Rodlyn-mae Banting
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Lisa Low’s “Replica” grapples with racial alienation and whiteness
Moving from childhood to adulthood, the author’s new poetry collection confronts and reconciles expectations in order to live authentically.
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“Boy Apparition” finds queer liberation by challenging normative constructions of masculinity
mk zariel’s chapbook coaxes us to the edges of our imaginations, and is infused with the undercurrent of love that is necessary to keep going.
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Sasha Debevec-McKenney catalogs a museum of her 20s in “Joy Is My Middle Name”
The formerly Madison-based poet gives justice to our city and the richness of girlhood in this debut poetry collection.
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A home base for a tactile, human art form
Textile Arts Center weaves together Madison’s buzzing fiber-arts scene.
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Mandy Moe Pwint Tu tries to alchemize what she couldn’t witness
The Madison-based poet transfigures the anguish of grief into the catharsis of memory in debut collection, “Fablemaker.”
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“Invisible Cartographies” lyrically excavates geographies both material and spiritual
Poet Meg Kim probes the limits of the knowledge and language of place.
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Queer Campout is reclaiming the outdoors
Queer adults get to enjoy swimming, hiking, and crafting—without the hyper-gendered baggage of Boy/Girl Scouts.
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Why is Madison a hub for race fraud?
An investigation into race, gender, opportunity, and whiteness.
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A case of calcified hate: Madison’s anti-trans chalk wars
An ephemeral medium becomes a weapon of choice for local TERFs.
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WisCon is back, and taking a hard look at itself
After a successful fundraiser, the sci-fi con forges ahead with an in-person convention centering safety and institutional growth.
