Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers. Stu Levitan welcomes back to Madison BookBeat R. Richard (Dick) Wagner, to continue the conversation about his new book, Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’s Recent Gay History. It’s the companion volume to his award- winning book We’ve Been Here All Along: Wisconsin’s Early Gay History. Both are from […]
R. Richard Wagner, “Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’...
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes R. Richard (Dick) Wagner, whose new book is Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’s Recent Gay History. It’s from our good friends at the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, which last year published the companion volume, We’ve Been Here All Along: Wisconsin’s Early Gay History. As he […]
R. Richard Wagner, “We’ve Been Here All Along: Wisconsin...
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers On today’s show, R. Richard (Dick) Wagner, author of We’ve Been Here All Along: Wisconsin’s Early Gay History, covering the period from territorial days to the 1960s. It’s from our friends at the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, which in September will publish his companion volume, Coming Out, Moving […]
Wisconsin’s Early Gay History with Richard Wagner
It’s Pride Month! In commemoration of the Stonewall riots fifty years ago, on June 28, 1969, we spend the hour reflecting on Wisconsin’s own gay history. Guest host Chali Pittman is joined in the studio by R. Richard “Dick” Wagner, the first openly gay member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors and author of […]