A new voice has emerged from the middle of the country, one that's fresh, alive, and full of plainspoken appeal. In this collection of stellar writing from America's top journalists, fiction writers, humorists, and poets, readers are invited to explore life and culture from the middle of America. With over 40 works of narrative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, A Voice Was Sounding is a remarkable collection of stories that illuminate the places that many of us fly over but few of us understand.