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A FREE festival with over 70 authors and presenters
Keynote Novelist Andre Dubus IIIGone So Long • Friday, 7:00
pm
Keynote Poet Margaret RozgaWisconsin Poet Laureate • Saturday,
1:00 pm
Talks, Readings, Awards, Cookbook Stage, Music, Art, Interviews
& More
opening doorsUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha •
www.sewibookfest.com
1500 North University Drive • Waukesha, WI 53188
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O P E N T H E D O O R T O Y O U R SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FESTIVAL
OF BOOKS 2019!
Don' t miss these fabulous sessions. . .
What’s it like to work with filmmaker Ken Burns? Go back to the
country with Bill and Bobbie Malone Bill Malone, Bobbie Malone
2:30–3:30 pm, Saturday, Commons Stage
Hear author and musician Bill Malone talk about his role in Ken
Burns’ latest PBS documentary Country Music.
Making Woke Poetry! Two Wisconsin Poet Laureates on Stage! Past
Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser joins Current Poet Laureate Margaret
Rozga 1:00–2:00 pm, Saturday, Hub Stage
Margaret Rozga and Kimberly Blaeser engage with history,
indigenous culture, social justice, identity, and the environment.
The result—woke poetry.
What is it about a great novel? Andrea Bartz, Miciah Bay Gault,
Andrea Rothman
9:00–10:00 am, Saturday, C101
Three acclaimed, nationally recognized debut authors talk about
the magic that happens when the doors of fiction are opened. (Fun
fact: Andrea Bartz grew up in Brookfield, WIsconsin). Beloved
Wisconsin author Liam Callanan moderates.
Rise Up! Broadway and American Society from ‘Angels in America’
to ‘Hamilton’ Chris Jones, 10:30–11:30 am, Saturday, C101
The Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones, one of America’s best-known
daily theatre critics, presents a theatrical history lesson you
won’t want to miss.
From Civility to Divide-and-Conquer: What Happened to Wisconsin
Politics? Dan Kaufman, Jonathan Kasparek 9:00–10:00 am, Saturday,
N127
Wisconsin used to be known for good government, political
civility, and even bipartisanship. Now what?
New for 2019! The Duane Stein Short Story Contest Awards
Ceremony Friday, November 1, 5:30–6:30 pm, Commons Stage
Open to all Wisconsin middle and high school students, the Duane
Stein Short Story Writing Contest extends the educational reach of
the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books, helping nurture our
young readers and writers.
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2019 opening doors program overviewCONTENTS Keynote Speakers . .
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4Lectures & Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 6Authors Reflect on Our Festival Theme . . . . .
. . . . 6Detailed Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Live Art Workshop . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Music Performance
Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Writing
Contest Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.13 Writer Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .13Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Become a Friend
of the Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Speaking,
Signing Times & Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14Festival Authors Connect to Schools . . . . . . . . . . . .
20Festival Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 20Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Cooperating
Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Food
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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All Day Festival Authors Connect to Schools, Waukesha County
Schools
Noon A Tale of Two Published Professors with Jonathan Kasparek
& Andrea Lochen, C101
All Day Festival Authors Connect to Schools, Waukesha County
Schools
5:00 pm Book Sales Authors and Presenters Reception Music by
Brass and Ivory, Commons
5:30–6:30 pm Essay, Poetry and Short Story Contest Awards
Ceremony
7:00–8:30 pm Keynote: Reading and Writing in the Age of Glowing
Screens with Andre Dubus III, Hub Stage
8:30–9:00 pm Andre Dubus III Book Signing
8:45 am–5:30 pm Exhibits and Book Sales
9:00 am–4:00 pm Writer Marketplace
9:00–10:00 am Author Presentations & Panels— Session One
10:00–10:30 am Book Signings with Session One Authors
10:00 am–1:00 pm Live Arts Workshop, Commons Cove
10:30–11:30 am Author Presentations & Panels— Session
Two
11:30 am–noon Book Signings with Session Two Authors
11:30 am–1:00 pm Lunch, Hub
Noon–12:45 pm Waukesha Reads! Cabaret: Lab Girl: Unearthing
Secrets
1:00–2:00 pm Keynote: Active Voices & Poetry’s Work in the
World with Margaret Rozga, Hub Stage
2:30–3:30 pm Author Presentations & Panels— Session
Three
3:30–4:00 pm Book Signings with Session Three Authors
4:00–5:00 pm Author Presentations & Panels— Session Four
5:00–5:30 pm Book Signings with Session Four Authors
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Reading and Writing in the Age of Glowing Screens: The Lasting
Power of Words Friday, November 1, 7:00–8:30 pm • Hub Stage •
Ticketed Event
The Tenth Annual UWM-Waukesha Southeast Wisconsin Festival of
Books opens with National Book Award Finalist, Andre Dubus III. Mr.
Dubus will speak on literature’s singular ability to carry human
beings deeply into their own hearts and minds in a way that no
other medium can match, even in the 21st century’s Digital Age. Mr.
Dubus will then be joined in conversation by the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel’s book editor, Jim Higgins, discussing his new novel, Gone
So Long.
Andre Dubus III is the author of The Cage Keeper and Other
Stories, Bluesman, and the New York Times bestsellers, House of
Sand and Fog, The Garden of Last Days (soon to be a major motion
picture) and his memoir, Townie, a #4 New York Times bestseller and
a New York Times “Editors’ Choice.” His work has been included in
The Best American Essays and The Best Spiritual Writing
anthologies, and his novel, House of Sand and Fog was a finalist
for the National Book Award, a #1 New York Times Bestseller, and
was made into an Academy Award-nominated film starring Ben Kingsley
and Jennifer Connelly. His novella collection, Dirty Love, was
published in the fall of 2013 and was listed as a “Notable Book” by
The Washington Post and The New York Times, and was named a New
York Times “Editors’ Choice,” and a Kirkus “Starred Best Book of
2013.” His new novel, Gone So Long, published in October 2018, has
received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal
and has been named on many “Best Books” lists, including The Boston
Globe’s “Twenty Best Books of 2018” and “The Best Books of 2018,”
“Top 100,” Amazon.
Mr. Dubus has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, The National
Magazine Award for Fiction, two Pushcart Prizes, and an American
Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His books are
published in over 25 languages, and he teaches full time at the
University of Massachusetts Lowell. He lives in Massachusetts with
his wife, Fontaine, a modern dancer, and their three children. For
more information, visit Mr. Dubus’ website at
www.andredubus.com
TICKETED EVENT $10 general admission – includes reception &
keynote
Purchase online at https://bpt.me/4274650 or by mail to UWM at
Waukesha Foundation: 1500 University Dr., Waukesha, WI 53188 Checks
payable to UWM at Waukesha Foundation
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Active Voices & Poetry’s Work in the World: A Collaborative,
Multi-Arts Reading, Celebration, and Discussion Saturday, November
2, 1:00–2:00 pm • Hub Stage • FREE Event As Wisconsin Poet
Laureates, both Margaret Rozga and Kimberly Blaeser tap poetry’s
power to open doors to new ideas and fuel new vision. Their poems,
which engage with history, indigenous culture, social justice,
identity, and the environment, often invite audience discovery and
participation. Sometimes the poems become calls to action. Join
this performance which features work for single, double, and
multiple voices. Bring your spirit of adventure, your voice, and
your questions. Join us in making woke poetry, in exploring new
contexts and forms.
Margaret Rozga, current Wisconsin Poet Laureate, brings an
active and activist’s voice to that role. Her poems draw on her
interest in history, the environment, women’s roles, and social
justice issues. She writes about this poetic bent in her Pushcart
Prize nominated essay, Community Inclusive: A Poetics to Move Us
Forward.
A participant in Milwaukee’s 1967-68 fair housing marches, she
turned that action into words in her book 200 Nights and One Day.
This book earned a bronze medal in poetry in the 2009 Independent
Publishers Book Awards and was named an outstanding achievement in
poetry for 2009 by the Wisconsin Library Association. The Wisconsin
Library Association also named another of her books, Though I
Haven’t Been to Baghdad, to this honor in 2012. Her most recent
book, Pestiferous Questions: A Life in Poems, was written with
support from the American Antiquarian Society. She has been a
resident at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, the Ragdale
Foundation, and Sundress Academy for the Arts.
Kimberly Blaeser is a professor at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she teaches Creative Writing and Native
American Literatures. She is the author of three collections of
poetry: Apprenticed to Justice, Absentee Indians and Other Poems,
and Trailing You.
A poet, critic, essayist, fiction writer, and Wisconsin Poet
Laureate for 2015–2016, Blaeser was raised on the White Earth
Reservation in Minnesota by parents of Anishinaabe and German
descent. She is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe. Blaeser
worked as a journalist before earning her PhD at the University of
Notre Dame. In 1991, as a professor at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Blaeser co-founded the multicultural writers’
organization Word Warriors. She lives with her family in rural
Wisconsin.
