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About City of Hustle: A part of Belt's City Anthology Series, a unique take on the South Dakota town residents call "the Best Little City in America." In 1992, Money magazine named Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the best place to live in the United States. This rich anthology offers an inside look at the city through the eyes of both longtime residents and recent transplants. In over forty-five essays, you'll hear stories about the city's past, including the region's legacy of violence against Native Americans and Sioux Falls's status as a "divorce destination" in the late 1800s. But you'll also discover the ways the city's savvy planning and entrepreneurial gumption have helped it navigate twenty-first-century challenges. It's an insider's perspective on what's really going on in so-called "flyover country," and it shows why that name overlooks so much of the true richness that makes up life there every day.

About the Authors:

Patrick Hicks is the author of The Commandant of Lubizec, In the Shadow of Dora, Adoptable, and The Collector of Names, among others. His work has appeared on NPR, The PBS NewsHour, American Life in Poetry, and his first novel was selected for National Reading Group Month. He is the writer in residence at Augustana University as well as a faculty member in the MFA program at Sierra Nevada University.

Jon Lauck is the author of several books, including The Lost Region: Toward a Revival of Midwestern History and From Warm Center to Ragged Edge: The Erosion of Midwestern Regionalism, 1920-1965. He currently serves as an adjunct professor of history and political science at the University of South Dakota and as editor in chief of Middle West Review.