Indianapolis Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Literature=== [[File:Mass Ave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|A mural memorializing [[Kurt Vonnegut]] on [[Mass Ave Cultural Arts District|Mass Avenue]], completed by local artist Pamela Bliss in 2011]] From about 1870 to 1920, Indianapolis was at the center of the [[Golden Age of Indiana Literature]]. Several notable poets and writers based in the city achieved national prominence and critical acclaim during this period, including [[James Whitcomb Riley]], [[Booth Tarkington]], and [[Meredith Nicholson]].<ref name="NPS" /><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Golden Age of Indiana Literature |encyclopedia=Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |orig-date=1994 |year=2021 |last=Calder |first=J. Kent |publisher=Libraries & Archives |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/golden-age-of-indiana-literature/ |access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref> Located in [[Lockerbie Square]], the [[James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home]] has been a [[National Historic Landmark]] since 1962. Perhaps the city's most acclaimed twentieth-century writer was [[Kurt Vonnegut]], known for his darkly satirical and controversial bestselling novel ''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=And so it goes: Kurt Vonnegut (1922β2007) |newspaper=Kitsap Sun |date=April 10, 2014 |url=https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2014/04/11/kurt-vonnegut/7547825/ |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> The [[Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library]] opened in 2010 downtown.<ref name="Memorial Library" /> Vonnegut became known for including at least one character in his novels from Indianapolis.<ref name="Vonnegut">{{cite web |url=http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/reference/notable-hoosiers/kurt-vonnegut#.VwH5PqQrLIU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116153542/http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/reference/notable-hoosiers/kurt-vonnegut#.VwH5PqQrLIU |url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2013 |title=Kurt Vonnegut |publisher=Indiana Historical Society |access-date=April 4, 2016}}</ref> Upon returning to the city in 1986, Vonnegut acknowledged the influence the city had on his writings:{{cquote|All my jokes are Indianapolis. All my attitudes are Indianapolis. My adenoids are Indianapolis. If I ever severed myself from Indianapolis, I would be out of business. What people like about me is Indianapolis.<ref name="Vonnegut"/><ref name="Memorial Library">{{cite news|title=Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Opens in Indianapolis|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/us/20vonnegut.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 19, 2010|access-date=April 4, 2016|first=Emma|last=Graves Fitzsimmons}}</ref>}} A key figure of the [[Black Arts Movement]], Indianapolis resident [[Mari Evans]] was among the most influential of the twentieth century's black poets.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Wei-Huan|title=Indiana poet Mari Evans receives lifetime achievement award|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=October 8, 2015|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2015/10/08/indiana-poet-mari-evans-receives-lifetime-achievement-award/73545482/|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> Indianapolis is home to bestselling [[young adult fiction]] writer [[John Green]], known for his critically acclaimed 2012 novel ''[[The Fault in Our Stars]]'', set in the city.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indianapolis shows local love to author John Green|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/movies/2015/07/16/green-paper-towns-dftba-wolff-delevingne-indianapolis-lost-found/30166091/|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=July 16, 2015|access-date=April 4, 2016|first=David|last=Lindquist}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page