{"product_id":"july-august-2026-issue-america-250-art-in-michigan-print-edition","title":"July\/August 2026 Issue: America 250 + Art in Michigan (Print Edition)","description":"\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePre-Order the Summer Double Issue Here\/Ships July 8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eA Poet Grows in Skokie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward Hirsch talks about “My Childhood in Pieces”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eWith ten published books of verse, several poetry anthologies, and numerous  scholarly and critical works to his name—including the much-praised “Gabriel, A Poem,” a book-length elegy for his son who died tragically at the age of twenty-two, and the bestselling “How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry” and “A Poet’s Glossary”—Edward Hirsch is a major force both as a maker and popularizer of poetry.\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-d748957b-7fff-4bd1-b73a-927498bb4b3c\"\u003e\" (Hugh Iglarsh)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eBooking at the Beach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChicago authors explore the City’s formidable reading tastes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eChicago beaches in the summer are full of readers. Their tastes are as unique as our neighborhoods, and far more complex than the ubiquitous descriptor “beach read” could possibly capture. Take a look at the book covers you pass the next time you’re walking your dog or dipping your toes in the surprisingly cold Lake Michigan surf. You’ll find philosophers and revolutionaries, fantasy tomes and essay collections, true crime and quirky little zines.\" \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-44073003-7fff-d800-3b9c-f5f85d44477b\"\u003e(\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-d9259521-7fff-211b-e8ef-1a5d980af05f\"\u003eElizabeth Niarchos Neukirch)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAmerica 250\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOf the Audacity of Change: The Obama Presidential Center\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"There will always be this fight inside of Black America—inside of ourselves—that is both our existential threat to one another and our existential symbolism to the world. That’s just our history. Our existential primogeniture.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-d2168843-7fff-3173-49e9-d9763682648e\"\u003e (Scoop Jackson)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTime Alone with Abe and Mary: The Abraham Lincoln Museum and Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eWhat happens when you go to a museum by yourself? You become more open to the experience, because you’re not worrying about someone else’s reaction. You feel free to weep a little over the death of young Willie, or feel stirrings of patriotism as you read the Gettysburg Address. You’re also lonesome, so you talk to strangers and learn why they’re there.\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-2bbecbbb-7fff-f685-892e-6e813e90d34c\"\u003e\" (Mary Wisniewski)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAt Home with the Harrisons in Indianapolis: The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eElected in 1888, Harrison was a Union Army veteran who endorsed a law to enforce Black suffrage, though it didn’t pass. He was an early environmentalist, authorizing twenty-two million acres of forest preservation, backed a law to provide pensions to disabled veterans, reformed the civil service and signed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, which was the first federal act to outlaw monopolistic business practices.\" \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-590f5370-7fff-36c3-f7b5-d367ad44abef\"\u003e \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-2bbecbbb-7fff-f685-892e-6e813e90d34c\"\u003e(Mary Wisniewski)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOut in an Iowa Cornfield: The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eOver the years I rolled by West Branch, Iowa (pop. 2,500) dozens of times on trips on I-80 between Chicago and Iowa City. West Branch is a little more than a three-hour drive from Chicago. The Hoover library and museum is part of the 187-acre Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service. The grounds include Hoover’s birthplace cottage and eighty-one acres of restored grass prairie.\"\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-43ce36dd-7fff-67d4-fdfd-65e744ca414d\"\u003e (Dave Hoekstra)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAn Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Times: The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eThe Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum opened in 1981 on the gentle banks of the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ronald Reagan and Henry Kissinger attended the launch, while comedian Bob Hope hosted the festivities. The museum presents a humble and balanced look at America’s only unelected president and vice president.\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-705f097e-7fff-436a-a1a6-6d23957cdab1\"\u003e\"  \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-43ce36dd-7fff-67d4-fdfd-65e744ca414d\"\u003e(Dave Hoekstra)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eA Rough Rider Rides Again in the Badlands: The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\"Once the sickly son of a Manhattan businessman, Roosevelt lived happily as a cowboy and was photographed in a suit of fringed leather, a bandana around his neck and a rifle on his lap. Roosevelt later said that he would not have been president if not for his experience in North Dakota.\"  \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-590f5370-7fff-36c3-f7b5-d367ad44abef\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-2bbecbbb-7fff-f685-892e-6e813e90d34c\"\u003e(Mary Wisniewski)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWhere the Buck Stopped: The Harry S Truman Library \u0026amp; Museum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e Despite the fact that the Harry S Truman Library \u0026amp; Museum explains why Harry never added a period after the S in his name, that period appears on the museum website. But it’s still fun to learn why no period is needed: his parents couldn’t decide between using the name Solomon, his maternal grandfather, or Shipp, his paternal grandfather, so they just used S instead of a middle name.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-2dcd79de-7fff-e3df-c1ca-a3e4882c2e4e\"\u003e (\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-d4484394-7fff-80c2-9be0-91a2f0eb85d2\"\u003eCynthia Clampitt)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eArt in Michigan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA guide for collectors, curators and the curious\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Heidelberg to the Good Shepherd\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKalamazoo: Great Name, Terrific Art Scene\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollectors Not Consumers: How ArtClvb is Working to Replace Mass-Produced Decor with Real Art by Living Artists\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCranbrook For Life: How a Farm Outside Detroit Became an Art, Design and Education Mecca\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePolka Dots, Windmills and African Beads: The Legacy of Detroit’s Art Environments\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Great Beauty: Why Michigan Attracts Chicago-Area Artists for Residencies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Else Could a Museum Be? Mike Kelley’s “Mobile Homestead”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOutliers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMasterpieces for the Middle Class: History of Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian Homes in Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplex Savior: How Anthony and JJ Curis are Remaking Detroit\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Art Geography of Michigan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArt\u003c\/strong\u003e:  Kenzi Shiokava Finally gets his due\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e+ A Retrospective in Rio of the photo prankster Vik Muniz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDance\u003c\/strong\u003e: The long and lively life of Dance For Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign\u003c\/strong\u003e: Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford and the afterlives of objects\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDining + Drinking\u003c\/strong\u003e: A Tiki touchstone for the Midwest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilm\u003c\/strong\u003e: Surmising the sizzle in summer's box office\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLit\u003c\/strong\u003e: A renowned Indonesian novelist's work is breaking through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusic\u003c\/strong\u003e:  Kahil El'Zabar revisits \"America the Beautiful\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e+. Klaus Mäkelä says farewell to Oslo and hello to Ravinia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Gwydion reclaims theater's risk-taking heritage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eHot sun, hot shows\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-cdd99195-7fff-203c-0df4-938232823a01\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAmerica: \u003c\/strong\u003eA new poem by \u003cspan\u003eRebecca Morgan Frank\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-951934d3-7fff-52e2-695d-3b4e3c669a03\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e156 Pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eShipping within the United States is included in the price. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca title=\"Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/newcityshop.com\/collections\/newcity-subscriptions\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubscribe \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNever miss an issue!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover: \u003c\/strong\u003eEdra Soto Tropicalamerican, 2014, print media edition produced at the Rauschenberg Artist Residency, Captiva, Florida\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Newcity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45134955479155,"sku":null,"price":19.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0022\/0482\/7707\/files\/Newcity_2026-07-08_Cover.jpg?v=1782409813","url":"https:\/\/newcityshop.com\/products\/july-august-2026-issue-america-250-art-in-michigan-print-edition","provider":"Newcity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}