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A Tale of Two Published Professors: From Inspiration to
Publication and Everything in BetweenWednesday, October 30, Noon •
C101Jonathan Kasparek, Professor of History, UWM at Waukesha Andrea
Lochen, Senior Lecturer of English, UWM at Waukesha
Professors Jonathan Kasparek and Andrea Lochen explore the
differences and similarities in writing biographies and novels. In
Kasparek’s latest book, Bulldog of the Senate, he chronicles the
life of one of Wisconsin’s most important political figures,
William Proxmire. Lochen’s newest novel, Versions of Her, is about
a mysterious door that two sisters discover in their family’s lake
house. Kasparek and Lochen will share their insight into the two
very different worlds of writing and publishing nonfiction and
fiction.
L E C T U R E S & F I N E A R T S
Margaret Rozga: Writing dips into the past, stares down the
present, and then when you least expect it, an open door. You step
into a library. Helpful staff. Full shelves. Doors, more doors. You
can open any, all of them. There with its own call number, your
beautiful book. Your book.
Andrea Rothman: I create fictional worlds on the page that will
allow a reader to travel and live for a while in a new place,
inside someone else’s head. It’s an out-of-body experience, and it
is also a porthole to self-discovery, because it offers the reader
a fresh perspective on his or her own life. Even if I have only
touched the tip of the iceberg, I’ve opened a door for someone.
Andrea Bartz: In the nineties, I attended a tiny parochial
school in suburban Milwaukee—a place where reading Harry Potter was
a sin because, of course, the series promoted witchcraft. Luckily,
my mom took me to the Elm Grove library every weekend, and I
stuffed a tote bag with books that opened doors—wormholes, really,
to dimensions and ideas and places and people so different from
everything I encountered at home.
Kim Suhr: Still, the simple book has the power to open the door
of empathy, to convey information, to entertain, to change minds,
to spark action. Through the magic of the medium, people who were
once divided by a wall find a portal into someone else’s world.
They walk around in someone else’s skin for a while.
Andrea Lochen: I was a voracious reader as a kid and I went
through a phase where I was hopeful that behind every door I
opened, there might be something truly spectacular—another entrance
to Narnia, perhaps, or a secret garden or passageway, really
anything unexpected; I wasn’t going to be picky about it.
Ron Riekki: Don’t succumb to negativity’s hells, but rather open
doors wide by stating what you love, who you support.
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Open the Door, Walk Inside • N129Julie Beekman, Lila Schwenk,
Nancy Jorgensen, Elizabeth Jorgensen
Stories of family often twist and touch the heart, bringing
resonance and remembrance to readers. Julie Beekman,
Lila Schwenk, and team writers Nancy and Elizabeth Jorgensen,
mother and sister of Gold Medal Olympian Gwen Jorgensen, bring
their memories of family to the page, covering several different
decades, situations, and outcomes. The writers will discuss what it
was like to bring their families – and themselves – to life on the
page for all the world to see.
AllWriters: Fictional Doors, Life’s Path • N130 Bill Mathis
Without a doubt, fiction opens doors, to the imagination, to
dreams, to new experiences and journeys. But the doors aren’t
always within your story—sometimes, they’re within you. Bill Mathis
discusses the concept of opening doors based upon his life
experiences, beginning to write after retirement, switching from
writing memoir to fiction, and what “write what you know” really
means.
Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice • N140 Denise
Sweet, Kimberly Blaeser, Ron Riekki
2005–2008 Wisconsin Poet Laureate Denise Sweet and 2015–2016
Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser, with the editor of
Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice, Ron
Riekki, read
poems from the anthology. The poets will discuss social justice
issues in the Great Lakes region, then engage with the audience
with Q&A. Undocumented focuses on contemporary issues,
showcasing a large collection of regional poets laureate from
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Ontario,
Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
The Truth and Beauty of Fiction • C101Andrea Bartz, Miciah Bay
Gault, Andrea Rothman
Novelists reach deep inside themselves, working to go somewhere
new and unexpected. Consciously or not, the writer is
seeking truth, and, with a little luck, beauty results. It’s a
kind of magic that occurs in the mind, it’s the opening of a door.
And by opening that door, a story begins to appear. Join acclaimed,
nationally-recognized debut authors Andrea Bartz, Miciah Bay Gault,
and Andrea Rothman as they slip through the doors of fiction. Last
year’s Festival of Books keynoter Liam Callanan moderates.
Cooking with Wisconsin Cheese • Hub StageKristine Hansen
As the author of Wisconsin Cheese Cookbook: Creamy, Cheesy,
Sweet, and Savory Recipes from the State’s Best Creameries,
Kristine Hansen has traveled around Wisconsin breaking bread with
28 artisan creameries. Profiling their personalities and
experiencing their family recipes (incorporating their cheese, of
course), her travels served as a crash course in the state’s rich
cheese history and also the limitless ways you can cook with cheese
at home. Bring all your cheese, cooking and culinary-travel
questions.
From Civility to Divide-and-Conquer: Wisconsin Politics from
Proxmire to Act 10 • N127Jonathan Kasparek, Dan Kaufman
Wisconsin used to be known for good government, political
civility, and even bipartisanship. Senator William Proxmire
embodied that Wisconsin spirit of consensus building. Today,
Wisconsin is better known for bitter partisan disputes and the
dismantling of its progressive legacy. Jonathan Kasparek and Dan
Kaufman will explore what was and what happened.
10:00–10:30 am // Book Signings with Session One Authors •
Commons Lounge
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Educators and Storytellers: Mosaics of Fiction • N129 Jesse Lee
Kercheval, Kim Suhr
Both Jesse Lee Kercheval and Kim Suhr have established
reputations in Wisconsin for teaching prospective writers how to
develop
their talents. Now, you will have a chance to hear these two
masters share their recent works, illustrating how fiction gives us
profound insight into human experience. They show that those who
teach also create, which these two new fascinating collections
demonstrate.
Rethinking the Cold War: Memory, Policy & Fear • N127 Nan
Kim, Kirk Tyvela, Christopher Sturdevant
From the Korean peninsula to Paraguay to Wisconsin, the Cold War
shaped the second half of the 20th century. Professor Kim will
explore the stories of Korean family members divided by the 38th
parallel, then briefly reunited after over 50 years of separation.
Professor Tyvela will discuss the complex US relationship with
Alfredo Stroessner, the anti-communist dictator of Paraguay. And
Christopher Sturdevant will bring the story home—demonstrating how
the Cold War and Red Scare touched the lives of Wisconsinites.
Poets and Their Poems • N140 Angie Trudell Vasquez, Drew
Blanchard, Fabu
Poets Angie Trudell Vasquez, Drew Blanchard, and Fabu offer a
wide range of poetic styles and subject matter. Along with readings
from their work, they’ll reveal the inspirations for their poetry.
Notable influences include other artists, poets, teachers, people,
dreams, questions, and concerns. This session offers a rich array
of thinking about the art of poetry, dialogue among the poets and
with the audience, and the
experience of immersion in the best of Wisconsin poetry.
When Politics Steps Through Your Writing Door • N125Kathie
Giorgio
Your imagination’s door opens to a surprise guest: Politics!
Kathie Giorgio talks about her new novel, If You Tame Me, a blend
of politics with humor, a dash of romance, and a helping of women
empowerment. She even threw in an iguana and a kitchen sink.
Backstory, a reading, and a discussion
on audience work will keep this presentation hopping on the
risks and joys of including politics in your creative work.
Rise Up! Broadway and American Society from ‘Angels in America’
to ‘Hamilton’ • C101 Chris Jones
The Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones, one of America’s best-known
daily theatre critics, presents a theatrical history lesson through
“the story of Broadway’s renaissance from the darkest days of the
AIDS crisis, via the disaster that was Spiderman: Turn off the
Dark
through the unparalleled financial, artistic, and political
success of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton.” Better than Cats! A
must-see presentation for all theatre lovers.
Blue Milk & Butterbeer: Menu Planning for Fantastic Stories
• Hub StageValya Lupescu Dudycz, Stephen Segal
How do you go about creating the menu for your next Star Wars or
Game of Thrones viewing party, or monthly book club meeting? A
cookbook is basically an anthology of food, collecting
thematically, ingredient, or technique-related dishes. Join Stephen
and Valya, authors
of Forking Good, a cookbook inspired by the NBC TV show The Good
Place, for a fun and pun-filled interactive discussion of thematic
meal-planning.
