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WUWM As Wisconsin marks the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, WUWMs environmental reporter Susan Bence has put together a series of stories from across the state tackling different issues facing Wisconsins natural resources. On April 22, 1970 Wisconsin native and U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, along with others around the globe, signaled the urgent need to clean up and protect our land, air and water by marking the first ever Earth Day. 51 years later that call and need is no less important today....

The faculty members in Penn State Behrend’s bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) in creative writing are collaborating both in the program and on the page: All three have new books in print, and each lists the others on the acknowledgements pages of their books.

** James J. Siegel is the author of the poetry collection The God of San Francisco published in 2020 by Sibling Rivalry Press. He is the host and curator of the monthly Literary Speakeasy show at Martuni’s piano bar in San Francisco. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, his first poetry collection,  How Ghosts Travel, was inspired and fueled by his coming of age in the Midwest and was a finalist for an Ohioana Book Award. He was a scholarship recipient to the Antioch Writers’ Workshop in Yello...

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  Sambury will publish her first novel, Blood Like Magic, in June. According to her, it wouldn’t have been possible without the mentorship of Queen’s creative writing professor, Carolyn Smart.    Sambury majored in English at Queen’s and took Smart’s Poetry and Prose course in her third year before gaining acceptance into Advanced Creative Writing where a handful of talented students collaborate on an anthology called Lake Effect.    “Having the class gave me a dedicated space ...

Photo:  On July 20, Omar El Akkad’s second novel What Strange Paradise will debut. But El Akkad’s creative writing career began on a different day: September 11, 2001, in Professor Carolyn Smart’s creative writing class.    “Our first class was Tuesday September 11, 2001. It was a few hours after the planes crashed into the towers. It was the first creative writing class I ever did, the first time I met Carolyn Smart. That was a day where there were a lot of terrified kids in that c...

stock.adobe.com Essayist Beth Lueck says seeing her first robin of the year is one of the ways she marks that spring is finally arriving. Lake Effect essayist Beth Lueck captures the sights, sounds and sensations of spring in her essay "Waiting For Spring." After a year of enforced hibernation of a sort due to the pandemic, I feel desperate for spring. When will it arrive? Why is it still snowing in March when I’m so ready for rain and spring flowers? Why is there still a snowflake on the we...

A panel of housing and community experts, moderated by Carr, will discuss frequently asked questions faced by renters in challenging and urgent circumstances. “We’re going to be discussing the kinds of roadblocks that renters face, especially right now through the pandemic,” he says. “This event is gonna be really to help answer questions that are burning questions on people’s mind.” Created by artist Mutòpe J. Johnson, this exhibition is focused on Milwaukee’s Bronzeville neighb...

We hear from Wisconsin State Superintendent candidate Jill Underly on what she would do if elected. We speak with the director of “Coded Bias” about the impact bias in algorithms can have. A UW-Milwaukee professor shares his work on a disinfecting spray that could help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Plus, learn about the life and legacy of Milwaukee bowler and designer Earlene Fuller. Listen • 51:14 We hear from one of the state superintendent candidates about her pla...

stock.adobe.com The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology says COVID-19 vaccines are safe and recommends all pregnant women get the vaccine. The World Health Organization says they don’t have any reason to believe there are specific risks that would outweigh the benefits of pregnant women getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Although pregnant women were not included in the vaccine trials, more than 15,000 pregnant women in the U.S. have received the vaccine — with no evidence of complicati...