books

Joshua Ashing, the Circulation Services Representative for the Milwaukee Public Library system, provides his recommendations for Pride Month books.

Through archival research and oral histories, Rebecca Webster documents corn's place in Oneida's history and future.

Marquette University Professor Irfan Omar and his former student, Kaitlyn Daly, co-editors of Interfaith Engagement in Milwaukee: A Brief History of Christian Muslim Dialogue, discuss their book.

May is AAPI Heritage Month. Dan Lee, a local history librarian at the Milwaukee Public Library, shares his picks to learn about local and national AAPI history reads this month.

In 1992 wildlife biologist David Allen came to Green Bay to help orchestrate the removal of chemicals from the Fox River. Journalist Susan Campbell covered the complex story. They chronicle a decades long, hotly contested PCB clean up.

Comedy writer Blythe Roberson quit her full-time job and hopped in a borrowed car in Wisconsin to start her road trip. Along her travels, she wondered if the adventure would make her more enlightened or if it was just selfish escapism. She dives in more with Lake Effect's Mallory Cheng.

Ryan Castelaz the founder of Discourse Coffee Workshop in Milwaukee, is also the author of The New Art of Coffee: From Morning Cup to Caffeine Cocktail. He talks about how he experiments with different recipes.

A national organization based in Madison is sending books to LGBTQ+ incarcerated people across the United States.

In his new book, "Poverty, By America," Princeton sociologist and author Matthew Desmond explores why poverty persists in America — and how to end it.

Carroll University professor Dr. Lilly Goren is an author and editor of the book The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She discusses the cultural impact and, of course, the politics espoused in these films.