AllWriters: How to Write Poetry: Poetry as Internal and External
Doors • N130 Lisa Marie Brodsky
Poetry opens doors to new worlds of expression and allows us to
find/reclaim identity, overcome barriers, connect with others, and
give what was once unspeakable a powerful and earth-shattering
voice. Lisa Marie Auter explores how discovering your poetic voice
can open doors in your life and in the world around you.
saturday: 2019 schedule
11:30 am–noon // Book Signings with Session Two Authors •
Commons Lounge
THE UNITED STATES AND PARAGUAY
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Journey to Wisconsin: African American Life in Haiku celebrates
African American history, culture and literature by focusing on
little known facts about the African American presence in
Wisconsin. Narrative poetry is used to give a glimpse of Nathaniel
and Cynthia Owens, married African American settlers in 1800’s
Wisconsin. The movement of free people from Africa to enslaved in
America and finally free again in Wisconsin is written in
Haiku.
Praise for Journey to Wisconsin: African American Life in Haiku
Fabu’s Journey to Wisconsin: African American Life in Haiku is an
important step toward re-visioning the history of Wisconsin and the
voices that have long been here, though too often left out or
deliberately silenced. The collective voice she creates is lovely
and lyrical, wide and warm. —Dr. Wendy Vardaman, PdD, Co-editor of
Cowfeather Press
The need for books such as Journey to Wisconsin: African
American Life in Haiku is great as Fabu helps to describe African
American Life. Poet Fabu, please keep up the excellent work. —Dr.
Richard Harris, author of Growing Up Black in South Madison
Thank you, Fabu, for writing Journey to Wisconsin: African
American Life in Haiku about our ancestors, history and families in
Wisconsin. —Betty Banks, granddaughter of William and Anna Mae
Miller, early African American settlers in Madison, and founder of
Stony the Road project to collect and preserve the African American
legacy in Wisconsin.
JourneY to Wisconsin
AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE IN HAIKU
Poetry by Fabu
Forking GoodValya Dudycz Lupescu and Stephen H. Segal
An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of The Good Place
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saturday: 2019 schedule11:30 am–1:00 pm // Lunch X Hub
Noon–12:45 pm // Entertainment: Waukesha Reads! Cabaret X
Commons Stage Lab Girl: Unearthing Secrets Cabaret with Candace
Decker & Phil Smith
1:00–2:00 pm // Keynote with 2019 Wisconsin Poet Laureate
Margaret Rozga X Hub Stage
2:00–2:30 pm // Book Signings with Keynote Author X Hub
Stage
2 : 3 0 – 3 : 3 0 P M — S E S S I O N 3 P R E S E N T A T I O N
S & P A N E L S
Honoring Our Veterans: Stories from the Battlefields • N129 Mark
Concannon
Mark Concannon, a long-time Milwaukee broadcast journalist,
four-time Emmy-Award winning writer, producer, and reporter, will
tell Wisconsin veterans’ stories from his book, Mettle and Honor:
Wisconsin Stories from the Battlefield. From Normandy to
Fallujah,
veterans shared their remembrances with Concannon of what it was
like to be in harm’s way. From fear to exhilaration, from sorrow to
pride, veterans poured out the rollercoaster of emotions sprung
from battle.
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Drinking and Making Hard Cider
• Hub Stage Jeanette Hurt
What’s your cider IQ? Jeanette Hurt gives you a thorough
introduction on how cider is made and how to use this marvelous
elixir for entertaining. With a cider maker and importer on stage,
you’ll get a real taste and come away knowing how to pair cider
with food.
From Everywhere a Little: A Migration Anthology • N140Lisa
Vihos, Dawn Hogue
From Everywhere a Little: A Migration Anthology came together as
an outgrowth of the open mic reading for 100 Thousand Poets for
Change held in September of 2018 in Sheboygan. Co-editor Lisa Vihos
will share the impetus for the anthology’s theme and the process
she
undertook with the guidance and expertise of co-editor and
publisher, Dawn Hogue at Water’s Edge Press. The two co-editors,
themselves poets, will present a selection of poems from the
anthology that reflect the many diverse perspectives on migration
and immigration that are included in the book.
Back to the Country with Bill and Bobbie Malone • Commons
StageBill Malone, Bobbie Malone
What’s it like to work with filmmaker Ken Burns? Hear author and
musician Bill Malone talk about his role in Ken Burns’ latest PBS
documentary Country Music. Then tap your toes as Bill and Bobbie
play some country tunes featured in Bill Malone’s seminal work on
the history of
country music, Country Music, USA. Learn about Felice and
Boudleaux Bryant, the couple who wrote the Everly Brothers’ biggest
hits. Barn dance at UWM-Waukesha!
Learning from the Past; Growing from Pain • C101 Andrea Lochen,
Alice Benson, Lisa Barr
These nationally recognized novelists’ new works center on
relationships—partners and families—that don’t always go as
planned.
Rather than succumbing to disappointment, their heroines find
ways to change the course of their lives and find fulfillment in
unexpected places. The stories they tell are inspirational and
remind us our lives are filled with many chapters, too.
AllWriters: Sometimes the Door Slams Open • N130 Kathie
Giorgio
Putting yourself on the page can be the hardest decision a
writer can make. How do you balance exposure with privacy? The
tightrope between too much disclosure and not enough is a hard one
to walk, particularly when you’re used to writing fiction, and thus
about imaginary people. Kathie Giorgio discusses feeling her way
through memoir and the lessons learned about capturing honesty
without going overboard.
3:30–4:00 pm // Book signings with Session Three Authors •
Commons Lounge
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Women & Publishing: Those “Damned Scribbling Women”* •
C101Ann Garvin, Catrina Sparkman, Kimberli Bindschatel, Lorelie
Brown, with Bobbi Dumas moderator and participant
It’s no secret that women are the biggest readers, and there’s
no question that women writers have a huge impact on the
multi-billion-dollar publishing industry, but how much has changed
since Nathaniel Hawthorne famously scorned female authors? Meet
five women writers, all with national audiences, and join their
multi-faceted discussion on publishing,
storytelling, community and advocacy, and how women are making
money and effecting change.*“America is now wholly given over to a
damned mob of scribbling women, and I should have no chance of
success while the public taste is occupied with their trash—and
should be ashamed of myself if I did succeed.” —Nathaniel
Hawthorne
Waukesha Reads: Female Scientists “Dissect” Lab Girl • Hub
StageDr. Jackie Joseph-Silverstein, Dr. Teresa Schueller, Dr. Lori
Ahrenhoerster
Hope Jahren’s memoir Lab Girl shares her experiences as an
acclaimed scientist, has won countless awards and was selected as
the Waukesha Public Library’s first non-fiction community read.
Come join our panel of three female scientists discuss how they
related to the book and share their insights on the joys and
frustrations of laboratory life.
Tell Me A Story: Writing for Young Readers • N125Jon Etter,
Karen Franco, Lora Hyler
Acclaimed authors share their unique writing styles and creative
process for crafting stories kids love. Jon Etter’s A
Dreadful Fairy Book gives a “humorous slant on fairies with
twists and turns,” Karen Franco’s Where Did the Sun Go? helps
children understand people with special needs react differently in
certain situations, while Lora Hyler’s middle school hero in The
Stupendous Adventures of Mighty Marty Hayes uses history, science
and spy-thrilling adventures to capture the imagination of
tweens.
Nature—Our Home • N127Marcia Bjornerud, Doris Green, and Michael
Edmonds
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is our home.” —Gary
Snyder
Looking for a deeper understanding of our planet home? Come meet
Marcia Bjornerud, geologist and author of Timefulness,
Doris Green, cave expert and author of Wisconsin Underground,
and Michael Edmonds, historian and author of Taking Flight. You’ll
be intrigued by our planet’s temporal rhythms, its mystery and the
history of our relationships with its avian inhabitants.
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saturday: 2019 schedule
4:30–5:00 pm // Book Signings with Session Four Authors •
Commons Lounge
A Reading from Bards Against Hunger: Wisconsin Edition • N140Ed
Werstein, Sara Sarna
Bards Against Hunger: Wisconsin Edition, is an anthology of
poetry that addresses the issues of hunger and poverty, and the
inequities of our society. Contributors to this anthology, all
Wisconsin-based poets, will read their work. Proceeds from the sale
of
books will go to benefit local food pantries.
AllWriters: Marketing— The Writing Life Reality TV Show • N130
Kathie Giorgio, Michael Giorgio
Writers Kathie and Michael Giorgio zip through a series of
humorous skits loaded with information, showing what writers
believe about the writing and publishing life, and how it really
happens. Watch as the writing adages crones love to spout come
crashing down as the real world of the writer emerges on stage.
Learn through laughter, self-recognition, and finally, a sense of
joy over all that reality has to offer.
