Michael Hopkins: Fiction & Poetry winners' live reading series
Michael Hopkins, the first-place winner of our 2018 Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction Contest, reads his award-winning story, “Static.” Michael lives on a... Read more.
Mirror Box
Dr. Merton gave Shelby Aronowitz bad news. The pain in her knee was osteosarcoma. They would have to amputate. “Can’t they replace it?” Shelby’s mother... Read more.
Michael Hopkins: Fiction & Poetry winners' live reading series
Michael Hopkins reads his award-winning work, “Mirror Box,” from the 2019 Wisconsin People & Ideas fiction contest. Michael lives on a small farm in Neenah,... Read more.
Wisconsin People & Ideas 2019 Writing Contest Reading
Wisconsin People & Ideas, the Wisconsin Academy’s magazine of contemporary Wisconsin thought and culture, presents a Wisconsin Book Festival reading featuring... Read more.
Dairylandia: Dispatches from a State of Mind
In a world of superficial relationships enabled by social media, Steve Hannah’s book, Dairylandia: Dispatches from a State of Mind, shows us the value of taking... Read more.
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World, by Marcia Bjornerud
What can we learn about ourselves by looking at rocks? In her latest book, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World, Lawrence University... Read more.
Wisconsin People & Ideas 2018 Writing Contest Reading
Wisconsin People & Ideas, the Wisconsin Academy’s magazine of contemporary Wisconsin thought and culture, presents a Wisconsin Book Festival reading featuring... Read more.
Static
I got stung. On my ankle, I saw three bees, and could feel them right through my sock. I brushed them off, escaped from our vegetable garden where I was weeding,... Read more.