From 2001-2005, Dr. James J. Lorence served as Eminent Scholar of History at Gainesville State College in Gainesville, GA. Lorence is currently Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County, where he taught…
Julie Bowe grew up just outside of Luck, WI, within a Danish-American community called West Denmark. As a young Dane she learned that blue plates are hung on walls, not set on tables, Christmas trees…
**Sadly, poet Todd Moore passed away unexpectedly in March. The Festival will remember and honor the work of this fine poet with a reading of some of his poems. Please watch for details in our forthcoming…
Jacqueline Houtman spent much of her life in training as a scientist, earning a PhD in Medical Microbiology and Immunology. After leaving the lab, she began a career as a freelance science writer. She has…
Joseph J. Foy is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, Law, and Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Foy is the editor of the books Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American…
Janet Halfmann is an award-winning children’s author who strives to make her books come alive for young readers and listeners. She has written more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction. Her Civil War era…
Margaret Rozga‘s book, 200 Nights and One Day, won a bronze medal for poetry in the 2009 Independent Publishers Book Awards. 200 Nights and One Day tells the story of Milwaukee’s open housing marches in…
Susan Firer is the recipient of this year’s Lorine Niedecker Award. Her most recent book is Milwaukee Does Strange Things to People: New & Selected Poems 1970-2007. Her book The Lives of the Saints…
Milwaukee native Paul McComas is the author of four critically acclaimed books: his comprehensive genre collection Unforgettable: Harrowing Futures, Horrors, and Dark Humor (2011), the deal for which was made at last year’s SEWI Book Fest (and…
Jerry Apps, born and raised on a Wisconsin farm, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of more than 25 books, many of them on rural history and country life. His…
