Books
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Nobody remembers like Ada Deer
Ada Deer’s new autobiography, “Making a Difference: My Fight for Native Rights and Social Justice,” documents the remarkable life of the Menominee leader. Read more
Life behind the Iron Curtain
“Dancing on the Wall,” Stuart Stotts’ 11th novel, imagines the last year of a divided Berlin. The novel features two very different, yet intrinsically linked, characters. Read more
Nov 27, 2019
Queerly creepy
Author Nino Cipri brings an experimental approach and a macabre sensibility to a book of short stories, “Homesick.” Read more
Nov 14, 2019
Can unions save democracy?
Union organizer turned author Jane McAlevey lays out a strong case for how organized labor can save democracy in her forthcoming book, “A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy.” Read more
Oct 31, 2019
C. Daniel Dawson
Jazz giant
Maxine Gordon, widow of the towering jazz figure Dexter Gordon, visits Madison with a new biography and several events to honor the sax player’s legacy. Read more
Oct 24, 2019
Dennis Drenner
Complicated
Jeannie Vanasco’s memoir, “Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl” is complicated, heartwarming and heart-wrenching. In it, she confronts the friend who raped her 14 years prior. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
Tim Samuelson
Let it all hang out
The architect Frank Lloyd Wright lived an unconventional life. And Paul Hendrickson’s new biography, “Plagued by Fire,” takes an unconventional approach, reading like a thriller. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
The most literary time of year
From a gay Olympian to a witch’s memoir, this year’s Wisconsin Book Festival features a diverse roster of authors, including many hometown — and home state — standouts. Read more
Oct 10, 2019
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Making due
“Canteen Cuisine” is an innovative cookbook created by inmates and advocates that provides recipes and stories that highlight the difficulties of eating and cooking in prison. Read more
Oct 10, 2019
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The rivers around us
On a months-long journey in motorized canoes John Hildebrand, one of Wisconsin’s finest nature writers, seeks to explore Wisconsin and understand its divided people. Read more
Oct 10, 2019
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Troubled history
Marie Arana, who visits the Central Library for the 2019 Wisconsin Book Festival, takes a personal approach to examining the history of Latin America in “Silver, Sword & Stone.” Read more
Oct 10, 2019
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Radical priest
“Ojibwe, Activist, Priest: The Life of Philip Bergin Gordon, Tibishkogijik” is a scholarly book that presents a dry account of a remarkable life. Read more
Oct 3, 2019
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Poetry from hardship
The Wisconsin Historical Society Press releases “Rebel Poet: More Stories from a 21st Century Indian,” a second volume from the brilliant Louis V. Clark III (Two Shoes), a poet from the Oneida Nation. Read more
Sep 26, 2019
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