the “Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn” anthology launch, as part of its monthly member-activities round-up!
Catch-up on speculative-poet members and market happenings here at this link:
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Catch-up on speculative-poet members and market happenings here at this link:
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November 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Thanks to the @sfpoetry.bsky.social(SFPA) for notice of the “Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn” anthology launch, as part of its monthly member-activities round-up!
Catch-up on speculative-poet members and market happenings here at this link:
sfpoetry.org/wp/2025/11/0...
Catch-up on speculative-poet members and market happenings here at this link:
sfpoetry.org/wp/2025/11/0...
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“Just as farm boys yearn to go to New York, so do New York editors yearn to know what’s on the farm boy’s mind. Sometimes they sounded almost anxious.”
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The Magazine and the Writer: Harper's and John Bartlow Martin
While living in the Hubbard Woods neighborhood in Winnetka, Illinoi in the early 1940s with his young wife Fran, freelance writer John Bartl...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Just as farm boys yearn to go to New York, so do New York editors yearn to know what’s on the farm boy’s mind. Sometimes they sounded almost anxious.”
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-...
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-...
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GREAT JOB ALERT!
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
GREAT JOB ALERT!
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
ProPublica is hiring another senior editor for our Local Reporting Network.
The editor will edit the work of 4-5 reporters from our partner newsrooms, collaborating on projects that spur change.
💰 Salary range: $150,000 to $195,000
➡️ Apply: propub.li/3JAIqme
Check out these new books from Middle West Press LLC and other members of @clmporg.bsky.social—the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)! Full list here:
www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Includes “Our Best War Stories, Vol. 2”!
- Print: amzn.to/47kS45q
- Kindle: amzn.to/4gh34n7
www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Includes “Our Best War Stories, Vol. 2”!
- Print: amzn.to/47kS45q
- Kindle: amzn.to/4gh34n7
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Check out these new books from Middle West Press LLC and other members of @clmporg.bsky.social—the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)! Full list here:
www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Includes “Our Best War Stories, Vol. 2”!
- Print: amzn.to/47kS45q
- Kindle: amzn.to/4gh34n7
www.clmp.org/news/books-l...
Includes “Our Best War Stories, Vol. 2”!
- Print: amzn.to/47kS45q
- Kindle: amzn.to/4gh34n7
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While proofreading for something just now, I learned that a symbol denoting a scene or section break in a manuscript is called a “dinkus.” I think that’s lovely.
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
While proofreading for something just now, I learned that a symbol denoting a scene or section break in a manuscript is called a “dinkus.” I think that’s lovely.
"Proud to Be" is a Veterans Lit annual anthology published by Missouri Humanities and Northwest Missouri State University’s GreenTower Press!
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
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Purchase on-line via Submittable:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
Proud to have new stuff in this year's "Proud to Be" anthology! One is a poem involving a military retirement and a urinal. The other is a micro-essay about recovering my old 12-inch G.I. Joe action figure!
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Proud to Be" is a Veterans Lit annual anthology published by Missouri Humanities and Northwest Missouri State University’s GreenTower Press!
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
Purchase on-line via Submittable:
thelaurelreview.submittable.com/submit/29787...
Congratulations to U.S. Army veteran, war poet, and Twin Cities psychiatric nurse practitioner Jessi M. Atherton on her Veterans Day reading at Iowa’s University of Dubuque!
“The Time War Takes: Poems”
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- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s
#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress
“The Time War Takes: Poems”
- Kindle: amzn.to/3E4pUfI
- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s
#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Congratulations to U.S. Army veteran, war poet, and Twin Cities psychiatric nurse practitioner Jessi M. Atherton on her Veterans Day reading at Iowa’s University of Dubuque!
“The Time War Takes: Poems”
- Kindle: amzn.to/3E4pUfI
- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s
#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress
“The Time War Takes: Poems”
- Kindle: amzn.to/3E4pUfI
- Print: amzn.to/40Mx69s
#warpoet #veteransday #middlewestpress
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Reminder: CfP active for next year's Midwestern History Conference hosted by Miami University of Ohio from April 30-May 1. Deadline for submissions is December 8. This thread contains more information that may help those who are thinking of but have not yet submitted a proposal. 1/x
2026 Conference — Midwestern History Association
www.midwesternhistory.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reminder: CfP active for next year's Midwestern History Conference hosted by Miami University of Ohio from April 30-May 1. Deadline for submissions is December 8. This thread contains more information that may help those who are thinking of but have not yet submitted a proposal. 1/x
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Armistice Day Blizzard: Iowa Time Machine November 11, 1940
Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On November 11, 1940, the infamous Armistice Day Blizzard rocked the upper Midwest. Snowfall totals in excess of 2’ created up to 20’ deep drifts as winds ripped between 50 and 80...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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The Battlefield Design colouring book is now available to order! 30 detailed drawings of aircraft, armoured vehicles and patterns. £12.95 + postage. Please note this is UK ONLY for now - international shipping option coming soon!
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November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Battlefield Design colouring book is now available to order! 30 detailed drawings of aircraft, armoured vehicles and patterns. £12.95 + postage. Please note this is UK ONLY for now - international shipping option coming soon!
Order here: square.link/u/eYCAExic
Order here: square.link/u/eYCAExic
From "Line of Advance" & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards: The best new and established voices from modern wars & eras! NOW IN TWO VOLUMES !!
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
From "Line of Advance" & the Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards: The best new and established voices from modern wars & eras! NOW IN TWO VOLUMES !!
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
Series link here:
amzn.to/4oZPwPZ
Editor: Christopher Lyke
Covers: @battlefieldgd.bsky.social
Publisher: @middlewestpress.bsky.social
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“Do you like bananas? Because we are going to fight a war for it”
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“Do you like bananas? Because we are going to fight a war for it”