Ohio Connections Literary Exhibit
The Ohio Connections Literary Exhibit was part of Ohio’s Literary Homecoming Bicentennial Celebration in 2003.
A collaborative project of the Ohioana Library, the Bicentennial Commission, and the Thurber Center, it was exhibited at the
Thurber Center and then the Ohioana Library until late 2004.
For the Ohio Connections Project, the Ohioana Library invited current and former
Ohio writers to submit poems, short fiction, and nonfiction works relating to their Ohio experience.
The rich body of writing that resulted is now archived as a special Ohio Bicentennial collection at the library.
Kate Templeton Fox, former editor of the Ohioana Quarterly, selected 38 works from the 137 pieces in that collection for
inclusion in a special Ohio Connections publication; Thurber Center Gallery Director Laura Bidwa then chose the
13 authors listed below from the publication to be represented in the exhibit. We now offer elements of that
exhibit here on the web.
Falling Rock Area
A poem by Deborah Fleming
What Ohio Needs
A poem by Howard McCord
Dreams as Big as the Blimp
An essay by Kimberly A. Willardson
In Pulaski, Ohio
A poem by Nancy Kangas
Upon Leaving Martin’s Ferry, Ohio
A poem by Philip Terman
Ohio’s Literary Landscape: A Triptych
A poem by Rane Arroyo
The Revenge of Cleveland, A Menu Against Nouvelle Cuisine
A poem by Ray McNiece
Elegant Redneck
An essay by Richard Hague
Another Ohio Town
A poem by Robert DeMott
Ohio By Choice
An essay by Robert Fox
Thicker Than Water
A poem by Robert Miltner
Being From Dayton
A poem by Roy Bentley
Close to Home
An essay by Donna Spencer
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