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Chapter A Day

Started in 1931, “Chapter a Day” is WPR’s longest-running program. Jim Fleming, Norman Gilliland, Michele Good, Melvin Hinton, Baron Kelly and Susan Sweeney read a chapter from a book for a half hour each weekday. Genres are predominately contemporary and range from works of fiction, history and biography.

Schedule

WPR Music, 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., WPR News, 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Hosted by

Michele Gerard Good

CURRENTLY READING

Star Lake Saloon And Housekeeping Cottages by Sara Rath

Monday, July 07 through Friday, July 25 2025

Read by Jim Fleming

Hannah Swann leads a quiet life in Madison, but when she inherits her uncle’s rundown resort in the Northwoods, she finds herself proprietor of his environmental legacy as well. It’s a chance to discover her family, herself, and what is most important to her future.

THEME: excerpts from “Fretwork” with Chris Newman

(Terrace Books; ISBN-10: 0299215245)

Readings are archived for one week following the broadcast day of the last chapter due to publisher  copyright restrictions.

Latest Episodes

Star Lake Saloon And Housekeeping Cottages 4 Of 15 – The Mining Company
Hannah takes a boat out on the chain of lakes and nearly drowns herself. Later, Dan Kerry shows Hannah some pipes near Star Lake and explains that an international mining […]
July 10, 2025
Star Lake Saloon And Housekeeping Cottages 3 Of 15 – Uncle Hal’s Funeral
Hannah attends the funeral of her Uncle Hal. She gets emotional when she learns how much he resembles her grandfather with whom she was very close. Dan Kerry leads the […]
July 09, 2025
Star Lake Saloon And Housekeeping Cottages 2 Of 15 – An Appraisal
Dennis Windsor, the lawyer who is handling Uncle Hal’s estate sends a real estate agent over to appraise the cabins but first the realtor has a beer in the saloon. […]
July 08, 2025
Star Lake Saloon And Housekeeping Cottages 1 Of 15 – How It Began
Hannah Swann inherits her uncle’s estate and drives to northern Wisconsin to sign some papers. When she arrives, she finds a run-down disheveled resort and the saloon’s long-time bartender, Ginger.
July 07, 2025
All The Beauty In The World 10 Of 10 – New Horizons
After ten years working as a guard at the Met, Patrick decides to hang up his uniform. Before he leaves, he’s assigned to “Gee’s Bend” a quilt exhibition.
July 04, 2025

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Coming Next

Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry

monday, july 28 through friday, August 15 2025
Read by Jim Fleming

The account of a year in which the New Auburn, WI writer “struggles to grow his own food…live peaceably with his neighbors…and sort out his love life.” It sounds simple, but it’s who he meets and the words he finds for what they do that matter.