Jen Rubin’s combined experiences in writing, storytelling, social policy, and education allowed her to delve into her family’s history in her first book, We Are Staying: Eighty Years in the Life of a Family, A Store, And A Neighborhood The memoir centers around Radio Clinic, an electronics repair and appliance store Rubin’s immigrant grandfather founded […]
Publishing Workshop with Chloe Benjamin
Learn how to move from first draft to finished product with Chloe Benjamin, author of the acclaimed novels The Anatomy of Dreams and The Immortalists, who returns to 702WI for this special daylong workshop! The morning session will focus on revising a manuscript and finding a literary agent. After a break for lunch, you’ll explore […]
The revenge of Monsters Of Poetry
The Monsters Of Poetry reading series started in 2009, and its founder, Adam Fell, wanted to shake up the format of poetry readings. Fell and his co-organizers held their events in clubs and bars, and sometimes they had live music in addition to the actual readings. Monsters Of Poetry went quiet for a couple of […]
Muriel Simms’ deeply interwoven oral histories
If you want to understand the role that race has played in Madison’s past and present, Settlin’: Stories Of Madison’s Early African American Families is an essential read. Its author, educator and Edgewood College faculty member Muriel Simms, began interviewing people for the book in the early 2000s, focusing on people who descended from African […]
2018 – The Year in Books
It’s a celebration of books! Patty is joined in the studio by Joanne Berg and Jayne Rowsam of independent bookstore Mystery to Me for their annual chat about the year in books. They discuss surviving the Monroe Street construction as a small business, the bookstore’s involvement in the Wisconsin Book Festival, and their support of […]
Finding an Agent: Workshop with author Chloe Benjamin
Chloe Benjamin, author of the acclaimed novels The Anatomy of Dreams and The Immortalists, demystifies the agent process in this special workshop at 702WI! Literary agents act as the middle(wo)man between writers and publishers — but what exactly does that mean, and how do you get one? The hour-long workshop will begin with an overview […]
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