Book Nook: Dawson Barrett and Jonathan Wright Talk ‘Punks In Peoria: Making a Scene in the American Heartland’

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Surrounded by farms in the middle of the American Midwest, Peoria, Illinois isn’t known for much more than corn stalks and conservatism. Peoria’s even-keeled cultural temperament has made it one of the most popular test markets for consumer goods in the country— if it can “play in Peoria,” as the old cliché goes, then it can catch on anywhere. Including punk [...]