The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books is pleased to announce Tawni O’Dell as its 2012 Keynote Speaker. O’Dell will give the keynote address at 6 p.m. Friday, June 15. O’Dell’s remarks will be followed by an interview with Jean Feraca, long-time host of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Here On Earth.” O’Dell Read more…
G. K. Wuori is the author of over a hundred stories published throughout the world in the U.S., Japan, India, Germany, Spain, Algeria, Ireland, and Brazil. A Pushcart Prize winner and recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, his work has appeared in such journals as The Gettysburg Review, The Read more…
B.J. Best holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Hanging Loose, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Mid-American Review, Nimrod, North American Review, Quarterly West, and Sentence. His is the author of State Sonnets (sunnyoutside, 2009), as well as Birds of Wisconsin (New Read more…
Kim Wilson is a writer, speaker, editor, gardening enthusiast, and a life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin, with her husband and their two daughters, whom she is bringing up to love all things Austen. She is the author of In the Garden Read more…
Dr. Walter Sava is the Executive Director of Latino Arts, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI). His previous experience includes six years serving as Executive Director of La Casa de Esperanza, Inc. in Waukesha, Wisconsin, General Supervisor of Community Services for Wisconsin Electric Power Company and Executive Director of Centro de la Read more…
Angela Maycock serves as Assistant Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association. She provides guidance and support to librarians, teachers, and others on the application of ALA’s intellectual freedom policies and the First Amendment in situations involving challenges to materials and services in the library. Read more…
Angela Sorby received her PhD from the University of Chicago and is currently Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Marquette University. She is the author of three books, Distance Learning (poems, New Issues Press, 1998); Schoolroom Poets (criticism, UPNE, 2005); and Bird Skin Coat (poems, U of Read more…
Involved in law enforcement for over 15 years, Gale Borger has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and a Master’s Degree in Education. A Master Gardener, she says she loves all things green as well as screwball comedy, classical music, classic cars and classic rock. Gale and her husband live Read more…
Mark Liebenow is the author of four books. His poems, essays, and reviews have been published or are forthcoming in such journals as Fifth Wednesday Journal, Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Crab Orchard Review, Swink, Disquieting Muses Quarterly, and Rain Taxi Review. Four of his poems have been set to music, including Read more…
My name is Jerry Kiesow, my wife and I live in Grafton. For the majority of my life, I was employed in the printing industry. During those years I developed and operated a stock photo business and did a little writing. After retirement, I began learning and expanding my writing Read more…