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The Glass Hotel

Emily St. John Mandel, Chloe Benjamin

7:00 PM - An exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events.

The Rib King & Milk Blood Heat

Ladee Hubbard, Dantiel Moniz

7:00 PM - UW Alumnae Ladee Hubbard and Dantiel Moniz for their new novels, The Rib King and Milk Blood Heat.

The Sum of Us

Heather McGhee

7:00 PM - Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.

Wisconsin Wednesdays 3-3

James Crews, Chekwube Danladi, Rachel Swearingen, Angela Voras-Hills

7:00 PM - Featuring UW Alumni James Crews, Chekwube Danladi, Rachel Swearingen, and Angela Voras-Hills

Brood

Jackie Polzin

7:00 PM - A stunning and brilliantly insightful meditation on life and longing.

Rural Crimes

S.A. Cosby, Chris Harding Thornton, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Heather Young

6:00 PM - Complicated stories of secrets and crimes that involve generations within a rural noir framework

2021 UW Poetry MFA Graduates Reading

Gabriela Balza, Adrienne Chung, Miriam Huettner, Itiola Jones, Alison Thumel, Ajibola Tolase

7:00 PM - A reading from the graduating MFA cohort in poetry.

Raft of Stars

Andrew J. Graff, Nickolas Butler

7:00 PM - A timeless story of loss, hope, and adventure amid the vividly rendered Upper Midwest landscape.

Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar

6:00 PM - A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams.

A Time for Mercy & A Song for the Dark Times

John Grisham, Ian Rankin

6:00 PM - Grisham and Rankin discuss their new books, and frankly, anything else they’d like to discuss.

The Hospital

Brian Alexander

7:00 PM - An intimate portrait of one small hospital, revealing the magnitude of America’s health care crisis

Billy Miller Makes a Wish

Kevin Henkes

11:00 AM - The stand-alone companion to the award-winning, acclaimed, and bestselling The Year of Billy Miller

Love Poems & God of Nothingness

Jesse Lee Kercheval, Mark Wunderlich

7:00 PM - Featuring UW Professor, Jesse Lee Kercheval, and UW Almnus, Mark Wunderlich, for their newest books

The Cactus League

Emily Nemens

7:00 PM - An explosive, character-driven odyssey through the world of baseball.

Imperial Liquor & Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry

Amaud Johnson, John Murillo

7:00 PM - UW Professor, Amaud Johnson, and UW Almnus, John Murillo, for their newest books,

Dream of Ding Village

Yan Lianke

7:00 PM - The story of a public health crisis when rural villages selling their blood led to an AIDS outbreak.

2021 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows Reading

Emma Binder, Jari Bradley, Sasha Debevec-McKenney, Victoria C. Flanagan, Sandra Hong, Taylor Koekkoek

7:00 PM - Poetry and fiction from the 2020-21 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

7:00 PM - ***ONE NIGHT ONLY*** Ocean Vuong will appear live to discuss his debut novel

Like a Mother

Angela Garbes

7:00 PM - A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhood.

UW Press Wisconsin Poetry Series Reading

John Brehm, Ambalila Hemsell, Sarah Kortemeier, Bruce Snider

7:00 PM - A reading celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Wisconsin Poetry Series.

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

Alison Bechdel, Cheryl Strayed

4:00 PM - A heartrendingly comic chronicle for our times.

Persist

Senator Elizabeth Warren

7:00 PM - Vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation.

Peaces

Helen Oyeyemi

12:00 PM - A vivid and inventive new novel about a couple forever changed by an unusual train voyage

Lost in Summerland

Barrett Swanson

7:00 PM - A personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American today.

The Problem of Alzheimer's

Jason Karlawish

7:00 PM - Part case studies, part meditation on the past, present and future of the disease.

Lunch for Libraries - Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen

12:00 PM - Madison Public Library Foundation’s annual Lunch for Libraries virtual fundraiser!

The Wild World Handbook

Andrea Debbink

11:00 AM - An inspiring guide for the next generation of climate activists, conservationists, and nature lovers

Sex and Vanity

Kevin Kwan

7:00 PM - A brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures.

The Beauty in Breaking

Michele Harper

7:00 PM - An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself.

Unbound

Tarana Burke

6:00 PM - Celebrate the launch of Tarana Burke’s UNBOUND with a one-night only special event.

Martita, I Remember You/Martita, Te Recuerdo

Sandra Cisneros, Kali Fajardo-Anstine

7:00 PM - This tribute to the life-changing power of youthful friendship is Cisneros at her vintage best.

Milk Blood Heat

Dantiel Moniz

7:00 PM - One of the most exciting discoveries in today's literary landscape!

2021 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture

Christopher Myers

7:30 PM - A lecture by the author and illustrator, Christopher Myers

Seek You

Kristen Radtke

7:00 PM - A timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a society.

The Redemption of Bobby Love

Bobby Love, Cheryl Love

7:00 PM - The inspiring and dramatic true account of an escaped convict and his wife of 35 years.

Land of Big Numbers

Te-Ping Chen

7:00 PM - Vivid portrayals of the men and women of modern China and its diaspora

Girlhood

Melissa Febos

7:00 PM - The narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself.

