Editing Indianapolis (section)

===Literary arts===
[[File:Mass Ave.jpg|thumb|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> 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 (1922–2007) |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> 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> Notable sites in Indianapolis include the [[James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home]], the [[Ray Bradbury Center]] at [[IU Indianapolis]], and the [[Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library]].<ref name="Memorial Library" />