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Wisconsin Studio/Overture: Wednesday, September 29
Susana Chávez-Silverman: Scenes from la Cuenca de Los Angeles
Wednesday, September 29 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presented by LACIS with support from the University of Wisconsin Press
Presenter(s): Susana Chavez Silverman
Each chapter in Scenes from la Cuenca de Los Angeles is a “crónica,” a vignette that began as an intimate diary entry, e-mail, letter, or dream. Readers drawn into this witty book will confront their own conceptions of boundaries, borders, languages, memories, and spaces. Susana Chávez-Silverman switches between English and Spanish, creating a linguistic collage that is still a surprise encounter in the world of letters today. Her inventive and flamboyant use of Spanglish, a hybrid English-Spanish idiom, and her adaptation of the confessional crónica, make for a reading (and listening) experience at once intimate and powerful.
Bookseller: Borders West
Category(s): International, Spoken Word
Andrea Jones & Patrick Rothfuss: Fantasy & Beliefs
Wednesday, September 29 | 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): Andrea Jones, Patrick Rothfuss
The alternate realities and impossible worlds created in the genre of fantasy and fiction allow us to explore our beliefs through a different lens. In Hook and Jill, Andrea Jones reinvents the classic tale of Peter Pan to examine the dilemma of growing up and the dark side of innocense. Author Patrick Rothfuss' New York Times bestselling debut novel, The Name of the Wind, is the poetically written, action-filled story of a young wizard coming of age in a dark and trecherous world.
Bookseller: Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative
Category(s): Fiction, Wisconsin Ties
Wisconsin Studio/Overture: Thursday, September 30
Richard Quinney, Ronnie Hess, Kathleen Hill
Thursday, September 30 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): Ronnie Hess, Kathleen Hill, Richard Quinney
Three gifted writers explore the stuff of lives and living. Ronnie Hess’ poetry collection, Whole Cloth, tells the story of exploring her husband's genealogical roots and subsequent transplantation onto American shores. In his memoir A Lifetime Burning, Richard Quinney contemplates his family’s artifacts and their final disposal when their generations-old farmhouse in southern Wisconsin must be vacated. Kathleen Hill’s novel, Who Occupies this House?, looks at multiple generations of an Irish immigrant family through the lens of their family home and the objects within it.
Bookseller: University Book Store
Category(s): Fiction, Memoir & Biography, Poetry, Wisconsin Ties
Wisconsin Studio/Overture: Friday, October 1
Deborah Blum: The Poisoner's Handbook
Friday, October 1 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): Deborah Blum
Long before "CSI" became common parlance, two intrepid scientists in Jazz Age New York defined the art of crime scene investigation and elevated forensic chemistry into a formidable science, establishing a legacy for future generations. UW professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the very best mystery fiction, shares the untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. In The Poisoner's Handbook Blum draws from highly original research to track the fascinating, perilous days when a pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime.
Bookseller: University Book Store
Category(s): Science & Nature, Wisconsin Ties
Stuart Stotts & Thomas Larson: Tracing the Melody Through History
Friday, October 1 | 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): Stuart Stotts, Thomas Larson
In The Saddest Music Ever Written,Thomas Larson examines the somber tones of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings," capturing the deep emotion and cultural impact of Barber's great elegy over its 75-year history. In We Shall Overcome: A Song That Changed the World Stuart explaines "We Shall Overcome," another famous piece of music that played a key role in the civil rights, labor, and anti-war movements in America.
Bookseller: University Book Store
Category(s): History, Music, Society & Politics
Wisconsin Studio/Overture: Saturday, October 2
Bill Malone & David Masciotra
Saturday, October 2 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): David Masciotra, Bill Malone
Immersed in country music since his birth, Bill C. Malone has been both a scholar and a performer of the music for several decades. On the fortieth anniversary of the publication of his classic Country Music, U.S.A. in 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for American Music. In his latest book, Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens, Malone connects the defining themes of the genre to the everyday life of southern coal mining communities, from union anthems and blue-collar laments to Appalachian mountain music. David Masciotra’s Working on a Dream: The Progressive Political Vision of Bruce Springsteen highlights connections between music and culture through his study of Bruce Springsteen. By using Springsteen’s life and music to shine a light on the dark recesses of America’s most important political and social trials—race, religion, and working class hardship—Masciotra presents an engaging analysis of the Boss’ role in political movements and American society.
Bookseller: Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative
Category(s): History, Memoir & Biography, Music, Society & Politics
Council for Wisconsin Writers Winner's Event: Poetry & Fiction
Saturday, October 2 | 12:30 - 2:00 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presented in partnership with Edenfred and the Overture Center.
Presenter(s): Matthew Cashion, Valerie Laken, Angela Sorby
The Council for Wisconsin Writers presents annual awards recognizing literary excellence by WI writers for works published the previous year. This year's winners are presented on two moderated panels, CWW will host a reception between the panels.
