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Katharine Beutner talks about her Edna Ferber Award-winning novel Killingly

Posted August 12, 2024

In this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie speaks with Milwaukee-based author Katharine...

A Voice Both Austere and Intimate: Poet-Turned-Novelist Henry Wise on his Debut, Holy City

Posted August 5, 202400:49:57

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with Henry Wise on his debut...

Robin and Joan Rolfs, Passionate About All Things Thomas Edison

Posted July 22, 202400:49:02

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with Robin and Joan

Rolfs about their book Hearthstone: America’s Electrical...

Poet Nikki Wallschlaeger Talks Getting The Rhythm Right In “Hold Your Own”

Posted July 8, 202400:49:43

In her fourth collection, Driftless Area-based poet Nikki Wallschlaeger further...

Author and publisher Richard Sweitzer on his own terms

Posted June 24, 202401:01:54

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski talks with Richard Sweitzer about...