Ross Lockridge Jr., a Great American Tragedy
In 1948, Ross Lockridge Jr. died by suicide in Bloomington just months after his best-selling novel,
Raintree County, was published. In 2014, Doug Storm interviewed two of Lockridge’s sons for
Interchange, his show on WFHB. Here, Storm writes about the sons’ conflicting opinions on the suicide and the assessment of
Raintree County as the Great American Novel.
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‘Stone Country,’ the Land That Carved a People
In her first article for Limestone Post, Yaël Ksander, a producer at WFIU, takes an in-depth look at the collaboration between photographer Jeffrey Wolin and writer Scott Russell Sanders, whose two books (published 30 years apart) are a chronicle of our quarries — the workers, rock, and cultural histories of the Indiana limestone industry.
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Eclipse 2017! Where It Lands Near Bloomington
On August 21, the moon will totally eclipse the sun, sending umbral shade across America from west to east. Around Bloomington, people will witness a 94 percent eclipse, but LP writer and editor Dason Anderson shows many places and ways to experience this rare event — either the partial or total eclipse — not far from here.
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Helping a Musical Child Foster a Love of Music
Musical children pass through various stages of development, each step requiring different approaches, encouragement, and patience, says Miller Susens, a cellist in the IU Jacobs School of Music. Supporting young musicians encourages individual expression and contributes to a more well-rounded and compassionate human being.
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Behind the Curtain: The Joy of Summer Theater
Attending summer theater allows us to truly enjoy the moment, says Jennifer Pacenza in her Limestone Post column, Behind the Curtain. And local theater lovers have many shows to choose from in the next few months. In this preview of the IU Summer Theatre season, Jennifer says the lineup promises some “lasting summer memories.”
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