by Frank Anderson | Oct 28, 2021 | Magazine Article
In her debut novel, The Comfort of Monsters, Willa C. Richards has doubled down on the systemic dysfunctionality of Milwaukee once alluded to by best-selling author Peter Straub. In his dark and experimental 1990 story, “A Short Guide to the City,” Straub provides a...
by Alexander Shashko | May 16, 2019 | Magazine Article
Southeastern Wisconsin is the western boundary of the “Rust Belt,” a phrase popularized by presidential candidate Walter Mondale in 1984 to describe a sizeable chunk of America that was—and still is—facing an uncertain post-industrial future. Highway 26 is arguably...
by Nivedita Sharma | Apr 21, 2017 | Magazine Article
On March 22, 2017, the Washington DC-based National Trust for Historical Preservation granted “National Treasure” status to an iconic Milwaukee landmark: The Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory. While the National Treasure designation doesn’t provide funds or...
by Richard Boudreau | Aug 1, 2016 | Magazine Article
Even though he is Wisconsin’s most productive writer of short stories, you might not know about Milwaukee-born author Jack Ritchie. A writer of hard-boiled crime fiction, Richie wrote nearly five hundred stories over his thirty-five-year career. His writing features...
by John Gurda | Feb 15, 2016 | Magazine Article
Neighborhoods are quicksilver creations, constantly changing residents, borders, and even names. Take the neighborhoods of Milwaukee, for instance: one generation’s Sixth Ward is another’s Brewer’s Hill, a German enclave in one century becomes an African-American...
