Presenters for adult programs
After publishing 15 award winning novels as Lynn Leslie and Leslie Lynn, Sherrill Bodine has decided to be herself. She’s writing about her life in Chicago to reveal the heart beneath society’s glitter. She not only attends black-tie affairs and works on charity board projects, but is just as likely to be taking Read more…
Fabu Phillis Carter, professionally known as Fabu, was appointed Madison’s Poet Laureate in 2008 and served in that position until 2011. She was chosen for this honorary position by Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and voted in to office by The Madison Arts Commission in recognition of her years as a major Read more…
Estella Lauter is Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh after thirty-two years of teaching and administering programs in the UW System, where she was known for her work on women and the arts. She published three books and many articles spanning literature, visual art, aesthetics, psychology and religion. Read more…
Chuck Rybak lives in Wisconsin and is currently an Assistant Professor of English and Humanistic Studies at the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay. He is the author of two chapbooks, Nickel and Diming My Way Through and Liketown. His full-length collection, Tongue and Groove, was released in 2007 by Main Street Read more…
Ed Werstein, Milwaukee, spent 22 years in manufacturing and union activity. He now works as an employment counselor helping job seekers. His sympathies lie with the poor and working people of the world. He advocates for peace and against corporate power. He is a member of the Hartford Avenue Poets. Read more…
Ron Kovach is senior editor of The Writer magazine, where his many duties include planning issues, evaluating queries, working with writers, and editing and headlining copy. He has done in-depth interview articles with many well-known authors, including David McCullough, Gay Talese, Anne Lamott, Julia Glass and Jimmy Carter. He came to the Read more…
Kelly Barnhill is a teacher, writer and mom from Minneapolis. She writes fiction and non-fiction – things that are Literary and Speculative and Informative and Frightening and Odd. Sometimes she does all of these things at once. She’s the author of thirteen non-fiction titles for children, over thirty short stories Read more…
Jeanette Hurt is an award-winning author and writer who specializes in writing about food, wine and travel. Her latest book is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Sausage Making, and she also is the author of The Cheeses of Wisconsin: A Culinary Travel Guide, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Wine and Read more…
David Carter attended college at Emory University, where he majored in religion while also taking many French courses. He received his MA in South Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin. Soon after moving to Wisconsin, he became a gay activist. Carter is the founder of the Madison Committee for Gay Read more…
Andrew M. Mclean, rare books expert and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, has taught classes on the history of printing & book collecting, and owned Martha Merrell’s Bookstore in Racine (WI). He has served as an appraiser and consultant to rare book librarians & archivists, appraising donations given Read more…