Fiction & Poetry, 12:30 - 2 PM, features Matthew Cashion, Valerie Laken & Angela Sorby; moderated by Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Marilyn Taylor.
Each writer will speak about the inspiration and evolution of their winning work, followed by a moderated discussion between the writers and audience.
The Non-Fiction Writer's Panel is at 3:00 PM
Category(s): Writing & Publishing
Council for Wisconsin Writers Winner's Event: Non-Fiction
Saturday, October 2 | 3:00 - 4:30 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presented in partnership with Edenfred and the Overture Center.
Presenter(s): Barbara Manger, Robert Root, Ann Bausum, Kathleen Schmitt Kline
The Council for Wisconsin Writers presents annual awards recognizing literary excellence by WI writers for works published the previous year. This year's winners are presented on two moderated panels, CWW will host a reception between the panels.
Non-Fiction, 3-4:30 PM, features Ann Bausum, Kathleen Schmitt Kline, Barbara Manger, Robert Root; moderated by Edenfred Executive Director, David Wells.
Each writer will speak about the inspiration and evolution of their winning work, followed by a moderated discussion between the writers and audience.
The Fiction and Poetry Writer's Panel will be held at 12:30 PM.
Category(s): Writing & Publishing
Bone Folders' Guild: Between the Lines: Unspoken Beliefs
Saturday, October 2 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): Bone Folder's Guild
This book arts collective creates one-of-a-kind books or small editions using non-traditional formats with interpretations about this year's festival theme. Exhibiting artists will talk about how they made decisions about the construction and content of their pieces, and how their ideas evolved. Their books will be on display at Anthology, 218 State Street, from September 29 until October 2.
Category(s): Art & Visual
Laura Caldwell & Anne-Marie Cusac
Saturday, October 2 | 8:00 - 9:30 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): Laura Caldwell, Anne-Marie Cusac
Laura Caldwell's Long Way Home: A Young Man Lost in the System and the Two Women Who Found Him is the harrowing true story of nineteen-year-old Jovan Mosley, a good kid from a rough neighborhood who was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn't commit. Charged with murder, he spent five years and eight months without a trial in a prison for violent criminals. In Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America, Anne-Marie Cusac offers a compelling exploration of the cultural evolution of punishment practices in the United States. Since 1973, America's imprisonment rate has multiplied over five times to become the highest in the world. What does this say about our attitudes toward criminals and punishment? What does it say about us?
Bookseller: University Book Store
Category(s): History, Society & Politics, Wisconsin Ties
Wisconsin Studio/Overture: Sunday, October 3
Erika Janik & Bill Lueders
Sunday, October 3 | 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presented in part by Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Presenter(s): Erika Janik, Bill Lueders
With A Short History of Wisconsin, Erika Janik packs several centuries of Wisconsin's remarkable past into two hundred lively pages, recounting the landscapes, people, and traditions that have made this state the multi-faceted place it is today. Bill Lueders' newest release showcases twenty years of in-depth stories, from a retrospective on The Progressive's H-bomb case to a profile on Tommy Thompson, plus columns about events in Madison and the state.
Bookseller: University Book Store
Category(s): History, Wisconsin Ties
Andrew Park & Maggie Kast
Sunday, October 3 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): Andrew Park, Maggie Kast
Confronted with the task of discussing God and religion with his young son, Andrew Park searches for his own answers in his own past and in the contemporary, religious landscape, a journey chronicled in his book Between a Church and a Hard Place: One Faith-Free Dad's Struggle to Understand What It Means to Be Religious (or Not). In The Crack Between the World: A Dancer's Mimoir of Loss and Faith, Maggie Kast writes of the tragedy and her introduction into the Catholic that compels her to become involved in "sacred dance." Through a lifetime of personal tragedy, Kast finds hope in her faith and the dance that it has become.
Bookseller: University Book Store
Category(s): Memoir & Biography, Society & Politics, Spiritual Beliefs
Peggy Wireman: Connecting the Dots
Sunday, October 3 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Studio/Overture
Presenter(s): Peggy Wireman
Despite its size and social diversity, the United States is one nation, and what happens in one city or neighborhood ultimately affects all Americans. Peggy Wireman’s Connecting the Dots addresses the complex relationships between family and community, and between community and other players affecting family and community life, including the private sector, government, nonprofit groups, and religious organizations. Wireman provides a framework for policymakers, local community leaders, and neighborhood activists to use in analyzing their situations and selecting the best approach. She also describes what various players can and must do to uphold the American dream. Peggy Wireman is a freelance consultant in community and economic development. She has extensive experience working as a legislative aide in Congress and in the executive branch in both Democratic and Republican administrations.
Bookseller: Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative
Category(s): Society & Politics