Session Four
Saturday, November 8, 2025
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Carroll University, Rankin Hall
Healing Grief & Trauma Through Literature
Rankin Hall, Room 201
Panelists:
Katie Kalisz
Kathryn Gahl
Kathie Giorgio
Moderated by Marcia Williams
Description: Through poetry, memoir, and fiction, these three writers will talk about how literature can help and heal even the most traumatic of events.
Food Talk
Rankin Hall, Room 230
Panelists:
Jeanette Hurt
Mary Bergin
Moderated by Laraine O’Brien
Description: We all love to eat food, but we also love to talk about it! Two great cookbook writers sit down together to talk about making meals, eating meals…and writing about them!
Stars of Wisconsin
Rankin Hall, Room 240
Panelists:
Dean Robbins
Amy T. Waldman
Moderated by Larry Nelson
Description: Yes, heroes exist, even in Wisconsin! Two writers talk about those heroes among us who have shaped Wisconsin’s past and present.
Turmoil Inside & Out
Rankin Hall, Room 320
Panelists:
Deborah Hufford
Gregory Lee Renz
Marisa Rae Dondlinger
Moderated by Maggie Ginsberg
Description: Whether it’s fighting a fire, trying to find your kidnapped baby, or trying to duck away from a war, these writers fill their plots with chaos. Characters fight exterior battles and interior struggles. Do the writers?
Writing Across Genres
Rankin Hall, Room 330
Panelists:
Alice Benson
Angela Bier
Barb Geiger
Moderated by Angela Bier
Description: Much is said about “branding” in the publishing industry. But these writers chose to break those boundaries and write in several genres…and found success doing so.