Fiction: The Stuff of Life • N129Patricia Skalka, Susan Gloss,
Maureen Leurck
Long-buried secrets, memory, mystery, sacrifice, hope, art,
love, inspiration, and reinvention. Isn’t that what life is
all about? Authors Patricia Skalka, Susan Gloss, and Maureen
Leurck, deftly pick the locks on the doors of life, creating
memorable characters and midwestern settings that are sure to
charm.
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Cooking with Wisconsin Cheese • Hub Stage, 9 amKristine
Hansen
As the author of Wisconsin Cheese Cookbook: Creamy, Cheesy,
Sweet, and Savory Recipes from the State’s Best Creameries,
Kristine Hansen has traveled around Wisconsin breaking bread with
28 artisan creameries. Profiling their personalities and
experiencing their family recipes (incorporating their cheese, of
course), her travels served as a crash course in the state’s rich
cheese history and also the limitless ways you can cook with cheese
at home. Bring all your cheese, cooking and culinary-travel
questions.
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Drinking and Making Hard Cider
• Hub Stage, 2:30 pm Jeanette Hurt
What’s your cider IQ? Jeanette Hurt gives you a thorough
introduction on how cider is made and how to use this marvelous
elixir for entertaining. With a cider maker and importer on stage,
you’ll get a real taste and come away knowing how to pair cider
with food.
Blue Milk & Butterbeer: Menu Planning for Fantastic Stories
• Hub Stage, 10:30 amValya Lupescu Dudycz, Stephen Segal
How do you go about creating the menu for your next Star Wars or
Game of Thrones viewing party, or monthly book club meeting? A
cookbook is basically an anthology of food, collecting
thematically, ingredient, or technique-related dishes. Join Stephen
and Valya, authors of Forking Good, a cookbook inspired by the NBC
TV show The Good Place, for a fun and pun-filled interactive
discussion of thematic meal-planning.
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Altered Book Drop-in Saturday, November 2, 1o:00 am–1:00 pm •
Commons Cove Rose Lange and Jan O’Brien
“Open a Door” to creativity as we present ways to take an old
book and make it something different and new.
No registration required. $5.00 for supplies (payable at the
time of the workshop)
Authors and Presenters Reception Music Friday, November 1, 5:00
pm • Commons
Music presented by Brass and Ivory, the piano/trumpet duo of
Craig Hurst and Nancy Van Brunt. Brass and Ivory provide subtle,
sophisticated live music drawing upon the repertoire of The Great
American Songbook, Jazz, and contemporary artists such as Stevie
Wonder and Billy Joel.
Back to the Country with Bill and Bobbie Malone Saturday,
November 2, 2:30–3:30 pm • Commons Stage
Tap your toes as Bill and Bobbie Malone play some country tunes
featured in Bill Malone’s seminal work on the history of country
music, Country Music, USA.
Lab Girl: Unearthing Secrets Cabaret with Candace Decker &
Phil SmithSaturday, November 2, noon–12:45 pm • Commons Stage
To carry our literary endeavor over the lunch hour, we will have
an original cabaret inspired by the themes and characters of the
Waukesha Reads book selection, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Created and
performed by Candace Decker and Phil Smith.
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This year, the Festival’s Writer Marketplace continues to
include more writers who publish their own books. The writers are
available to talk to Festival goers, and sell, and sign their books
in the Writer Marketplace. The Marketplace is located in the
Commons Hallway. It will be open from 9:00 am–4:00 pm on Saturday.
For a complete list of Writer Marketplace authors and times, visit
the Festival website, www.sewibookfest.com
Publishers, authors, literary, and community organizations and
artisan goods will be featured in the Exhibits area. Visit the
booths, Saturday, 9:00 am–4:00 pm. Listing and location of exhibit
booths can be found at www.sewibookfest.com
Essay, Poetry and Short Story Contest Awards Ceremony Friday,
November 1, 5:30–6:30 pm • Commons
New this year: The Festival has added the The Duane Stein Short
Story Writing Contest for high school students and poetry writers
to the Century Fence Essay Contest. Writers in all categories will
be announced and awarded their prizes.
The Century Fence Student Essay and Poetry Contests are open to
all Southeast Wisconsin middle and high school students. The Duane
Stein Short Story Writing Contest is open to all Wisconsin middle
and high school students. These contests extend the educational
reach of the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books to younger
readers. Students are asked to write an essay, poem, or short story
about this year’s theme, Opening Doors.
Become a Friend of the FestivalYou can help support the
Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books’ efforts to promote literacy
in Southeast Wisconsin by becoming a Friend of the Festival. Your
tax-deductible donation helps defray Festival expenses and: •
Promotes literacy • Celebrates literature and the arts • Increases
awareness of UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha as a learning resource •
Supports authors with community exposure • Attracts youth to the
potential of the written word • Provides intergenerational learning
in an affordable public event
Basic membership is $30 per year for an individual and $50 per
year for a household. Membership provides a number of benefits
including invitations to special member-only events.
Join by sending your donation to Southeast Wisconsin Festival of
Books, UW-Waukesha Foundation, 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha, WI
53188 or visit the UWM at Waukesha Foundation booth in the exhibit
area.
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Ahrenhoerster, Dr. LoriWaukesha Reads: Female Scientists
“Dissect” Lab GirlSat., 4:00 pm X Hub Stage | Signing time: N/A
Lori Ahrenhoerster serves as public health manager at the North
Shore Health Department in Milwaukee County. She holds a PhD in
Environmental and Occupational Health from UW-Milwaukee. Her
doctoral research involved considerable time in a lab, working with
mice, cell cultures, and exciting-sounding equipment such as the
flow cytometer.
Barr, LisaLearning from the Past; Growing from PainSat., 2:30
pm, C101 | Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm, Commons
Lisa Barr is the award-winning author of The Unbreakables and
Fugitive Colors. She served as an editor for The Jerusalem Post,
managing editor of Today’s Chicago Woman, an editor/reporter for
the Chicago Sun-Times, and has been featured on Good Morning
America and TODAY.
Bartz, AndreaThe Truth and Beauty of FictionSat., 9:00 am, C101
| Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Andrea Bartz is the author of The Lost Night, which People
Magazine called an “impressive debut with a nerve-wracking finish.”
Previously, she was an editor at Glamour, Psychology Today, and
other magazines. She’s from Brookfield, Wisconsin and lives in
Brooklyn, New York.
Bay Gault, MiciahThe Truth and Beauty of FictionSat., 9:00 am,
C101 | Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Miciah Bay Gault’s debut novel is Goodnight Stranger (Park Row
Books, HarperCollins). Miciah teaches in the MFA in Writing &
Publishing program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and is
coordinator of the Vermont Book Award.
Beekman, JulieOpen the Door, Walk InsideSat., 9:00 am, N129 |
Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Julie Beekman is the author of Two Trees, A Memoir, published by
Rogue Phoenix Press in 2017. The book focuses on adoption, foster
care, trauma and resilience, with a constant thread of humor.
Benson, AliceLearning from the Past; Growing from PainSat., 2:30
pm, C101 | Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm, Commons
Alice Benson’s work has appeared in a variety of publications.
Alice’s most recent novel, A Year in Her Life, was published by
Black Rose Writing in 2019. She lives in La Crosse, WI with her
spouse and their two dogs.
Bindschatel, KimberliWomen & Publishing: Those “Damned
Scribbling Women”Sat., 4:00 pm, C101 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm,
Commons
Kimberli A. Bindschatel is an Author, Adventurer, and Animal
lover.
Bjornerud, MarciaNature—Our HomeSat., 4:00 pm, N127 | Signing
time: Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Marcia Bjornerud is Professor of Geology and Environmental
Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton.
Blaeser, KimberlyGreat Lakes Poets Laureate on Social
JusticeSat., 9:00 am, N140 | Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am,
CommonsActive Voices & Poetry’s Work in the WorldSat., 1:00 pm,
Hub Stage | Signing time: Sat., 2:00 pm, Commons
Kimberly Blaeser, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2015–16, is a
Professor at UW—Milwaukee and an Institute of American Indian Arts
MFA faculty member. She is the author of four collections of
poetry—most recently Copper Yearning (Holy Cow! Press, 2019).
Blanchard, DrewPoets and Their PoemsSat., 10:30 am, N140 |
Signing time: Sat., 11:30 am, Commons
Drew Blanchard is the author of the chapbook, Raincoat
Variations, and the full-length collection of poetry, Winter Dogs,
published by Salmon Poetry. He holds a B.A. in Journalism from the
University of Iowa, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The Ohio
State University, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Brodsky, Lisa Marie AllWriters: How to Write Poetry: Poetry as
Internal and External DoorsSat., 10:30 am, N130 | Signing time:
Sat., 11:30 am, Commons
Lisa Marie Brodsky is the author of poetry collections, “We Nod
Our Dark Heads” (Parallel Press) and “Motherlung” (Salmon Poetry).
