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Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio seems to have made many readers very uncomfortable. I grew up and have returned to a town much like Winesburg, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. The stereotype is that we’re hot beds of vicious gossip or coffee shops full of gleeful snickering over those who might not fit the mold.

One parenting article I read said that people who constantly leave doors and drawers open may suffer from attention and memory issues.

Luke explains a recipe for what he calls "Camp Cabbage Rolls"

On behalf of the High Plains Public radio, this is Dr. Mary Scott, Professor of Biology at Dodge City Community College., welcoming you to another BookByte. This summer I read Sherwood Anderson’s collection of 22 short stories entitled Winesburg, Ohio. First published in 1919, the stories are based on his childhood in Clyde, Ohio.

Luke talks this week about fishing for blue catfish and some nice things about the temperatures dropping.

Hello, Radio Readers, and welcome to conversation about our Fall 2022 series “Rural Life, Revisited.” I’m Jane Holwerda from Dodge City, Kansas, and our first book is Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. Published in 1919, this notable book depicts small town rural life.

Hi! From Pasadena, California, I’m Jill Hunting for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club 2022 Fall Read.Winesburg, Ohio—the book I’m reviewing today in connection with our autumn theme of small towns—is one of the titles on what was called the College Prep Reading List.

I’m Pat Tyrer from Canyon, Texas for the High-Plains-Public-Radio-Readers Book Club’s 2022 Fall Read. Our fall book, Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson is one of my favorites. Winesburg is the story of small-town, pre-industrial American life.

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is “How the Post Office Created America” by Winifred Gallagher. In the year 1831, French traveler Alexis de Tocqueville was following the US mail as it was transported by stagecoach to the most remote areas of the barely 50-year-old United States.

Have you heard words like “brain drain” and “Podunk” used to describe rural communities? Those of us who’ve chosen to remain in rural areas or small towns have always been offended by the stereotypes. “Rural by choice” is a more apt description if you ask me.