By Tom Roznowski “Life isn’t always what one likes”: a line from Roman Holiday, the 1953 Oscar-winning film starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. Pairing

A few facts about the fiction in this issue When we started publishing an annual issue showcasing fiction from Bloomington writers, I hadn’t realized I

By Filiz Cicek John F. Kennedy in a 1963 speech declared, “If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the

Change was in the air in Bloomington in 1971; only those in power could fail to notice.       By Charlotte Zietlow    

By Joe Hiland In 1973, Indiana University awarded Kurt Vonnegut Jr. an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters. Two years earlier, he had finally earned his

Hal Hartley has been an unwavering independent filmmaker for thirty years. His films, The Unbelievable Truth, Simple Men, Trust and Amateur were touchstones of the