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The Civilian Conservation Corps In Wisconsin by Jerry Apps

September 9, 2019 - 12:30pm

Monday, September 9 through Friday, September 13, 2019. Read by Jim Fleming. In his latest book, acclaimed Wisconsin writer Jerry Apps presents the first comprehensive history of the CCC in Wisconsin. Apps guides readers around the state, from the Northwoods to the Driftless Area, creating a map of where and...

The Williamson Turn by P.F. Kluge

August 19, 2019 - 12:30pm

Monday, August 19 through Friday, September 6, 2019. Read by Norman Gilliland. Will Post, a celebrated and sometimes controversial columnist, is a professor on the MV Explorer's Semester at Sea program, sailing around the world teaching the ups and downs of travel writing, while navigating the discomfort of three months...

Psychotherapist: Miscarriages Are Isolating And We Don't Talk About Them Enough

August 8, 2019 - 5:50am

In an interview with Kate Archer Kent on "The Morning Show," Julia Bueno said she wants people to be able to talk about their experience with miscarriages in an open, non-judgemental way with people who might not know what it's like to lose a child.

Toni Morrison On The Black Community And The Intersection Of Class And Race

August 7, 2019 - 12:20pm

In a conversation from 2003 with "To the Best of Our Knowledge," Toni Morrison reflected on how the civil rights movement had the unintended consequence of magnifying class differences.

From Minnesota To South Africa, 6 Summer Books To Read

July 24, 2019 - 6:10am

Sometimes the fastest way to experience a new place is through a book.

Robert’s Rules: North of the Tension Line by J.F. Riordan

July 22, 2019 - 12:30pm

Monday, July 22 through Friday, August 16, 2019. Read by Jim Fleming. As the new Chairman of the Town Board, Fiona Campbell finds that life has become a series of petty squabbles, dull meetings, and papers everywhere, all complicated by her guardianship of the as yet unidentified screaming goat. In...

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The Civilian Conservation Corps In Wisconsin by Jerry Apps

The Williamson Turn by P.F. Kluge

Psychotherapist: Miscarriages Are Isolating And We Don't Talk About Them Enough

Toni Morrison On The Black Community And The Intersection Of Class And Race

From Minnesota To South Africa, 6 Summer Books To Read

Robert’s Rules: North of the Tension Line by J.F. Riordan

'We're Really Like Them': Somali Book Authors Write About Experience Settling In Green Bay

Author Terese Marie Mailhot Writes Powerful Fiction, But Her Memoir Is Her Whole, Painful Truth

Little Lie In The Big Woods, Caroline Fraser Dives Into Laura Ingalls Wilder's Series

'This Novel Has Hurt Everyone Around Me:' The Price Paid For Brutal Honesty

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