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9/21
Paul Begala
6:00 PM - The handbook everyone must read in the ramp up to the 2020 election
nonfictionpolitics -
9/22
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Leila Chatti
7:00 PM - Wisconsin Wednesdays featuring UW Alumnae, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and Leila Chatti
fictionpoetrywisconsin-authorswisconsin-wednesdays -
9/23
Richard Wagner
7:00 PM - The second volume in R. Richard Wagner’s groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin
lgbtq-wisconsin-authors -
9/29
Sarah Chayes
7:00 PM - A major, unflinching book that looks at America, exploring our dangerous networks of corruption
equity-social-justicenonfictionpolitics -
10/1
Katie Hill
7:00 PM - A guide for women to topple entrenched power structures that prevent them from achieving equality.
equity-social-justicelgbtq-nonfictionpolitics -
10/2
7:00 PM - Robinson returns to the world of Gilead and its beloved characters.
fiction -
10/5
Sid Meier
7:00 PM - Game by game, Meier discusses his inspirations and narrates the genesis of ideas through development
biographynonfictionstem -
10/6
The Son of Good Fortune & We Ride Upon Sticks
Quan Barry, Anthony Doerr
7:00 PM - Three former UW-Madison Writing Fellows, discuss their latest works in a wide-ranging conversation.
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10/12
Kimberly Blaeser, Santee Frazier, Angie Trudell Vasquez, Joaquin Zihuatanejo
7:00 PM - A celebration of Indigenous People's Day with a gathering of poetic voices.
equity-social-justicenonfictionpoetrywisconsin-authors -
10/15
Emma Straub
4:00 PM - A deeply satisfying story of things that follow us into adulthood, whether we like them to or not.
fictionwisconsin-authorswisconsin-wednesdays -
10/15
Miles Harvey
5:30 PM - The riveting story of the most infamous American con man you’ve never heard of: James Strang
nonfictionwisconsin-authors -
10/15
Nikki Giovanni, Kiese Laymon
7:00 PM - Stirring, provocative, and resonant, the poems in Make Me Rain pierce the heart and nourish the soul
equity-social-justicepoetry -
10/15
Miracle Creek & Such a Fun Age
Angie Kim, Kiley Reid
8:30 PM - Angie Kim and Kiley Reid will appear live on Crowdcast to discuss their debut novels
equity-social-justicefiction -
10/16
S.M. Hulse, Maxim Loskutoff
4:00 PM - S.M. Hulse and Maxim Loskutoff discuss their novels Eden Mine and Ruthie Fear
fictionwisconsin-authorswisconsin-wednesdays -
10/16
Writing into Inhospitable Space
Cherene Sherrard
5:30 PM - A conversation that will examine inhospitable aspects of our current moment
equity-social-justicepoetrywisconsin-authors -
10/16
Life of a Klansman & White Too Long
Edward Ball, Robert P. Jones
7:00 PM - Edward Ball and Robert P. Jones discuss the history of familial and institutional white supremacy.
biographyequity-social-justicenonfiction -
10/16
Jacob Tobia
8:30 PM - You'll never think about gender, both other people's and your own,the same way again
lgbtq-nonfiction -
10/17
Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write
Claire Messud, Meg Wolitzer
10:00 AM - A vivid portrait of a life in celebration of the power of literature.
biographyfictionnonfiction -
10/17
Jennifer Palmieri
11:30 AM - Take action and shatter the glass ceiling with this empowering, optimistic feminist guide
biographyequity-social-justicenonfictionpolitics -
10/17
Laila Lalami
1:00 PM - A blend of the author’s experiences with explorations of the place of nonwhites in American culture.
biographyequity-social-justicenonfiction -
10/17
Paola Ramos
2:30 PM - A journey to find the communities of people defining the controversial term, “Latinx.”
equity-social-justicelgbtq-nonfiction -
10/17
Andre Aciman, Brandon Taylor
4:00 PM - A spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love and sequel to Call Me By Your Name
fictionlgbtq- -
10/17
Kelli Jo Ford
5:30 PM - A big-hearted and ambitious novel of the powerful bonds between mothers and daughters
equity-social-justicefiction -
10/17
Until the End of Time & Black Hole Survival Guide
Brian Greene, Janna Levin
7:00 PM - Physicists Brian Greene and Janna Levin discuss their new books.
nonfictionstem -
10/17
Terry Tempest Williams
8:30 PM - Terry Tempest Williams's fierce, spirited, and magnificent essays are a howl in the desert.
biographyequity-social-justicenonfiction -
10/21
The Other's Gold & Slick Like Dark
Elizabeth Ames Staudt, Meg Wade
7:00 PM - Wisconsin Wednesday featuring UW Alumnae Elizabeth Ames Staudt and Meg Wade
fictionpoetrywisconsin-authorswisconsin-wednesdays -
10/28
Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod & Descent
Elizabeth Ames Staudt, Lauren Russell
7:00 PM - Wisconsin Wednesdays featuring Elizabeth Ames Staudt and Lauren Russell for their new collections.
poetrywisconsin-authorswisconsin-wednesdays -
10/29
Wisconsin People & Ideas 2020 Fiction and Poetry Contest Reading
Jacquelyn Thomas, Jennifer Morales, Barbara Kriegsmann, Sarah Martell Huebner, Kathryn Gahl, Dominic Holt
7:00 PM - A reading featuring the winners of the statewide 2020 Fiction & Poetry Contests
fictionpoetrywisconsin-authors -
11/4
Ibram Kendi
6:30 PM - An essential conversation about racial justice the day after the 2020 Presidential Election.
equity-social-justicenonfictionpolitics -
11/5
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
7:00 PM - Essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.
poetrystemwisconsin-authorswisconsin-wednesdays -
11/10
Mary Gordon
7:00 PM - A novel of lifelong reckoning between two women by the award-winning Mary Gordon.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
11/12
Nicholas Lemann
7:00 PM - The definitive account of the reengineering of America and the enormous impact it has had on us all.
