Wisconsin Book Festival
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The festival has exploded and expanded in recent years, bringing literary powerhouses here to elevate and illuminate. This year’s lineup is strong on politics, with Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer Art Cullen (Thursday, 6 pm), former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson (Saturday, noon), Dan Kaufman, author of The Fall of Wisconsin (Saturday, 3 pm), Donna Freitas, author of Consent on Campus (4:30 Saturday), and Rebecca Traister, author of Good and Mad (6 pm Saturda y) . In fiction, Madison transplant Chloe Benjamin reads from her remarkable epic, The Immortalists (Thursday, 7 pm). And poetry fans will not want to miss Britteney Black Rose Kapri (pictured) reading from her acclaimed debut poetry collection, Black Queer Hoe (Friday, 6 pm). Pick up a guide printed in the Oct. 4 issue of Isthmus, or see wisconsinbookfestival.org to view the whole amazing schedule.
