Books
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Sarah Rose Smiley
A writer learns to listen
Lucy Tan’s ambitious debut novel, “What We Were Promised,” began as a short story while the author was a student at UW-Madison’s graduate fiction program. Tan will be back teaching at the UW this fall. more
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Self-aware fiction
Verona native Sally Franson’s “A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out” is a fast-paced look at modern office culture. Catch the author at her hometown library on July 9. more
Jul 5, 2018
Steve Apps
Jerry Apps’ dystopia
One of Wisconsin’s most prolific authors releases “Cold As Thunder,” a futuristic dystopian novel set in Wisconsin. more
Jun 28, 2018
For the love of nature
Serving as both a geology lesson and a trail guide, “Wisconsin State Parks” gives the reader a deeper understanding of how Wisconsin’s natural wonders came to be. more
Jun 14, 2018
Courage to write
Ahmed Ismail Yusuf was raised as a nomadic herder in Somalia, and taught himself to read with Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” He's in Madison to read from his new collection of short stories. more
Jun 11, 2018
Courtesy of Kurt Dietrich
Jazz in the dairy state
Jazz isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you say Wisconsin. But Ripon College music professor Kurt Dietrich had no trouble finding stories to tell in his hefty volume, “Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland.” more
May 31, 2018
A mesmerizing story
UW-Madison’s Shawn Francis Peters has published “The Infamous Harry Hayward,” a mesmerizing biography of a 19th-century psychopath who was found guilty of several murders in Minneapolis. more
May 24, 2018
Latinas making history
“Somos Latinas” is a new book from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press documenting the important contributions of the state’s Latina activists. It’s based on an ongoing oral history project. more
May 17, 2018
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Jerry Apps family collection
The education of Jerry Apps
Wisconsin Historical Society Press releases “Once a Professor,” a new memoir from prolific author Jerry Apps. This one is about being a conscientious person in the academy. more
May 17, 2018
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Wisconsin noir
Dave Cubiak, the Chicago cop turned Door County sheriff, is back to solve another mystery in “Death Rides the Ferry,” Patricia Skalka’s fourth installment of her popular series. more
May 10, 2018
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Transitions
Wauwatosa author Brice D. Smith’s own transition from female to male was spurred by a longtime research project about trans pioneer Lou Sullivan. His biography of Sullivan was released recently by Transgress Press. more
May 3, 2018
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Nathan Jandl
Writing in the here and now
Up-and-coming novelist Chloe Benjamin talks about the success of her latest novel, “The Immortalists,” and settling down in the Midwest. more
Apr 26, 2018
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An artist’s quest
Former UW artist-in-residence Laura Anderson Barbata returns to Madison to talk about her new book documenting her quest to repatriate the remains of her countrywoman Julia Pastrana. more
Apr 18, 2018
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