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Appleton Raised, Pulitzer Winner Edna Ferber Born This Week In 1885

August 14, 2017 - 10:05am

Called "the greatest American woman novelist of her day," Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and playwright Edna Ferber was born this week in 1885.

A Memory of Muskets by Kathleen Ernst

August 7, 2017 - 12:30pm

Monday, August 7 through Friday, September 1, 2017. Read by Jim Fleming. As curator Chloe Ellefson begins work on a Civil War reenactment at Old World Wisconsin in Waukesha County, a man is found dead near one of the German farms. Past and present intermingle as always at a historical...

The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands by Margaret Regan

July 24, 2017 - 12:30pm

Monday, July 24 through Friday, August 4, 2017. Read by Norman Gilliland. The stories of Latin Americans who get through the wall separating the US from Mexico, the ranchers who oppose them, and the humanitarians caught in between. (Beacon Press; ISBN-10: 0807001309 / ISBN13: 9780807042274) Theme: Ponce: Instantaneas Mexicanas-I. Canto...

Artist George Catlin: Painter Of American Indian Portraits

July 24, 2017 - 10:05am

Painter George Catlin was born the week of July 26 in 1796. Though he wasn’t born in Wisconsin, he spent a substantial amount of time here visiting with the Ojibwe and documenting their lives in portraits and paintings.

Why The Walden Pond Experiment In Self-Reliance Is More Relevant Than Ever

July 12, 2017 - 6:00am

On the 200 th anniversary of Thoreau’s birth — July 12, 1817 — "To the Best of Our Knowledge" asked Laura Dassow Walls, author of the first full-life of Thoreau in a generation, " Henry David Thoreau: A Life ," to provide a measure of this iconic writer.

In Her Last Professional Chapter, Retiring Bookstore Owner Talks Literacy

July 7, 2017 - 4:30pm

The owner of what appears to be Wisconsin's only black-owned bookstore is retiring, but with some strong opinions.

Brush Back By Sara Paretsky

June 19, 2017 - 12:30pm

Monday June 19 through Friday July 21, 2017. Read by Susan Sweeney. V.I. Warshawski goes to help an old friend and ends up in a fight with Chicago political bosses. (Signet; ISBN-10: 0451477154 ) Theme: “Latin Shuffle” from the album “Combustication” Medeski Martin & Wood

Peru

June 12, 2017 - 7:00pm

Wisconsin Public Radio featured a special series of programs called “Not From Around Here.” The programs aired Mondays at 7 p.m. beginning on May 22, 2017. The series is produced by UW-Superior student Olivia Shalaby. Shalaby has been working as a reporter for KUWS-FM (91.3) Wisconsin Public Radio in Superior.

Guatemala and Japan

June 5, 2017 - 7:00pm

Nigeria and Italy

May 29, 2017 - 7:00pm

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Appleton Raised, Pulitzer Winner Edna Ferber Born This Week In 1885

A Memory of Muskets by Kathleen Ernst

The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands by Margaret Regan

Artist George Catlin: Painter Of American Indian Portraits

Why The Walden Pond Experiment In Self-Reliance Is More Relevant Than Ever

In Her Last Professional Chapter, Retiring Bookstore Owner Talks Literacy

Brush Back By Sara Paretsky

Peru

Guatemala and Japan

Nigeria and Italy

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