Had enough of holiday carols? Tune into WORT for something different. Many specials happen during this time, including “Best Of 2020” shows. Coming up later this week: Thursday 12/31 G-Man hosts Diaspora with the, er, timely theme of “Time.” About the show: Listening to music from many cultures reveals we are all made of the […]
Steven Wright, “The Coyotes of Carthage”
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Host Stu Levitan welcomes UW professor and instructor Steven Wright, author of the new political thriller The Coyotes of Carthage. Toussaint Andre Ross, known as Dre, is a talented but flawed political operative who may be down to his last campaign – a low-rent ballot initiative in the […]
Sarah M. Broom, “The Yellow House”
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Madison BookBeat host Stu Levitan welcomes National Book Award- winner Sarah M. Broom, author of The Yellow House, just out in a new paperback edition from Grove Atlantic. Her new virtual book tour starts tomorrow night at 7 in a Crowdcast conversation presented by our friends at the […]
Madison, 1961 – Civil Rights
Madison in the Sixties. 1961 – Civil Rights. Bias is big news again this year, especially on campus. Sometimes it’s accepted; sometimes it’s banned. In April, the Regents follow current informal policy and accept a $100,000 bequest from a Stoughton woman for “worthy and needy Gentile Protestant students” in their junior or senior year. The action […]
Danielle McGuire, “At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, R...
Madison BookBeat – Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Danielle McGuire, author of the ground-breaking and award-winning book, At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance–a New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power. Danielle clicks on two […]
Madison, 1967 – Civil Rights
Madison in the Sixties – 1967 – Civil Rights 1967 is the worst year yet for race relations in Madison. The summer sizzles with what the Equal Opportunities Commission calls “tension- filled incidents with racial overtones.” More than a dozen racial conflicts all over town, including “numerous hostile confrontations” resulting in fights between white and […]
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