Books, TV & Radio

“People come from all around the world to see it.”

“It’s not a poem about cars. It’s a poem about people who love cars.”

“Our unofficial tagline is the National Book Award meets the Indiana State Fair.”

“Within hours of the announcement, people were sending me messages on Facebook telling me about it.”

“You could consider being on different NBA teams similar to being in a tribe on Survivor, where you don’t necessarily like everyone. In the NBA, you can’t choose who you share a locker room with.”

The stars are lining up for a big month of May in Indianapolis. Best-selling novelist and Indianapolis resident John Green will serve as the honorary pace car driver for the Angie’s List Grand Prix of Indianapolis on Saturday, May 14.

“The publishers consider this to be almost an alternative history of Indiana.”

Hollywood tax incentives, shmax incentives. Who needs ’em when you have a Hoosier hometown visit on the reality-show docket?

From Leslie Knope to Jimmy Chitwood, a breakdown of the state’s best-known roles.

“It’s important to me to identify as a gay writer, because when I was 16 growing up in Kentucky, gay books saved my life. So many gay characters in books are stripped of dignity.”

“On my most fruitful trips, I meet a local craftsman who does something really cool. Hopefully, I develop a relationship with that person for future clients.”

ABC’s newest Bachelor (and Indiana native) Ben Higgins is so normal compared to most Bachelor contestants (we’re lookin’ at you, Juan Pablo) that he seems almost too good to be true. He’s only three episodes into his search for true love, but he’s already won the hearts of Bachelor Nation—and the sixteen women still in the running for the final rose. Here’s a look at some of the IU grad’s best moments, on- and off-screen.

If you missed him this weekend, check him out now.

“I felt more comfortable up there than I felt taking a snap for the Indianapolis Colts,” says McAfee of his first time on stage.

Compiling his writings about the state for the first time, a new book reveals just how important those Hoosier ties were to Pyle.