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Author Archives: Marcel LaFlamme

Posted inArts and Culture, Cool Places

More Talk in Vandalia

by Marcel LaFlamme November 30, 2012November 30, 2012

Joseph Lyford went to Vandalia, Illinois, to learn something about how America was changing. The think tank he worked for, the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, saw the year 1960 as an auspicious moment to take stock of where the nation was headed. For Lyford, a journalist by trade, this meant returning to […]

Posted inArts and Culture

Morality and Cake Pans: The Rural Library

by Marcel LaFlamme January 23, 2012April 8, 2021
Posted inAgriculture, Arts and Culture, Education

Agrarian Theory: Down to Earth and Campus

by Marcel LaFlamme October 7, 2011October 7, 2011
Posted inBroadband and Technology, Education, Growth and Development

Drones on the Prairie

by Marcel LaFlamme June 21, 2011June 21, 2011
The cover of Habits of the Heartland shows the downtown and heart of Viroqua, Wisconsin's community.
Posted inCool Places

One Small Town, Three Moralities

by Marcel LaFlamme January 11, 2011February 4, 2023
Posted inArts and Culture, Education, Media

The Backroad Librarian: Five Forwards

by Marcel LaFlamme June 30, 2010July 13, 2010
Posted inArts and Culture

Backroad Librarian: Sodbuster Avenger

by Marcel LaFlamme February 12, 2010February 23, 2010
Posted inArts and Culture, Media, Politics and Government

The Backroad Librarian: Out in the Country

by Marcel LaFlamme October 13, 2009October 23, 2009
Posted inArts and Culture

The Backroad Librarian: The Ballad of Gordon and Olive

by Marcel LaFlamme June 19, 2009June 30, 2009
Posted inArts and Culture

The Backroad Librarian: Opera — And, Yes, You’re Still In Kansas

by Marcel LaFlamme March 4, 2009July 14, 2021

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