Peril

Bob Woodward, Robert Costa

6:00 PM - The extraordinary story of the end of one presidency and the beginning of another.

Passing the Mic: Into the Multiverse

Mahogany Browne, First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble

6:00 PM - A weekend of showcases, concerts, panels and workshops.

Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

Friends of UW Libraries

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Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

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Lifelines

Dr. Leana Wen

4:00 PM - an insider's account of public health and its crucial role in our society.

A Beginner's Guide to America

Roya Hakakian

5:30 PM - A stirring, witty, and poignant glimpse into the bewildering American immigrant experience.

A World Without Soil

Jo Handelsman

6:00 PM - A scientist’s manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis.

The Second

Carol Anderson

7:00 PM - Illuminating the history and impact of the Second Amendment

Big Ideas for Busy People: How Do We Know What We Know

7:00 PM - Five-minute flash talks from some of UW-Madison’s biggest brains!

Fight Night

Miriam Toews, interviewed by Christina Baker Kline

8:30 PM - To all the women who are still fighting—painfully, ferociously—for a way to live on their own terms.

Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

Friends of UW Libraries

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The Marathon Don't Stop

Rob Kenner, First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble

4:00 PM - The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip-hop mogul, artist, and activist

Tragic City & Machete

Tomás Morín, Clemonce Heard

5:30 PM - Poets Clemonce Heard and Tomás Morin discuss their recent collections

Speaking of Race

Celeste Headlee

7:00 PM - How to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and support.

Unfollow Me

Jill Louise Busby

8:30 PM - An intimate, impertinent, and incisive collection about race, progress, and hypocrisy

Friends of UW-Madison Libraries Book Sale

Friends of UW Libraries

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Empire of Rubber

Gregg Mitman

10:30 AM - An ambitious and shocking exposé of America’s hidden rubber empire in Liberia.

Education for Democracy

Chad Alan Goldberg, Jason Smith

10:30 AM - An investigation of the value of state universities and humanities education as a public good

When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People

Steven Nadler, Lawrence Shapiro

11:00 AM - Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationality.

Shoulder Season

Christina Clancy

12:00 PM - An evocative and nostalgic tale about a small-town girl turned Playboy Bunny.

How the Arts Can Save Education

Erica Halverson

12:00 PM - a blueprint for using the arts to rethink what good learning, teaching, and curriculum can be.

Reprieve

James Han Mattson

1:30 PM - A chilling and blisteringly relevant literary novel of social horror

God, Human, Animal, Machine

Meghan O'Gieblyn

1:30 PM - The core questions of existence--identity, knowledge, life itself--urgently require rethinking.

Ordinary Girls

Jaquira Díaz

3:00 PM - Jaquira Díaz writes fiercely and eloquently of her challenging girlhood and triumphant coming of age

Shape

Jordan Ellenberg

3:00 PM - A far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry.

Fans

Larry Olmsted

4:00 PM - Why being a sports fan is good for us individually and is a force for positive change in society.

The Breaker

Nicholas Petrie

4:30 PM - If Peter and June solve this mystery, Peter's record will be scrubbed clean.

Revelations in Air

Jude Stewart

4:30 PM - An extraordinary, strange, beautiful exploration of smell, the least understood of of the senses.

Godspeed

Nickolas Butler

6:00 PM - Why is it being built here, and why so quickly?

Redeeming Justice

Jarrett Adams

7:30 PM - An unforgettable firsthand account of the limits—and possibilities—of our country’s system of law.

The Ex-Girlfriend of my Ex-Girlfriend is My Girlfriend

Maddy Court

9:00 PM - advice on love, dating, and friendship by and for queer women and people of marginalized genders

Fuzz

Mary Roach

11:00 AM - An irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2021 Fiction and Poetry Contest Reading

Jennifer Fandel, Paula Schulz, David Southward, Kim Suhr, Allison Uselman, Yvette Viets Flaten, Jason Smith

7:00 PM - the winners of the statewide 2021 Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction & Poetry Contests

Giannis

Mirin Fader

7:00 PM - The story of Giannis Antetokounmpo's extraordinary rise.

Go Big Read: Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

7:00 PM - Yaa Gyasi’s stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing.

The End of Bias

Jessica Nordell, Kim Todd

7:00 PM - How we can eradicate unintentional bias and discrimination

Nice White Ladies

Jessie Daniels

7:00 PM - Daniels shows how her fellow white women can work toward true equality for all.

Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom

Jackson Neal, Azura Tyabji

7:00 PM - A masterclass on how Generation Z see themselves reflected on screen

Termination Shock

Neal Stephenson

7:00 PM - An exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative climate change adventure.

Wisconsin Poetry Series Reading 2021

Carlina Duan, Carlos Andres Gomez, Diane Kerr, Anna Leigh Knowles, Christopher Nelson

7:00 PM - A reading celebrating the Wisconsin Poetry Series.

Seventh Generation Earth Ethics

Patty Loew

7:00 PM - Environmental stewardship & the increasing pressures to turn Indigenous land into "sacrifice zones."