Award-winning writer and Council for Wisconsin Writers board member Shauna Singh Baldwin, recently returned an international tour, is bringing her latest work, Reluctant Rebellions, to Milwaukee and Boswell Book Company patrons
Here, copied and pasted from Boswell’s recent newsletter, is the announcement of her event at that bookstore next Monday:
Monday, December 12, 7 pm, at Boswell (corrected):
Shauna Singh Baldwin, author of Reluctant Rebellions: New and Selected Nonfiction
Baldwin’s fiction, poems, and essays have been published in literary and popular magazines, anthologies, and newspapers. Her work has been translated into fourteen languages. In fifteen speeches and essays written between 2001 and 2015, Shauna Singh Baldwin brings a new perspective and voice to Canadian public discourse. Offering examples from her personal journey as a writer and a South Asian woman who needs to “become as hyphenated as possible,” Baldwin transcends homogenized national identities.
Baldwin is a Canadian and Milwaukee treasure whose work has been shortlisted for the Giller Prize.
An upright citizen kidnapped in public and dumped in a shallow grave. A police chief’s wife arrested for murder. A mobster kidnapped and threatened by the FBI. And an ongoing corruption probe looking at everyone from the lowest bookie all the way up to judges and prosecutors. What is going on in small town America? This is what happens when you are caught between a rock and a hard place, or the Milwaukee Mafia and the Chicago Outfit.
In 
Christopher Hebert’s new novel, 
Milwaukeean Bruce Jacobs, co-owner of Wichita’s Watermark Books, calls Angels of Detroit “a Dickensian collection of Motor City characters bent on personal survival and rebuilding what they can.” From his review, which first appeared in 
Christopher Hebert’s short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Five Chapters, Cimarron Review, and The Millions. He is Editor-at-Large for the University of Michigan Press, as well as the Jack E. Reese Writer-in-Residence at the University of Tennessee Libraries and lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. Come for an enlightening conversation with Valerie Laken on Tuesday, September 27, 7 pm, at Boswell.
Join us for a free talk and scene preview from the Milwaukee Rep cast of Man of La Mancha, adapted from the classic 
It’s an adventurous tale of a knight’s heroic battle. It’s a fairy tale with a tragic love story. It’s a tale of an old man gone mad and his family searching desperately for him. It’s all of those things and more, including incredible songs that you know and love. Man of La Mancha will run from September 30 through October 30 and is recommended for audiences 14+.
Jennifer Chiaverini has once again brought he Civil War period to life, taking us on a history journey back to the Confederacy through the eyes of the four women integral in the life of John Wilkes Booth in the novel 
John Wilkes Booth’s quest to avenge the Confederacy led him to commit one of the most infamous acts in American history and has long been the subject of speculation and even obsession. But what is less known is the story of the four women who were a part of the life of this unquiet American: Mary Ann, the mother he revered; Asia, his sister and confidante; Lucy Lambert Hale, the senator’s daughter who loved him; and Mary Surratt, the Confederate widow to whom he entrusted the secret of his vengeful wrath. From a tumultuous childhood on a farm in Maryland, to the glittering ballrooms of DC, the novel portrays not just a soul in turmoil, but a country at the precipice of immense change.
Want to hear more about one of the most infamous men in American history? Join us at the 
It’s a presidential year, and what better time to be hosting events about Herbert Hoover (from Glen Jeansonne, on November 1) and George H.W. Bush (as part of our ticketed event with Jon Meacham). But it’s just as interesting to hear about electoral trends. In 
When Thomas M. Holbrook, Wilder Crane Professor of Government at UWM, spoke with Greg Walz-Chojnacki for the 
There is nothing more fun that celebrating a birthday, right? And that’s why we’re excited to be cosponsoring a visit with author Doreen Cronin and illustrator Betsy Lewin for their new book,
Little Duck learns how to celebrate his birthday with a little help from all the other animals on the farm. Everyone wants to look their best for the party. But Little Duck has never had a birthday before – so how better to learn how to prepare than to do what all the other animals do! Let’s just say that what works for other animals might not help Little Duck.
Among Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin’s other collaborations are Click, Clack, Moo, which was a Caldecott Honor Book;Click Clack Peep; Click, Clack Boo; Click, Clack, Ho, Ho, Ho; Thump, Quack, Moo; Dooby Dooby Moo; and Duck for President. This event is at the
When Michael Copperman left Stanford University for the Mississippi Delta in 2002, he imagined he would lift underprivileged children from the narrow horizons of rural poverty. Well-meaning but naive, the Asian American from the West Coast soon lost his bearings in a world divided between black and white. He had no idea how to manage a classroom or help children navigate the considerable challenges they faced. He chronicles his story in 
Of the new book, Mario Albert Zambrano writes: “Michael Copperman weaves personal history and national statistics into a narrative that is at once heartbreaking and crucial. Crippled by the epidemic of educational disparity, this engaging memoir about a young professor’s journey into the Mississippi Delta’s impoverished districts to teach children how to read and write, how to find their voices and break their silence is what we look for in storytelling.”