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
11/16
Claudia Rankine, Jericho Brown
7:00 PM - An invitation to discover what it takes to stay in the room together
artequity-social-justicenonfictionpoetrypolitics -
11/17
Charles Yu
7:00 PM - A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation.
equity-social-justicefiction -
11/18
Aria Aber, Elizabeth Powell
7:00 PM - Wisconsin Wednesday featuring UW Alumnae Aria Aber and Elizabeth Powell
poetrywisconsin-authorswisconsin-wednesdays -
12/2
The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans
7:00 PM - Truths of American history—about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight.
fictionwisconsin-authorswisconsin-wednesdays -
12/3
Jane Smiley
7:00 PM - The imaginative story of three extraordinary animals and a boy whose lives intersect in Paris.
fiction
Ongoing Wisconsin Book Festival Events
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4/1
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
10:30 AM - What elements make a powerful start and how to convince yourself to take the leap.
fictionnonfictionwisconsin-authors -
4/1
Maintaining Your Practice: Writing Seminar
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
10:30 AM - Keep your writing fresh, try out new ideas, and use some some of our favorite prompts.
fictionnonfictionwisconsin-authors -
6/30
Point of View and Voice: Writing Seminar
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
10:30 AM - How to inhabit your character and look at how voice drives a story independently of plot.
fictionnonfictionwisconsin-authors -
6/30
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
10:30 AM - Setting is more than landscape!
fictionnonfictionwisconsin-authors -
6/30
Building Character: Writing Seminar
Susanna Daniel, Michelle Wildgen
11:00 AM - How to take the skills you already have and use them to create a person on the page
fictionnonfictionwisconsin-authors
Recent Wisconsin Book Festival Events
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9/17
Yaa Gyasi
7:00 PM - A powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.
fiction -
7/29
Larry Tye
6:00 PM - When the subcommittee doors slammed shut, Chairman McCarthy came unhinged.
biographynonfictionpolitics -
7/23
In Praise of Walking & The Nature Fix
Shane O'Mara, Florence Williams
7:00 PM - Two leading scientists investigate our interactions with the natural world.
nonfictionstem -
7/14
Sarah Broom, Lisa Lucas
7:00 PM - The story of her family’s yellow camelback shotgun house set against the canvas of national history.
biographyequity-social-justicenonfiction -
6/29
fictionwisconsin-authors -
6/22
Emily Temple, Chloe Benjamin
7:00 PM - a stylish and suspenseful meditation on adolescent desire, friendship, and the female body.
fiction -
6/18
Stacey Abrams
7:00 PM - A blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country.
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
6/18
Lunch for Libraries - Mark Bittman
Mark Bittman
12:00 PM - Clear, no-nonsense perspective on food and diet.
foodnonfiction -
6/17
Salman Rushdie
7:00 PM - A wild ride through a country on the verge of moral and spiritual collapse.
fiction -
5/28
Carol Anderson
9:00 PM - how voter suppression has worked in the past and, most importantly, what we can do now to deny it.
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
5/26
One Person, No Vote YA Edition
Carol Anderson
11:00 AM - An essential explanation of the history of voting rights—and a call to action for a better future.
children-teenequity-social-justicenonfiction -
5/19
We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders
Linda Sarsour
7:00 PM - How she became a globally recognized activist for marginalized communities across the globe.
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
5/14
Courts, COVID-19 & Voter Suppression
Richard Hasen, Alan Hirsch, Abdi Soltani, Lala Wu
9:00 PM - A conversation on the courts' role in protecting our right to vote amid the pandemic.
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
5/7
Unrigging the Rules for the Rising American Electorate
David Daley, Steve Phillips, Rebecca Nagle
9:00 PM - Who has the potential to reshape our political landscape, just by exercising the right to vote?
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
5/7
The LIfe and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly
Jamie Pacton, Lizzie Mason
6:00 PM - A hilarious rom-com with the smash-the-patriarchy heart of Moxie.
children-teenfictionwisconsin-authors -
5/1
Amber McReynolds, Jesse Wegman, Ian Haney López
9:00 PM - What are the pathways to making vote-by-mail widely available? What are the challenges?
equity-social-justicenonfiction -
4/29
Allen Eskens, Matt Goldman
11:00 AM - Mystery writers Allen Eskens and Matt Goldman talk about their new novels
fiction -
4/23
Takeyla Benton, Jen Rubin
7:00 PM - Inside Stories podcast explores Madison one story at a time.
performancewisconsin-authors -
4/20
Kate Elizabeth Russell
7:00 PM - An era-defining novel that brilliantly captures and reflects our shifting cultural mores.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
4/14
Steven Wright
7:00 PM - A biting novel about a political operative running a dark money campaign for his corporate clients.
fictionwisconsin-authors -
4/8
Veronica Roth
1:00 PM - Veronica Roth will appear live online at twitch.tv/vrothbooks to talk about her new novel
fiction -
4/4
Angie Trudell Vasquez, Sarah Busse, Fabu, Dasha Kelly, Peggy Rogza
2:00 PM - Come celebrate poetry with the City of Madison Poet Laureate, Angela Trudell Vasquez and guests!
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