{"product_id":"on-an-inland-sea-writing-the-great-lakes","title":"On An Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“As a man who long convinced himself that he lived on the edge of the world, here’s my wish for you: Embrace the awe. Allow yourself to feel alone. Then remember you are not.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe thirty-three writers in this collection grapple with the vastness of the lakes—and the vastness of experience living alongside them. Gabriel Bump explores how his relationship with Lake Michigan changed after losing a friend. \u003c\/span\u003eKathleen Rooney explores the ghosts and faded glamour of one residential building on the water. The essays span Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Duluth, Ontario—and also the smaller places: Crane Creek wetlands, Michigan's Blue Water Area, Lake Superior's Apostle Islands, Bad River Band Ojibwe Reservation.\u003cspan\u003e Come dive for shipwrecks, harvest manoomin, and visit the disappearing ice caves. Witness the chickadees, smelt, and cattails, but also zebra mussels, factory runoff, and algae. Each writer’s relationship with the lakes is personal and unique, but that relationship to the water is also one shared by so many of us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Welch \u003c\/strong\u003eis the editor in chief of the \u003cem\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e. His work was named the winner of the 2024 \u003cem\u003eSalamander Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e Fiction Prize among other awards and has appeared in \u003cem\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. He received his MA in Creative Writing at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42940692430910,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1957\/7713\/files\/9781540270160.avif?v=1782160020","url":"https:\/\/nmglstore.org\/products\/on-an-inland-sea-writing-the-great-lakes","provider":"National Museum of the Great Lakes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}