Flannery Burke is associate professor of American studies at Saint Louis University. She is author of A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century and From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan's.

"Who invents regions and why? Flannery Burke brilliantly explores those complex questions in a book sure to jump-start the tired literary, geographic, cinematic, and philosophical conversations around regions. . . . Back East successfully argues that westerners are not merely people from a place, but people with perspectives. Vital, challenging, and hopeful perspectives. Add Flannery Burke to the list of authors who care, and add this book to the reading list of anyone who cares about place and the invention of regions."

Flannery Burke is associate professor of American studies at Saint Louis University. She is author of A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century and From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan's.

"Who invents regions and why? Flannery Burke brilliantly explores those complex questions in a book sure to jump-start the tired literary, geographic, cinematic, and philosophical conversations around regions. . . . Back East successfully argues that westerners are not merely people from a place, but people with perspectives. Vital, challenging, and hopeful perspectives. Add Flannery Burke to the list of authors who care, and add this book to the reading list of anyone who cares about place and the invention of regions."

Flannery Burke is associate professor of American studies at Saint Louis University. She is author of A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century and From Greenwich Village to Taos: Primitivism and Place at Mabel Dodge Luhan's.

"Who invents regions and why? Flannery Burke brilliantly explores those complex questions in a book sure to jump-start the tired literary, geographic, cinematic, and philosophical conversations around regions. . . . Back East successfully argues that westerners are not merely people from a place, but people with perspectives. Vital, challenging, and hopeful perspectives. Add Flannery Burke to the list of authors who care, and add this book to the reading list of anyone who cares about place and the invention of regions."