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By Marcel LaFlamme

Arts and Culture | Media | Politics and Government
The Backroad Librarian: Out in the Country
10/13/2009

marriage equality posterIs there a way to be "out" without pursuing public "visibility"? A new study of gays and lesbians in the rural U.S. finds activism, pride and, in some cases, satisfaction.

Arts and Culture
The Backroad Librarian: The Ballad of Gordon and Olive
06/19/2009

maine bikersRural characters, from the minds of two Maine fiction writers, part ways on the road to contentment.

Arts and Culture | Cool Places
The Backroad Librarian: Opera — And, Yes, You're Still In Kansas
03/04/2009

Who needs La Scala (or Placido Domingo) when you can find a very good opera at a community college in rural Kansas?

Arts and Culture
The Backroad Librarian: Downtown Owl
10/16/2008
scallop potatoChuck Klosterman knows the rural Midwest from the inside and can pierce its foibles with an outsider's relish. But where does he stand?
Arts and Culture | Education | Religion and Faith
The Backroad Librarian: Remember the Chautauqua
09/12/2008
scientistthumbWith autumn in the air, Marcel LaFlamme looks at bygone summers, vacations of "eloquent discussion" before Jet Ski was born.
Broadband and Tech | Growth and Development | Main Street Economics | Media
The Backroad Librarian: Survival of Rural America
07/29/2008

Wood survival thumbCan local initiative keep tiny towns of the Plains from withering away? Marcel LaFlamme sees an array of structural forces at work and concludes that gumption isn't enough.

Broadband and Tech | Education | Media
The Backroad Librarian: Generation Next
06/10/2008

cyberpunk librarian thumbMost librarians don't say "shh!" anymore. They're "information activists," and rural communities need them more now than ever.

Arts and Culture
The Backroad Librarian: We Disappear
04/09/2008
We Disappear thumbIn his latest novel, if not in life, Scott Heim returns to his native Kansas, edging down the trail of a mother's splintered memory while there's still time.
Health | Travel/Recreation
The Backroad Librarian: Fifteen Miles to Derby
03/24/2008
udall to derby kansas mapWithout public transportation, rural Americans with disabilities face a difficult choice: move to the city to get the services they need, or stay in their hometowns and try to get by. Even in Kansas, where nine out of ten counties have some form of rural transit, Dorothy Russell can't get 15 miles up the road for dialysis.
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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