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Author Veronica Chambers discusses her new book for young readers, Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter.

If you’re still working your way through your summer reading list or if you’ve finished it already and need a new recommendation, Jacki Potratz has you covered. She’s a librarian at the Central Milwaukee Public Library branch. She recommends a book of short stories called Afterparties by Cambodian American author Anthony Veasna So.

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin has been a tourist destination for more than a century, but for two decades, it was perhaps best known for one, specific resort: the Lake Geneva Playboy Club. Although it's been closed since the '80s, its legacy remains a potent part of local lore.

The children's book Alone Bird follows a young girl named Tilly Bird through a day at school. Tilly has autism and her classmates struggle to understand why she communicates and plays differently.

Michelle Zauner's new memoir Crying In H Mart tells her story of growing up Korean American, her mother’s fatal cancer and how her relationship with food changed through those life stages.

Father James Martin says the surprising part of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's response was the fact that they went further than just barring priests from blessing same sex unions.

The book She Said dives into how journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey pieced together the full picture of Harvey Weinstein’s abuses, including tracking down secret payments and being tracked by private detectives.

Marquette's J.R.R. Tolkien collection is extensive. It include the original manuscripts for classics such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Now, their library has started a project to record the oral history of Tolkien’s fans.

Send for Me: A Novel uses the real letters of Wisconsin-based author Lauren Fox's great-grandmother to show the life of a Jewish woman trapped in Nazi Germany after her daughter was able to escape.

The Home Front, a historical fiction novel by DW Hanneken, follows Maggie Wentworth during the last years of World War II. Her abusive husband has shipped off to fight in Europe, she is trying to take care of her son and her aging father and manage the German prisoners of war who have been assigned to work at her Wisconsin farm.