Her poetry has been widely published nationally and abroad. Brodsky
focuses on healing and creativity in her teaching.
Brown, LorelieWomen & Publishing: Those “Damned Scribbling
Women”Sat., 4:00 pm, C101 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm,
Commons
While in the Army, Lorelie Brown traveled the world from South
Korea to Italy. Now she lives north of Chicago, writes award
winning romance novels, and is going back to college. Find out more
at LorelieBrown.com.
Concannon, MarkHonoring Our Veterans: Stories from the
BattlefieldsSat., 2:30 pm, N129 | Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm,
Commons
Mark Concannon is a four-time Emmy-Award winning writer,
producer and reporter. He worked for 23 years at Fox 6 TV in
Milwaukee. His new book, Mettle & Honor, is a collection of
stories of Wisconsin veterans from all wars.
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Decker, Candace Lab Girl: Unearthing Secrets, CabaretSat. Noon,
Commons Stage | Signing time: N/A
Candace Decker has performed her one-woman cabarets throughout
the mid-west and east coast. This is her 8th year collaborating
with Phil Smith and performing a Waukesha Reads Cabaret. She is a
NY Cabaret Symposium Fellow, an Indiana Arts and Wisconsin Laird
Foundation artist grant recipient, and guest cabaret artist with
the Virginia State Thespian Conference.
Dubus III, AndreFri. Keynote: Reading and Writing in the Age of
Glowing Screens: The Lasting Power of WordsFri., 7:00 pm, Hub Stage
| Signing time: Fri., 8:30 pm, Hub Stage
Andre Dubus III is the author of seven books, including the New
York Times’ bestsellers House of Sand and Fog, and his memoir,
Townie. His most recent novel, Gone So Long, has received starred
reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Library Journal and has been
named on many “Best Books” lists. He lives in Massachusetts with
his wife, Fontaine, a modern dancer, and their three children.
Dudycz Lupescu, ValyaBlue Milk & Butterbeer: Menu Planning
for Fantastic StoriesSat., 10:30 am, Hub Stage | Signing time:
Sat., 11:30 am, Commons
Valya Dudycz Lupescu makes magic with food and words,
incorporating folklore from her Ukrainian heritage with practices
that honor the Earth. Her books include The Silence of Trees, and
Geek Parenting. Her stories have appeared in The Year’s Best Dark
Fantasy & Horror, Kenyon Review, Chicago Reader, and
Culture.
Dumas, BobbiWomen & Publishing: Those “Damned Scribbling
Women”Sat., 4:00 pm, C101 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm,
Commons
Bobbi Dumas is a freelance writer and eclectic reader who
reviews and writes about books, mainly for Kirkus, but including
NPR, Barnes & Noble, and the New York Times Book Review. She
advocates for romance because the industry and the books are
empowering, inspiring agents of change, especially for women.
Edmonds, MichaelNature—Our HomeSat., 4:00 pm, N127 | Signing
time: Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Michael Edmonds (www.michael-edmonds.com) recently retired from
the Wisconsin Historical Society. He’s the author or editor of six
books on American history, including Taking Flight: A History of
Birds and People in the Heart of America.
Etter, JonTell Me A Story: Writing for Young ReadersSat., 4:00
pm, N125 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Jon Etter is a public high school English teacher and the author
of A Dreadful Fairy Book, the first book in his middle grade
comedy/fantasy series Those Dreadful Fairy Books. Visit him on the
web at www.jonetter.com.
FabuPoets and Their PoemsSat., 10:30 am, N140 | Signing time:
Sat., 11:30 am, Commons
Fabu is a poet, columnist, storyteller, and educator who writes
to encourage, inspire, and remind. The Madison Poet Laureate
(2008–2012), her newest books are Remember Me: Mary Lou Williams in
Poetry, Sacred Mary Lou, and a Mary Lou Williams Coloring Book.
Franco, KarenTell Me A Story: Writing for Young ReadersSat.,
4:00 pm, N125 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Karen Franco is a children’s book author, special needs
advocate, and Jacob’s mom. Her books are simple stories with big
meanings. They help to teach other children about patience,
understanding, and acceptance of kids who are “differently abled.”
Karen lives in Union Grove, Wisconsin, with her husband Chris and
her son Jacob.
Garvin, AnnWomen & Publishing: Those “Damned Scribbling
Women”Sat., 4:00 pm, C101 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm,
Commons
Ann Garvin, Ph.D., is the USA Today Bestselling author of I Like
You Just Fine When You’re Not Around, The Dog Year, and On Maggie’s
Watch. She is a sought-after speaker and the founder of the Tall
Poppy Writers.
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Giorgio, KathieWhen Politics Steps Through Your Writing
DoorSat., 10:30 am, N125 | Signing time: Sat., 11:30 am,
CommonsAllWriters: Sometimes the Door Slams OpenSat., 2:30 pm, N130
| Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm, CommonsAllWriters: Marketing—The
Writing Life Reality TV ShowSat., 4:00 pm, N130 | Signing time:
Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Kathie Giorgio is the critically acclaimed author of five
novels, two story collections, an essay collection, and two poetry
chapbooks. Her novel, If You Tame Me, was released in September
2019. Giorgio’s work has appeared in many literary magazines and
anthologies.
Giorgio, MichaelAllWriters: Marketing—The Writing Life Reality
TV ShowSat., 4:00 pm, N130 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm,
Commons
Michael Giorgio lives in Waukesha with his wife, author Kathie
Giorgio, and their daughter Olivia. In addition to his two novels,
his fiction has appeared internationally in magazines and
anthologies. He teaches at AllWriters’ Workplace and Workshop, in
their Waukesha studio, and online.
Gloss, SusanFiction: The Stuff of LifeSat., 4:00 pm, N129 |
Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Susan Gloss is the USA Today bestselling author of the novels
Vintage and The Curiosities. She grew up in Green Bay and currently
lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Susan is also an attorney and a mother
to two young boys.
Green, DorisNature—Our HomeSat., 4:00 pm, N127 | Signing time:
Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
A former UW-Madison communications specialist and banking
magazine editor, Doris Green is the author of Wisconsin Underground
(2019), the upcoming Minnesota Underground, and Elsie’s Story:
Chasing a Family Mystery (2018). She also writes for local,
regional, and national publications.
Hansen, KristineCooking with Wisconsin CheeseSat., 9:00 am, Hub
Stage | Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Milwaukee writer Kristine Hansen contributes stories about food,
travel and design to Architectural Digest’s website, Midwest Living
Magazine, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, and Milwaukee Magazine. She
also authored Wisconsin Cheese Cookbook: Creamy, Cheesy, Sweet, and
Savory Recipes from the State’s Best Creameries.
Hogue , DawnFrom Everywhere a Little: A Migration AnthologySat.,
2:30 pm, N140 | Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm, Commons
Dawn Hogue is a Wisconsin novelist and poet. Her poetry has
appeared in Stoneboat Literary Journal, Inscape Magazine, and Blue
Heron Review. She was awarded the 2017 Hal Prize for Poetry. She is
co-editor of From Everywhere a Little: A Migration Anthology.
Hurt, JeanetteAll You Ever Wanted to Know about Drinking and
Making Hard CiderSat., 2:30 pm, Hub Stage | Signing time: Sat.,
3:30 pm, Commons
Award-winning author Jeanette Hurt explores culture through the
lens of food and drink. She is the author of 11 books, including
the critically acclaimed Drink Like a Woman. She is currently
working on book number 12 (The Wisconsin Cocktail Book). Her latest
book, The Cider Rules, debuts this fall and will be the subject of
her Festival program.
Hurst, CraigAuthors and Presenters Reception MusicFri., 5:00 pm,
Commons
Craig W. Hurst was the director of bands at UWM at Waukesha for
24 years. Dr. Hurst holds degrees from Boise State University,
North Texas State University, and the University of North Texas.
Dr. Hurst has distinguished himself as a performer on trumpet. In
the greater Milwaukee area he has performed as principal trumpet or
trumpet soloist with the Waukesha Area Symphonic Band, the Waukesha
Park and Rec Band, the Concord Chamber Orchestra, the Milwaukee
Stadpfeifer, The Jazz Express Big Band, the Wisconsin Wind
Orchestra, and the Milwaukee Police Band.
Hyler, LoraTell Me A Story: Writing for Young ReadersSat., 4:00
pm, N125 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Lora Hyler’s middle grade novel, The Stupendous Adventures of
Mighty Marty Hayes, features multicultural superheroes working on
the new CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology in their 7th Grade
classroom. They all share a love of spy gadgets.
