July’s Book of the Month: ‘The Wisconsin Whey’
This book offers an in-depth look at 12 cheesemakers — and the cheesemaking process — in Wisconsin’s Driftless Region.
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Sagashus Levingston Gets More Personal Than She’s Even Been
In the latest extension of her Infamous Mothers brand, the Madison storyteller is set to release her first full-length memoir and accompanying book tour this June.
7 Upcoming Releases from Madison-Area Authors
New books from local authors include two memoirs, a guide to bird-friendly gardening and a thriller where petty revenge takes a deadly turn.
Remembering Tim Cullen
One of the many good things that happened after I was invited not to return to the newspaper business in 2015 came with a call that summer from Kristin Mitchell, […]
I have some thoughts on a diplomatic approach to this year’s election
Neil Heinen finds many aspects of today’s U.S. politics deplorable, but Tom Loftus’ new memoir reminds him why we need bipartisanship and international diplomacy.
Little Creek Press creates a unique, innovative book publishing model
Book lovers may not realize just how big and monolithic the traditional publishing industry has become in recent decades. Dozens of publishing houses and imprints have shuttered, merged or been absorbed into what has become New York’s “Big Five” — Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster — at the expense, some critics say, of both authors and readers. In November, the federal government filed suit to stop the Big Five from becoming the Big Four after Penguin Random House made a bid to acquire Simon & Schuster. The suit claimed that the sale will give what is already the world’s largest publisher “outsized influence” over how much authors are paid and what the rest of us get to read.
New Manna Cafe & Bakery cookbook is a cathartic mix of recipes, memoir, history and closure