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Featured Events

9/30 — Dantiel W. Moniz, author of the short story collection Milk Blood Heat. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival — 9/30 (Thursday) at 7:00pm central. ((In-Person, More Info Here))

10/22 — Clemonce Heard, author of the poetry collection Tragic City, reading with Tomás Morín. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival — 10/22 (Friday) at 5:30pm central. ((Virtual, Watch Here))

10/23 — Meghan O’Gieblyn, author of the essay collection God, Human, Animal, Machine. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival — 10/23 (Saturday) at 1:30pm central. ((In-Person, More Info Here))

10/23 — Jaquira Díaz, author of the memoir Ordinary Girls. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival — 10/23 (Saturday) at 3:00pm central. ((In-Person, More Info Here))

10/23 — Maddy Court, advice columnist and author of the illustrated essay collection The Ex-Girlfriend of My Girlfriend Is My Girlfriend. This event is sponsored by the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing & the Wisconsin Book Festival — 10/23 (Saturday) at 9:00pm central. ((In-Person, More Info Here))

11/3 — Yaa Gyasi, author of the novel Transcendent Kingdom. This event is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin’s Go Big Read series & the Wisconsin Book Festival — 11/3 (Wednesday) at 7:00pm central. ((In-Person, More Info Here))

12/2 — Wisconsin Poetry Series Reading, featuring recent authors published by the University of Wisconsin Press. 12/2 (Thursday) at 7:00pm central. ((Details Forthcoming))

2/3 — Lauren Groff, author of Matrix and Fates and Furies. 2/3 (Thursday) at 7:00pm central. ((Details Forthcoming))

2/24 — Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prizewinning poet and author of The Tradition. 2/24 (Thursday) at 7:00pm central. ((Details Forthcoming))



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