The Glass Hotel 2/16/21 - 7:00pm - 2/16/21 - 8:00pm Emily St. John Mandel Chloe Benjamin An exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events. Image
The Rib King & Milk Blood Heat 2/17/21 - 7:00pm - 2/17/21 - 8:00pm Ladee Hubbard Dantiel Moniz UW Alumnae Ladee Hubbard and Dantiel Moniz for their new novels, The Rib King and Milk Blood Heat. Image
The Sum of Us 3/2/21 - 7:00pm - 3/2/21 - 8:00pm Heather McGhee Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color. Image
Wisconsin Wednesdays 3-3 3/3/21 - 7:00pm - 3/3/21 - 8:00pm James Crews Chekwube Danladi Rachel Swearingen Angela Voras-Hills Featuring UW Alumni James Crews, Chekwube Danladi, Rachel Swearingen, and Angela Voras-Hills Image
Brood 3/10/21 - 7:00pm - 3/10/21 - 8:00pm Jackie Polzin A stunning and brilliantly insightful meditation on life and longing. Image
Rural Crimes 3/14/21 - 6:00pm - 3/14/21 - 7:00pm S.A. Cosby Chris Harding Thornton David Heska Wanbli Weiden Heather Young Complicated stories of secrets and crimes that involve generations within a rural noir framework Image
2021 UW Poetry MFA Graduates Reading 3/15/21 - 7:00pm - 3/15/21 - 8:00pm Gabriela Balza Adrienne Chung Miriam Huettner Itiola Jones Alison Thumel Ajibola Tolase A reading from the graduating MFA cohort in poetry. Image
Raft of Stars 3/23/21 - 7:00pm - 3/23/21 - 8:00pm Andrew J. Graff Nickolas Butler A timeless story of loss, hope, and adventure amid the vividly rendered Upper Midwest landscape. Image
Homeland Elegies 3/25/21 - 6:00pm - 3/25/21 - 7:00pm Ayad Akhtar A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams. Image
A Time for Mercy & A Song for the Dark Times 3/26/21 - 6:00pm - 3/26/21 - 7:00pm John Grisham Ian Rankin Grisham and Rankin discuss their new books, and frankly, anything else they’d like to discuss. Image
The Hospital 3/30/21 - 7:00pm - 3/30/21 - 8:00pm Brian Alexander An intimate portrait of one small hospital, revealing the magnitude of America’s health care crisis Image
Billy Miller Makes a Wish 4/6/21 - 11:00am - 4/6/21 - 12:00pm Kevin Henkes The stand-alone companion to the award-winning, acclaimed, and bestselling The Year of Billy Miller Image Image
Love Poems & God of Nothingness 4/7/21 - 7:00pm - 4/7/21 - 8:00pm Jesse Lee Kercheval Mark Wunderlich Featuring UW Professor, Jesse Lee Kercheval, and UW Almnus, Mark Wunderlich, for their newest books Image
The Cactus League 4/8/21 - 7:00pm - 4/8/21 - 8:00pm Emily Nemens An explosive, character-driven odyssey through the world of baseball. Image
Imperial Liquor & Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry 4/14/21 - 7:00pm - 4/14/21 - 8:00pm Amaud Johnson John Murillo UW Professor, Amaud Johnson, and UW Almnus, John Murillo, for their newest books, Image
Dream of Ding Village 4/19/21 - 7:00pm - 4/19/21 - 8:00pm Yan Lianke The story of a public health crisis when rural villages selling their blood led to an AIDS outbreak. Image
2021 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows Reading 4/21/21 - 7:00pm - 4/21/21 - 8:00pm Emma Binder Jari Bradley Sasha Debevec-McKenney Victoria C. Flanagan Sandra Hong Taylor Koekkoek Poetry and fiction from the 2020-21 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows. Image
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4/22/21 - 7:00pm - 4/22/21 - 8:00pm ***ONE NIGHT ONLY*** Ocean Vuong will appear live to discuss his debut novel Image
Like a Mother 4/27/21 - 7:00pm - 4/27/21 - 8:00pm Angela Garbes A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhood. Image
UW Press Wisconsin Poetry Series Reading 4/28/21 - 7:00pm - 4/28/21 - 8:00pm John Brehm Ambalila Hemsell Sarah Kortemeier Bruce Snider A reading celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Wisconsin Poetry Series. Image
The Secret to Superhuman Strength 5/6/21 - 4:00pm - 5/6/21 - 5:00pm Alison Bechdel Cheryl Strayed A heartrendingly comic chronicle for our times. Image
Persist 5/6/21 - 7:00pm - 5/6/21 - 8:00pm Senator Elizabeth Warren Vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation. Image
Peaces 5/7/21 - 12:00pm - 5/7/21 - 1:00pm Helen Oyeyemi A vivid and inventive new novel about a couple forever changed by an unusual train voyage Image
Lost in Summerland 5/19/21 - 7:00pm - 5/19/21 - 8:00pm Barrett Swanson A personal quest across the United States to uncover what it means to be an American today. Image