Jones, ChrisRise Up! Broadway and American Society from ‘Angels
in America’ to ‘Hamilton’Sat., 10:30 am, C101 | Signing time: Sat.,
11:30 am, Commons
Chris Jones is the longtime chief theater critic and Sunday arts
columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He also covers Broadway for the
New York Daily News and appears weekly on the CBS-2 morning news in
Chicago. For many years, he was a critic for Variety. His new book
is Rise Up! Broadway and American Society from ‘Angels in America’
to ‘Hamilton’, published by Bloomsbury’s Methuen imprint.
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Jorgensen, ElizabethOpen the Door, Walk InsideSat., 9:00 am,
N129 | Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Elizabeth Jorgensen’s memoir, co-written with Nancy Jorgensen,
is available from Meyer & Meyer Sport. Shorter works appear in
Wisconsin English Journal, Azalea and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
She has presented on sijo (Korean poetry) at NCTE, WCTE, WSRA, and
for NCTA.
Jorgensen, Nancy Open the Door, Walk InsideSat., 9:00 am, N129 |
Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Nancy Jorgensen is a musician and writer published by Hal
Leonard and Lorenz. With daughter Elizabeth, she co-wrote a memoir
of triathlete Gwen Jorgensen’s journey to Olympic gold. Other works
appear at Prime Number, Smith, Cagibi, Coffin Bell, and
elsewhere.
Joseph-Silverstein, Dr. JackieWaukesha Reads: Female Scientists
“Dissect” Lab GirlSat., 4:00 pm, Hub Stage | Signing time: N/A
Dr. Jackie Joseph-Silverstein began her career as a research
scientist, studying the development of the cardiovascular system.
She has published more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and book
chapters. For over 25 years she has held leadership roles in higher
education.
Kasparek, JonFrom Civility to Divide-and-Conquer: Wisconsin
Politics from Proxmire to Act 10Sat., 9:00 am, N127 | Signing time:
Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Jonathan Kasparek is professor of history at the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha, where he has taught classes on
Wisconsin and Midwestern history for fifteen years. He has
published a dozen books and articles on Wisconsin history,
including biographies of Philip La Follette and William
Proxmire.
Kaufman, DanFrom Civility to Divide-and-Conquer: Wisconsin
Politics from Proxmire to Act 10Sat., 9:00 am, N127 | Signing time:
Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Dan Kaufman is the author of The Fall of Wisconsin: The
Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of
American Politics (W.W. Norton), and has written for The New Yorker
and The New York Times Magazine.
Kercheval, Jesse LeeEducators and Storytellers: Mosaics of
FictionSat., 10:30 am, N129 | Signing time: Sat., 11:30 am,
Commons
Jesse Lee Kercheval’s latest books are the poetry collection
America that island off the coast of France, which won the Dorset
Prize, and the story collection Underground Women. She is the Zona
Gale Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kim, Nan Rethinking the Cold War: Memory, Policy, &
FearSat., 10:30 am, N127 | Signing time: Sat., 11:30 am,
Commons
Nan Kim is Associate Professor of Contemporary History and
Director of Public History in the Department of History at the
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She is the author of Memory,
Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the
Divide.
Lange, RoseLive Art Workshop: Altered Book Drop-inSat., 10:00
am–1:00 pm, Commons Cove | Signing time: N/A
Rose Lange is a professional art educator with 23 years
experience teaching grades 1–12 and an artist living and working in
Waukesha, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Waukesha West End
Artist group and The Springs Art studio and Gallery since January
2015. Rose received a BA in Art Education from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison in 1987 and continuing education classes from
many local universities.
Leurck, MaureenFiction: The Stuff of LifeSat., 4:00 pm, N129 |
Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Maureen Leurck graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio,
and lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and three
children.
Lochen, AndreaLearning from the Past; Growing from PainSat.,
2:30 pm, C101 | Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm, Commons
Andrea Lochen is the author of three novels, The Repeat Year
(2013), Imaginary Things (2015), and Versions of Her (2019). She
earned her MFA from the University of Michigan and her Bachelor’s
from UW-Madison. Since 2008, Lochen has taught writing at UW
Milwaukee at Waukesha.
Malone, Bill Back to the Country with Bill and Bobbie
MaloneSat., 2:30 pm, Commons Stage | Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm,
Commons
Bill C. Malone is a professor emeritus of history, Tulane
University in New Orleans. His Country Music, USA, which celebrated
its 50th anniversary in 2018, is considered to be the definitive
history of that musical genre, and was a prime source for the Ken
Burns documentary on country music. Malone is a Texan by birth, but
since 1997 has been a resident of Madison, Wisconsin where he hosts
a radio show each Wednesday morning on country music (WORT, 89.9
FM).
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Malone, BobbieBack to the Country with Bill and Bobbie
MaloneSat., 2:30 pm, Commons Stage | Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm,
Commons
Historian Bobbie Malone directed the Office of School Services
at the Wisconsin Historical Society (1995–2011). After retiring,
she wrote the biographies of children’s author/illustrator, Lois
Lenski: Storycatcher, and Japanese-American Madison textile artist,
Striding Lines: The Unique Story Quilts of Rumi O’Brien.
Mathis, Bill AllWriters: Fictional Doors, Life’s PathSat., 9:00
am, N130 | Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Bill Mathis began writing after retirement from careers in YMCA
camping and foster care. His second novel, The Rooming House
Diaries, was published in the summer of 2019. His first novel, Face
Your Fears, published in 2018. More info at:
www.billmathiswriteretc.com.
O’Brien, JanLive Art Workshop: Altered Book Drop-in, Commons
Cove Sat., 10:00 am–1:00 pm, Commons Cove | Signing time: N/A
Jan O’Brien is a classroom teacher with 28 years of experience
and a recipient of the Kohl Fellowship Award in 2015. She is also a
reading and writing teacher who believes in embracing and inspiring
the power of creativity and self-expression through art and
writing!
Riekki, RonGreat Lakes Poets Laureate on Social JusticeSat.,
9:00 am, N140 | Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Ron Riekki wrote U.P. Posttraumatic, and edited Undocumented,
The Many Lives of The Evil Dead, And Here, Here, and The Way North.
His forthcoming books are with Main Street Rag, Loyola University
Maryland’s Press, McFarland, MSU Press, and WSU Press.
Rothman, AndreaThe Truth and Beauty of FictionSat., 9:00 am,
C101 | Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Andrea Rothman is the author of the novel The DNA of You and Me,
published in 2019 by HarperCollins. She lives in New York, and is
at work on her second novel. Her short stories and essays can be
viewed at www.andrearothman.com.
Rozga, MargaretSat. Keynote: Active Voices & Poetry’s Work
in the World Sat., 1:00 pm, Hub Stage | Signing time: Sat., 2:00
pm, Commons
Life-long Wisconsin resident Margaret Rozga, Wisconsin Poet
Laureate for 2019–2020, lives in Milwaukee. She earned her BA at
Alverno College and an MA and PhD in English at the University of
Wisconsin–Milwaukee. An emeritus professor of English at the
University of Wisconsin–Waukesha, she continues to teach a poetry
workshop for Continuing Education at what is now the UWM–Waukesha
campus.
Sarna, SaraA Reading from Bards Against Hunger: Wisconsin
EditionSat., 4:00 pm, N140 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm,
Commons
Sara Sarna currently resides in southeastern Wisconsin. The work
of her heart is as a poet and actor, though life requires full-time
paid employment. Her poetry has appeared both in print and
online.
Schueller, Dr. Teresa Waukesha Reads: Female Scientists
“Dissect” Lab GirlSat., 4:00 pm, Hub Stage | Signing time: N/A
Teresa Schueller is a professor of biological sciences at UWM at
Waukesha, and director of the UWM at Waukesha Field Station.
Schwenk, LilaOpen the Door, Walk InsideSat., 9:00 am, N129 |
Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Lila (Lerdahl) Schwenk’s book, Penalties of the Truth, is memoir
of her brother, Larry, and his tumultuous life. Lila thanks
AllWriters’ Workplace for their assistance. She is a member of the
Wisconsin Writer’s Association.
Segal, StephenBlue Milk & Butterbeer: Menu Planning for
Fantastic StoriesSat., 10:30 am, Hub Stage | Signing time: Sat.,
11:30 am, Commons
Stephen H. Segal’s newest book, coauthored with his partner
Valya Dudycz Lupescu, is Forking Good: An Unofficial Cookbook for
Fans of The Good Place (Quirk Books, October 2019). Stephen has
edited award-winning food writers at Philadelphia Weekly, WQED
Pittsburgh, and InPittsburgh Weekly.
Skalka, PatriciaFiction: The Stuff of LifeSat., 4:00 pm, N129 |
Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm, Commons
Patricia Skalka is the award-winning author of the Dave Cubiak
Door County mystery series, including the latest title Death by the
Bay. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of
America, and the Wisconsin Writers Association.
