Middle Literate returns with a short story by William Gillespie, "Death of a Rabbit," a story he wrote while attending Illinois State University, where he studied under David Foster Wallace.

Who is Johnny Werd?

May 28th, 2014 22m 15s

Middle Literate returns with a short story by William Gillespie, "Death of a Rabbit," a story he wrote while attending Illinois State University, where he studied under David Foster Wallace.

Rule of Three

Mar 31st, 2014 31m 6s

In our March episode, Middle Literate travels to Bloomington, Indiana, to hear poetry from Scott Fenton, Brianna Low, and Paul Asta, three MFA students at Indiana University. It is no secret that all good things come in threes.

Rule of Three

Mar 31st, 2014 31m 6s

Nothing is Extinct

Feb 26th, 2014 28m 27s

In our sophomore episode, Middle Literate travels to Monmouth, IL to chat with writer Chad Simpson. Chad shares three stories, two of which appear in his award winning collection of stories "Tell Everyone I Said Hi," and he talks about living i

Nothing is Extinct

Feb 26th, 2014 2h 9m

Pilot-Happy Endings

Jan 10th, 2014 25m 58s

Middle Literate makes our debut with “A Girl Named Mercedes,” a story about the elusive “happy ending” by John Rubins, an award winning instructor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Photos to accompany this episode at middlelitera