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Joyce Carol Oates, "Zero-Sum"

Posted September 25, 202300:52:59

Stu Levitan welcomes to Madison BookBeat one of our greatest living writers, perhaps the preeminent American writer, Joyce Carol Oates. She...

B. Pladek’s Magical Intersection Of Ecology And History

Posted September 18, 202300:51:03

On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Cole Erickson interviews author Ben Pladek about his...

Jon Melrod's "Fighting Times" in Wisconsin

Posted September 11, 202300:52:45

This week on Madison Book Beat, host David Ahrens speaks with Jonathan Melrod, a prominent radical, political activist, labor organizer, human rights...

Novelist And Poet Quan Barry On Nonduality, Communicating Beyond Language, And Writing Across Genres

Posted September 4, 202300:53:03

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with novelist, poet and playwright Quan Barry about her novel When I’m Gone, Look...

Poet Deshawn McKinney On Vulnerability As A Muscle

Posted August 21, 202300:52:15

On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Cole Erickson interviews poet Deshawn McKinney. The Milwaukee poet is out with his debut chapbook