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Smith, Phil Lab Girl: Unearthing Secrets, Cabaret, Commons
StageSat. Noon, Commons Stage | Signing time: N/A
Phil Smith is a Menomonee Falls native and Carroll University
graduate who has collaborated with Candace Decker on over a dozen
cabaret productions as pianist, singer, composer, and arranger.
Many of Phil’s original songs debuted publicly by Candy at Festival
of Books events.
Sparkman, CatrinaWomen & Publishing: Those “Damned
Scribbling Women”Sat., 4:00 pm, C101 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm,
Commons
Catrina J. Sparkman is a theater artist, as well as a successful
authorpreneur who has written several works of fiction and
non-fiction. She is also the owner of The Ironer’s Press, a small
boutique publishing company serving the Christian market.
Sturdevant, ChrisRethinking the Cold War: Memory, Policy, &
FearSat., 10:30 am, N127 | Signing time: Sat., 11:30 am,
Commons
Chris Sturdevant is a children’s librarian from Milwaukee, WI.
He is a U.S. Air Force veteran and chairman of the Cold War
Museum—Midwest Chapter in Washington, D.C. His travels have taken
him to North Korea, Chernobyl and Afghanistan.
Suhr, KimEducators and Storytellers: Mosaics of FictionSat.,
10:30 am, N129 | Signing time: Sat., 11:30 am, Commons
Kim Suhr is the author of Nothing to Lose (Cornerstone Press,
2018) and Maybe I’ll Learn (KDP, 2012). She is also Director of Red
Oak Writing. Kim holds an MFA in Fiction and is a Board Member and
Treasurer for the Wisconsin Writers Association (WWA).
Sweet, DeniseGreat Lakes Poets Laureate on Social JusticeSat.,
9:00 am, N140 | Signing time: Sat., 10:00 am, Commons
Dee Sweet served as Wisconsin’s second Poet Laureate (2005–08),
and writes both poetry and fiction. She also works as First Nations
Organizer for Wisconsin Conservation Voters, and is a cook for a
soup kitchen in Green Bay. Her fifth book, Palominos Near Tuba
City, was published by Holy Cow! Press in April 2018.
Trudell Vasquez, AngiePoets and Their PoemsSat., 10:30 am, N140
| Signing time: Sat., 11:30 am, Commons
Angie Trudell Vasquez received her MFA in creative writing with
a concentration in poetry from the Institute of American Indian
Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work has been published in Taos
Journal of Poetry, Yellow Medicine Review, Raven Chronicles, Return
to the Gathering Place of the Waters, and Cloudthroat.
Tyvela, KirkRethinking the Cold War: Memory, Policy, &
FearSat., 10:30 am, N127 | Signing time: Sat., 11:30 am,
Commons
Kirk Tyvela is associate professor of history at the University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee-Washington County. He is the author of The
Dictator Dilemma: The United States and Paraguay in the Cold War
(University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019).
Van Brunt, NancyAuthors and Presenters Reception MusicFri., 5:00
pm, Commons
Nancy Van Brunt is a professor emerita of music having capped a
35-year career teaching in the University of Wisconsin Colleges.
Her husband, Craig Hurst, retired after 24 years of teaching for
the UW-Colleges.
Vihos, LisaFrom Everywhere a Little: A Migration AnthologySat.,
2:30 pm, N140 | Signing time: Sat., 3:30 pm, Commons
Lisa Vihos’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, both
print and online. She has received two Pushcart Prize nominations
and has a new chapbook, Fan Mail from Some Flounder. She is poetry
and arts editor of Stoneboat Literary Journal.
Werstein, EdA Reading from Bards Against Hunger: Wisconsin
EditionSat., 4:00 pm, N140 | Signing time: Sat., 5:00 pm,
Commons
Ed Werstein was awarded the 2018 Lorine Niedecker Prize for
Poetry by the Council For Wisconsin Writers. His 2018 book, A Tar
Pit To Dye In, is available from Kelsay Books.
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Coordinator: Candace Decker, UWM at Waukesha Staff Program
Chair: Barry Wightman, Author, Writer, Editor, and Voiceover Talent
Event Chair Co-Chairs: Lillian Boese, Retired UWM at Waukesha
Foundation Executive Director; Steve Decker, UWM at Waukesha
Faculty Advisory Council: Lillian Boese Retired UWM at Waukesha
Foundation Executive Director, SEWI Festival of Books Event
Co-Chair; Steve Decker, UWM at Waukesha Faculty, SEWI Festival of
Books Event Co-Chair; Andrea Bryant, Waukesha Philanthropist;
Stephanie Copoulos-Selle, UWM at Waukesha Faculty Emerita; Candace
Decker, Coordinator; Bruce Gay, Waukesha Public Library Director;
Jim Hahn, Executive Director Greater Waukesha Literacy; Kori Hall,
Waukesha Reads! Program Director, Waukesha Public Library; Karol
Kennedy, Menomonee Falls Public Library Director; Dean Kowalski,
UWM at Waukesha Faculty, UWM at Waukesha Foundation Board; Laraine
O’Brien, UWM at Waukesha Foundation and Founder of Festival; Amanda
Payne, Waukesha County Business Alliance; Margaret Rozga, UWM at
Waukesha Faculty Emerita; Debra Running, UWM at Waukesha Foundation
Executive Director, Sponsorship Chair; Holly Wehrhahn, UWM at
Waukesha Continuing Education, Southeast Regional Director
Executive Committee: Candace Decker, Coordinator; Steve Decker, UWM
at Waukesha Faculty, Event Co-Chair; Lillian Boese, Retired UWM at
Waukesha Foundation Executive Director, Event Co-Chair; Lisa
Baudoin, Books and Company Owner, Festival Bookstore; Jill Fuller,
Bridges Library System, Marketing & Communications Librarian,
Marketing Committee; Kathie Giorgio, Festival Authors Connect
to
Schools Chair; Karren Jeske, Marketing Specialist, Marketing
Committee; John Klima, Waukesha Public Library and Website/Social
Media Chair, Marketing Committee; Dean Kowalski, UWM at Waukesha
Faculty, UWM at Waukesha Foundation Board; Alexandria Lawver, UWM
at Waukesha Staff, Exhibits & Writers Marketplace Chair; Ellyn
Lem, English, UWM at Waukesha Faculty; Laraine O’Brien, UWM at
Waukesha Foundation and Founder of Festival, Sponsorships,
Marketing & Communications; Debra Running, UWM at Waukesha
Foundation Executive Director, Sponsorship Chair; Megan
Theune-Baillargeon, UWM at Waukesha alumna, Volunteer Chair; Barry
Wightman, Program Chair; Sharon Wood, Century Fence Essay &
Poetry Contest Chair; Mary Wunderlich, Womens Philanthropic Club,
Marketing co-chair; Steve Wunderlich, Swan Song Press, Owner,
Marketing co-chair; Kimberly A. Valenza, M.S.Ed., Upper Iowa
University, Madison Director, Raffle; Barry Wightman, Program
Chair; Sharon Wood, Century Fence Essay & Poetry Contest Chair
Program Committee: Barry Wightman, Program Chair; Candace Decker,
Coordinator; Liam Callanan, UW-Milwaukee Faculty; Barbara Geiger,
Retired County School District Educator; Kathie Giorgio,
AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop Program Director & author,
literacy specialist; John Klima, Waukesha Public Library; Jim
Landwehr, Wisconsin author; Authors Connect to Schools; Ellyn Lem,
UWM at Waukesha Faculty; Kay Maas, Consulting Clinical Dietician;
Larry Nelson, Waukesha County Board of Supervisors, Friends of
Waukesha Public Library Board; Laraine O’Brien, UWM at Waukesha
Foundation and Founder of Festival; Margaret Rozga, UWM at Waukesha
Faculty Emerita, Wisconsin Poet Laureate; Timothy Thering, UWM at
Waukesha Faculty
Program Design: z2 Marketing: Debra Zindler, Owner; Deanna
Breunig, DesignerSite Planning & Logistics: Christi Larson, UWM
at Waukesha MaintenanceAdministrative Support: Candace Decker, UWM
at Waukesha FoundationFinance: Rich Abbott, UWM at Waukesha
Foundation Treasurer Sponsorships: Debra Running, Laraine O’Brien,
Lillian BoeseAuthors & Presenters Reception Music: Brass and
Ivory, Craig W. Hurst, Nancy L. VanBrunt Exhibits & Authors
Marketplace: Alexandria Lawver, UWM at Waukesha, Chair Volunteers:
Megan Theune-Baillargeon, Chair Website/Social Media: John Klima
Marketing & Communications: Mary Wunderlich & Steve
Wunderlich, Co-Chairs; Candace Decker, Jill Fuller, Karren Jeske,
John Klima, Laraine O’Brien Century Fence Student Essay Contest
Judging: Sharon Wood, Chair: Essay Contest, Kathy Hagar, Allan
Jackson, Larry Nelson, Millie Wenzel; Poetry Contest, Margaret
Rozga Duane Stein Short Story Contest Judging: Duane SteinFestival
Authors Connect to Schools: Kathie Giorgio, Chair; Barb Geiger, Jim
Landwehr, Susan OttoLive Art Workshop: Rose Lange and Jan O’Brien,
Waukesha Catholic SchoolFestival Photographer: Michael Jeske Food
Service: Pat’s Tasty Eats
As part of the 3rd annual “Festival Authors Connect to Schools”
program, several Wisconsin authors will be visiting Waukesha County
Schools on Friday, October 25 and Friday, November 1. Many of the
authors are alumni of the schools they will be visiting. They will
be meeting with small and large groups of students to discuss their
inspirations, their writing process, as well as their own published
works. Student participants are encouraged to engage with these
authors in question-and-answer sessions. Waukesha’s online school,
E-Achieve, will be included in a live online session. Students are
invited to continue their discovery of writers and writing by
participating in a writing contest sponsored by AllWriters Workshop
and attending the Festival of Books in person on November 2.