Acclaimed Racine fantasy writer Bradley Beaulieu will be appearing at 
Here’s a little more about his novella, 
Bradley P. Beaulieu is the author of the Lays of Anuskaya Trilogy. He has published work in Realms of Fantasy Magazine, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, Writers of the Future 20, and several anthologies. 
Everybody’s been celebrating the world premiere of the Florentine Opera’s Sister Carrie on October 7, with a second performance on Sunday, October 9. But before that, the Boswell in-store lit group will be meeting with folks from UWM and the Florentine to talk about Theodore Dreiser’s 
From Dave Begel at 
As always, our book club is free and open to the public, with no registration required. You don’t have to read Sister Carrie, but it helps. Our discussion is Monday, October 3, 7 pm, at Boswell. And 
What a week of kids events we’re cosponsoring! Tuesday’s feature, at the Cudahy Family Library, is Ben Hatke, the author and illustrator of Zita the Spacegirl, Little Robot, and the just released 
Cory Doctorow is a huge fan. From 
Meet Hatke at the 
We are excited to present Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler, author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, in conversation with David L. Riordan, Assistant Professor of English at Cardinal Stritch University. Butler returns to Vietnam in 
From Chris Lee at Boswell, this enthusiastic review of Perfume River: “At once lyrical and driving, Butler’s newest novel returns to an imagined landscape that has held sway over his work in the past, the Vietnam war and its hold on the lives and memories of those across three generations. A novel of reflection and refraction, the narrations deftly follow characters whose lives are propelled by the influence of memories as their thoughts drift and swirl between the present and the past. An aging professor is pulled between the regret he feels for killing and his deep need for approval from his dying father. His brother, who deserted to Canada, feels the pull of familial ties cut decades before. His wife, who protested the war, remembers the soldier she once met, bright eyed and eager for a new life, and considers the subtle ways the war has shaped their lives ever since. And a chance encounter with a drifter, the disturbed son of an abusive vet, threatens to bring the violence of war home to them.”
When Simon and Schuster called us and told us we might be able to host Laurie Halse Anderson for a day of school visits and public events, our first instinct was to say that we already had too much on our plate. But who can say no to Laurie Halse Anderson, beloved by educators and readers, booksellers and book fans.? And 
In Ashes, the Revolutionary War rages on, and Isabel and Curzon have narrowly escaped Valley Forge. Before long they are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel’s little sister, Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state where bounty hunters are thick as flies. Heroism and heartbreak pave their path, but Isabel and Curzon won’t stop until they reach Ruth, and then freedom.
Laurie Halse Anderson’s work has earned numerous ALA and state awards. Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists. Chains also received the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and Anderson was chosen for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award. Our cosponsored event is at the
At age 24, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become Prime Minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. In historian Candice Millard’s new book, 
Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, there to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels. But just two weeks after his arrival, the soldiers he was accompanying on an armored train were ambushed, and Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape but then had to traverse hundreds of miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits.
Candice Millard is author of the bestselling history books River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic. Our event with Millard, cosponsored by Wisconsin Public Radio, is Wednesday, October 5, 7 pm.
More Events in October
Friday, October 7, 6:30 pm, at the Shorewood Public Library, 3920 N Murray Ave: Trenton Lee Stewart, author of 
Thursday, October 13, 7 pm, at Boswell: UWM Assistant Professor of History Christine Evans, author of 
Tuesday, October 18, 7 pm, at Boswell: a ticketed event with Jennifer Weiner, author of 
Friday, October 21, 6:30 pm, at Milwaukee Public Library’s Centennial Hall, 733 N Eighth St: Jacqueline Woodson, author of 
Megan Marshall, author of 
Megan Marshall is the Charless Wesley Emerson Professor at Emerson College in Boston, where she teaches nonfiction writing for the MFA program. In addition to Margaret Fuller: a New American Life, she is also author of The Peabody Sisters: Three Women who Ignited American Romanticism, which was awarded the American Historical Society Francis Parkman Prize. There are receptions prior to and following the lecture.
His critically acclaimed book, Bloodlands, received multiple honors for its powerful, detailed examination of the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes. In 2015, Professor Timothy Snyder followed up with another best-seller, 
Eileen Myles – poet, novelist, performer, and art journalist – is the author of 19 books, including 
Myles is the featured speaker at the annual Woodland Pattern Anniversary Gala, at Milwaukee Public Library’s Centennial Hall, 733 N Eighth St, on Friday, November 11. The program features a reception at 5:30 pm and a program starting at 7. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, for the program only, and $80 for the reception and program, or $150 for a couple. The reception features catered hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, mingling with Gala Honorees, and a cash bar. 
