An intimate introduction to literary life in Madison
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02/10/10Madison Authors I Can't Wait to Blog About8 Books On My To-Read List Posted at 04:23 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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01/04/10Double Take on David MaranissThe Pulitzer Prize winning author's new collection of essays, articles and chapters packs a literary punch Posted at 04:46 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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12/14/09But Not For LongMadison author Michelle Wildgen's sets the scene of her latest novel in her hometown--and nails it. Posted at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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11/20/09Flavors of WisconsinTerese Allen’s revised and expanded guide to food and eating in the Badger State is a great gift for a foodie, a Sconnie, or both Posted at 01:12 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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10/02/09Very Sweet Long DaysDavid Maraniss' upcoming book is a delightful and emotional sampling of some of the journalist’s most impressive pieces of writing, from poignant chapters of his most famous books. Posted at 10:06 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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09/09/09All Together NowMadison journalists are doing what they do--all together Posted at 08:59 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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08/18/09What Would Laura Do?Wisconsin's past has never been more alive in the present Posted at 04:04 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
07/29/09Win or Lose
Like most humans, I win some and I lose some. I got an electric-start lawnmower this summer, but I fell off my neighbor's stoop last week and maybe broke my foot. My eight-year-old daughter lights up my life when she sings, but I can't stop biting my fingernails in time for my high-school reunion. I'm in good enough shape to run charity 5Ks, but I can't give blood because I ate meat in the UK back when mad cow disease was going around. I won't get to retire whenever I feel like it, but I get to go to work with the neatest people on the planet. Take Mary Erpenbach. When I was hired as the magazine's associate editor, Mary was the interim AE who couldn't wait to hand me the July issue to finish. She was a writer not an editor and the minutiae of the job, not to... Posted at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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07/22/09Blog More, Sun Less
Who on earth can blog when it’s beautiful outside? When your kid’s room needs a fresh coat of purple paint? When you’re trying to re-launch a magazine website? Well, Madison Magazine contributing writer Maggie can. But she has a room of her own and ads on her blogs. That’s blogs-zzz ... plural. Here's the other one. She's the founder and moderator. Style editor Shayna can, because fashion and style wait for no one. Meanwhile she’s still managed to work on her tan. Outside. In a... Posted at 10:54 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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07/22/09Summer Reading
Okay people, you are in for a treat.In yet another attempt to avoid writing anything that requires me to miss out on the beautiful weather we’re having here in Wisconsin (minus today ... it’s a little brisk) I have pestered some of the nicest and most talented writers in the state, no, in the world, to find out what they are reading right now.Dwight Allen, author of the newly released novel The Typewriter Satyr:"I have been reading the new translation of Posted at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
Madison, Wisconsin, home of the flagship University of Wisconsin, the State Capitol, captivating lake views and cityscapes, the largest farmers’ market in the country ... and a hotbed of literary talent. Yep, corn-fed folks here can write. I’ll show you. Here. In this blog that acquaints you with the best, most happenin’, creative and unique writers, authors, books, magazines, bar napkins, dissertations, speeches, rolls of toilet paper—and anything else I can get my hands on.