October 25:Muskego High School: Susan Huebner
Waukesha North High: School: Kathie GiorgioWaukesha South High
School: Nancy Jorgensen
Waukesha West High School: Lila SchwenkeAchieve Academy: Kathie
Giorgio
Horning Middle School: Michael GiorgioCatholic Memorial High
School: Jackie Schwabe
Saratoga Stem Middle School: Barb Geiger
November 1:New Berlin West High School: Julie Beekman
New Berlin Eisenhower: Jim LandwehrTempleton Sussex Middle
School: Jackie SchwabeSilver Spring Intermediate School: Kathrine
Yets
Kettle Moraine High School: Kerry CrowleyKM Perform High School:
Kerry Crowley
Pewaukee High School: Barb Geiger
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COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS UWM at Waukesha Foundation University
of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at Waukesha Literary Club Student Government
Association Continuing Education Diversity Center Library
Maintenance Music Department Student Development Theatre Department
UW-Extension 4-H Clubs and James Boling Alverno College Arrowhead
High School Avalon Square Books & CompanyBoswell BooksBridges
Library System Waukesha County Big Bend Library Brookfield Public
Library Butler Public Library Delafield Public Library
Eagle Public Library Elm Grove Public Library Hartland Public
Library Menomonee Falls Public Library Mukwonago Community Library
Muskego Public Library New Berlin Public Library Pauline Haass
Public Library Pewaukee Public Library Town Hall Library Waukesha
Public Library Jefferson County Fort Atkinson Public Library
Jefferson Public Library Johnson Creek Public Library L.D. Fargo
Public Library Palmyra Public Library Waterloo Public Library
Watertown Public Library Whitewater Public LibraryCarroll
University ERASFriends of Waukesha Public LibraryGreater Waukesha
Literacy
Kettle Moraine High School La Casa de Esperanza Martha Merrell’s
Books Matthews of PewaukeeMilwaukee Public LibraryMount Mary
UniversityNew Berlin West High School Prairie Hill Waldorf
SchoolThe City of WaukeshaThe Friends of Elm Grove Public Library,
Inc. Upper Iowa University, MadisonWaukesha Catholic Memorial High
SchoolWaukesha County Business Alliance Waukesha County Technical
College Waukesha-Pewaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau Waukesha
Reads! Waukesha School District Butler Middle School Horning Middle
School Les Paul Middle School Waukesha North High School Waukesha
South High School Waukesha West High SchoolWomen’s Philanthropic
Club
thank you for your supportGRANT SUPPORT Waukesha County
Community Foundation/ Mihi Cura Futuri FundDelores J. Jeuck Campus
Initiatives We Energies FoundationBernard J. and Marie E. Weiss
Fund at the Greater Milwaukee FoundationWisconsin Humanities
Council
PROGRAM DESIGN z2 Marketing
MARKETING University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Division of
University Relations & Communications
PROGRAM SPONSORS AllWriters’ Workplace & WorkshopUWM at
Waukesha UWM at Waukesha Lecture and Fine Arts CommitteeWaukesha
Reads
PRESENTATION AREA SPONSOR Century Fence Company
DUANE STEIN SHORT STORY CONTEST MARS, Tony Marasco
ESSAY AND POETRY CONTEST SPONSOR Century Fence Company
WRITER MARKETPLACE SPONSOR Waukesha State Bank
BOOKMARK SPONSOR Greater Waukesha Literacy
SPONSORSBonnie BirkBMO Harris BankEducators Credit UnionThe
FreemanFriends of Elm Grove Public Library, Inc.Friends of Waukesha
Public Library Maas Foundation in honor of Sonja J. MaasJohn C. and
Katherine B. MillerMichael and Laraine O’BrienPBS MilwaukeeSummit
Credit UnionSara ToenesWisconsin Public Radio
FESTIVAL PATRONS Lillian Boese Larry Nelson & Dawn Borowski
Dean & Boni Danner Candace & Steven Decker Joan & Bill
DehnelCarol DolphinKathie Giorgio Sidney & Virginia Jones Mary
KnudtenLandmark Credit UnionSally & Glen LundeThe Ottoman
Society Pat’s Tasty EatsResource One Business Solutions, LLCThe
Women’s Philanthropic Club Upper Iowa University, Madison
FRIENDS OF THE FESTIVAL Karen CalhounJohn and Lynn KnightAndrea
Matthias
FESTIVAL BOOKSTORE Books & Company – Oconomowoc
HOSPITALITY SPONSORThe Ingleside Hotel
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thank you for your support
*Funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities
Council, with support from the National Endowment for the
Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the
National Endowment for the Humanities. The Wisconsin Humanities
Council supports and creates programs that use history, culture,
and discussion to strengthen community life for everyone in
Wisconsin.
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“ S O , W E L A U G H . T H E N W E O P E N
D O O R A F T E R D O O R T O W H A T W E
D O N ’ T K N O W A N D W E W A L K R I G H T
T H R O U G H T O A N A B U N D A N C E O F
N E W E X P E R I E N C E S . ”
-Kathie Giorgio
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A Commons, Commons Stage, Commons Cove–Live Art, C101, Books
& Merchandise, Raffle and Signing Area
B Hub Dining, Hub Stage and Cooking Stage
C Writer Marketplace
D Authors Signing Area
E Author Presentations
F Exhibits
G General Information/Lost and Found/ Author Check-in/Volunteer
Check-in
Restrooms: Located in every campus building that is open for the
eventsWhere to Park: Free Festival parking is located in all
University parking lots and as designated on University
DriveSeating Policy: Seating is first come, first served.Food &
Beverages: A variety of food and beverages from Pat’s Tasty Eats
will be available on campus Saturday from 8:45 am–2:00 pm.
From the east on I-941. Take I-94 to Exit 293 (Hwy T)2. Turn
south off exit ramp and continue approximately one mile on
Grandview Blvd.3. Turn right on Northview Road (west)4. Turn left
(south) on University Drive5. Follow University Drive to Campus
From the west on I-941. Take I-94 to Exit 291 (Hwy G)2. Turn
south off exit ramp and continue on Meadowbrook Road to Northview
Road3. Turn left on Northview Road (east)4. Turn right (south) on
University Drive5. Follow University Drive to the Campus
From the north on US 41/451. Where US 41/45 splits, take US 45
south to I-94 (Check Zoo Interchange closings)2. Take I-94 West to
Exit 293 (Hwy T)3. Turn south off exit ramp and continue
approximately one mile on Grandview Blvd.4. Turn right on Northview
Road (west)5. Turn left (south) on University Drive6. Follow
University Drive to Campus
From the north on I-431. Take I-43 to I-94 West2. Take I-94 West
to Exit 293 (Hwy T)3. Turn south off exit ramp and continue
approximately one mile on Grandview Blvd.4. Turn right on Northview
Road (west)5. Turn left (south) on University Drive6. Follow
University Drive to Campus
From the southwest on Highways 59, 83 and 181. Take Highway 59
to Highway 832. Travel north on Highway 83 to Highway 183. Follow
Highway 18 east to the Waukesha City Limits4. Turn left (north) on
University Drive5. Follow University Drive to Campus
From the south on Highway 164 or I-431. Take Highway 164 north
to Highway 59 Turn left (west) on Highway 59 at stoplight2. Turn
right on County Trunk X which becomes St. Paul Avenue3. Turn left
on Moreland Boulevard4. At the second stoplight (Summit Avenue)
turn left (west)5. Turn right (north) on University Drive to
Campus
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