A Chat With the writer Meaghan Garvey

To me it seems like there has been a lot of creation coming out of the Midwest over the past couple of years. Maybe it’s because I’m new to living here so I notice it more, but I do think there is something going on that feels fresh and exciting. Look at Indianapolis, for example. For a while, it wasn’t a city you normally heard about producing cool art, but bands like Wishy and the author Caleb Caudell are putting out awesome stuff by way of independent literature and rock. The binding vibe is an embrace of things that are a little dirty, odd and mundane. The liminal states of Five Below parking lots and dead malls now look beautiful. Everything seems shaded in brown and orange, the colors of stability and warmth.