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This marks a year in which two Madisonians cracked the national bestseller lists -- Jackie Mitchard with her novel Still Summer and Kevin Henkes with his picture book A Good Day. Jennifer Chiaverini...
View ArticleAll things "SCTV" with Jeff Robbins
In television comedy, few shows have been more influential than "SCTV". So says Jeff Robbins, and he would know. The Cottage Grove resident is the author of "Second City Television: A History and...
View Article"Private Soldiers" show Iraq photos at Wisconsin Historical Museum
What does the war in Iraq look like? When I conjure up snapshots in my mind, I think of dramatic images: The toppling of the Saddam statue, a Humvee blasted to bits by a roadside bomb, Iraqis weeping...
View ArticleOde to Wisconsin Academy poetry contest winners
Let all within earshot cheer proud and attest! Ring the bells and chime loud for Mad City! No jest! News from an annual Wisconsin Academy contest: Three Madison poets have won. We're the best!
View ArticleWisconsin Vets Museum marks a signal moment in the Vietnam War
There are echoes of Vietnam in today's Iraq war coverage. Then, as now, complaints came that reporters focused too much on bad news. "But it turns out," says Ohio University historian Chester Pach,...
View ArticleFive questions for novelist Manil Suri
"The Death of Vishnu" by Manil Suri emerged from a crowded pack of first novels in 2001 to win praise from "The New York Times" ("Deft and confident") and be nominated for the PEN/Faulkner award. Suri,...
View Article"Badger" returns to Madison in comic-book relaunch
What might bring a comic-book neophyte into cozy Capital City Comics on a cold winter day? There's a new superhero in town. Again.
View Article"Badger" creator Mike Baron talks comics
"Badger" is a comic book character and series created by Mike Baron back in 1983. The star of this series is Norbert Sykes, a regular guy who suffers from multiple personality disorder, and one of...
View ArticleIt Doesn't End with Us: The Story of the Daily Cardinal
The publication of this book could hardly be more timely, considering the rapid changes that the newspaper industry is undergoing. The author, former Daily Cardinal editor Allison Hantschel, was part...
View ArticleStar-struck
All the excitement about Johnny Depp's filming of Public Enemies in Wisconsin and the Madison casting calls for extras and vintage cars has me thinking about our continuing ability to be star-struck...
View ArticleWisconsin to true believers: Go ahead, kill your kids
Shawn Francis Peters, who teaches writing and U.S. history at the UW-Madison, writes about the dangerous intersection of Religion and Law. His three books have dealt with thorny challenges to religious...
View ArticleKevin Henkes: Home away from home
One of the toughest things about being a kid is, well, adults. And we're talking about things way more serious than bedtimes or what videogames are allowed; mundane rules are only the beginning. Adult...
View ArticleNovelist Rae Meadows spills the beans on her latest book; plus a look at more...
If the atmosphere in Madison has been a little overheated of late in the wake of three unsolved murders, then Rae Meadows' new novel, "No One Tells Everything" (June, MacAdam Cage), should fit in well...
View ArticleWisconsin Book Festival 2008 adds Lynda Barry, Judy Blume, Amy Goodman, and...
With the approaching 2008 Wisconsin Book Festival now visible on the calendar's horizon, organizers are announcing the addition of Linda Barry, Judy Blume, Amy Goodman, David Orr, Michael Perry and...
View ArticleFledgling medium lets her spirit voice start a blog
Wonewoc, in Sauk County, appears as the fictional "Wocanaga" in Spring Green author Sara Rath's new novel, "Night Sisters" (UW Press). The setting is based on the real-life Wonewoc Spiritualist Camp...
View ArticleDr. Evermor: Everything you always wanted to know
Before leaving Sauk County, we should stop at Dr. Evermor's Art Park, in the form of a read through Tom Kupsh's informative "A Mythic Obsession: The World of Dr. Evermor" (Chicago Review Press). Dr....
View ArticleNow "For a Limited Time Only", Ron Wallace's latest collection
Madison poet Ron Wallace has published a new collection, "For a Limited Time Only" (University of Pittsburgh Press). Although recurring topics in the volume are aging, illness, pain and mortality, the...
View ArticleDavid Rhodes' "Driftless" chronicles life in southwestern Wisconsin
The story of how David Rhodes ended up moving to a farmhouse on the western edge of Sauk County back in 1972 could be an outtake from his latest work, Driftless (Milkweed Editions) - a terrific novel...
View ArticlePhilip Roth and Gail Konop Baker prepare for Wisconsin Book Festival 2008
Organizers of this year's Wisconsin Book Festival continue their buildup to next month's seventh annual event with a special program scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 16. In cooperation with the west-side...
View ArticleMadison author Steve Busalacchi goes to the doctors
In case you ever wondered, it is possible for a doctor to perform -- ulp -- his own vasectomy. Steve Busalacchi learned as much in researching "White Coat Wisdom", in which he profiles 37 Wisconsin...
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