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Home » The Distancers

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Posted inBlogs

RIP Lee Sandlin, longtime Reader writer

by Michael Miner December 15, 2014August 18, 2021

In remembrance of the author and critic, along with links to some of Sandlin’s work

Posted inBlogs

Generation after generation of strangeness occupies Lee Sandlin’s The Distancers

by Michael Miner August 23, 2013August 19, 2021

One fellow’s family, from 19th-century Germany to 20th-century Edwardsville, Illinois

The Distancers: An American Memoir
Posted inArts & Culture

In The Distancers, the past is another Illinois countryside

by Sam Worley August 19, 2013August 19, 2021

The Distancers, Lee Sandlin’s newest, is an austerely beautiful remembrance of his southern Illinois family.

Posted inNews & Politics

Part 12: This Is All I Know

by Lee Sandlin July 22, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part 11: Things They Never Told

by Lee Sandlin July 15, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part Ten: One Last Parade

by Lee Sandlin July 8, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in Twelve Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part Nine: Nobody Would Ever Guess

by Lee Sandlin July 1, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part Eight: War Fever

by Lee Sandlin June 24, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in Twelve Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part Seven: Nobody Owes You a Living

by Lee Sandlin June 17, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part #6: We Can’t Take Care of Our Own

by Lee Sandlin June 10, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part Five: The Champion Distancers

by Lee Sandlin May 27, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part Four: The End of the Old Country

by Lee Sandlin May 20, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part Three: Bosh Builds a House

by Lee Sandlin May 13, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part Two: Just Shy of the Mississippi

by Lee Sandlin May 6, 2004August 19, 2021

A Serial in 12 Parts

Posted inNews & Politics

Part One: The House in Edwardsville

by Lee Sandlin April 29, 2004August 19, 2021

These Parts–Edwardsville, IL: A Serial in 12 Parts

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