Search results
Wilmington, Ohio, USA. bottom of page. John Baskin comes close to being the archetypical modern agrarian writer—except that modern agrarian writers are not typical of anything, especially archness.
- BIOGRAPHY
The Story Begins ... WILMINGTON, Ohio — In 1973. John Baskin...
- NEW TITLES
After Ohio State’s undefeated team in 1944, Michigan...
- BOOKS & ESSAYS
In the early 1970s, a quiet, two-hundred-year-old Ohio...
- FORTHCOMING
Read up on the latest forthcoming books. The Superfluous Man...
- BLOG
The writer is the perspiring one with blisters and a...
- Background
John Baskin began work as a journalist at age 21, covering...
- Addenda
From Gene Logsdon’s Mother of All Arts: Agrarianism and the...
- The Story Begins
WILMINGTON, Ohio—In 1973. John Baskin and an old man named...
- BIOGRAPHY
The Story Begins ... WILMINGTON, Ohio — In 1973. John Baskin and an old man named Mitchner attempted to outlast New Burlington, Ohio, a condemned farm town ... Learn more about John Baskin here.
WILMINGTON, Ohio—In 1973. John Baskin and an old man named Mitchner attempted to outlast New Burlington, Ohio, a condemned farm town exceptional only in the virtue of its green surroundings. Baskin held on the longer, likely because, as he later wrote, he “was dispassionate about it.”
Jul 28, 2019 · Congratulations to John Baskin of Wilmington, Ohio for his FIRST PLACE essay "In Search of Leo," WINNER of the 47TH NEW MILLENNIUM AWARD FOR NONFICTION! Baskin is the author of New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village.
View John Baskin’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
- 109
- 108
- Orange Frazer
- Wilmington, Ohio, United States
Baskin was editorial director of Ohio magazine, and in 1987 he co-founded publishing company Orange Frazer Press in Wilmington, Ohio. He has also been the recipient of a Ford Foundation award for Humanistic Perspectives on Contemporary Society.
Apr 18, 2022 · The History Center, Wilmington College students, and Baskin will reflect upon the legacy of New Burlington, and its place in the story of the American small town, 50 years following the loss of...
