Midwest – Watching America

A Railroad Trip That Passes through Time

September 9, 2023 Dorothy Phoenix 0

Published in Sankei Shimbun (Japan) on 8 September 2023 by Kiyoshi Ouchi [link to original] Translated from Japanese by Dorothy Phoenix. Edited by Michelle Bisson. […]

The Forgotten Parts of America

October 29, 2020 Michael Stehle 0

Published in Der Spiegel (Germany) on 18 October 2020 by Henrik Müller [link to original] Translated from German by Michael Stehle. Edited by […]

Trump or the Supremacy of Saints

December 6, 2018 Marta Quirós Alarcón 0

Published in El País (Spain) on 30 November 2018 by José María Lassalle [link to original] Translated from Spanish by Marta Quirós Alarcón. Edited by […]

America and the Tranquility of the Midwest

March 19, 2014 Robin Koerner 0

Published in De Stentor (Netherlands) on 7 March 2014 by Marcel Kloosterman [link to original] Translated from Dutch by Siobhán Phelan. Edited by Bora Mici. […]

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