Books
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Author Rachel Yoder reflects on ‘Nightbitch: A Novel’ and the movie based on it
WPR’s “BETA” spoke with author Rachel Yoder about her novel, “Nightbitch,” reactions to it, motherhood, the film and what it might be like to live a dog’s life.
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Author Alan Sepinwall pens critical companion to ‘Better Call Saul’ TV series
Author Alan Sepinwall takes a look back at the show’s impressive run in his latest book, “Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill: The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul.”
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New children’s book from Wisconsin author explores John Lewis’ fight for fairness
One of John Lewis’ early fights for equality was to make sure everyone could get a library card. A Madison author and illustrator tell this story in a new children’s book.
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Readers — and characters — get lost in Christina Clancy’s ‘The Snowbirds’
New novel “The Snowbirds” by Madison author Christina Clancy is about finding oneself in the desert. Literally.
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Novelist Richard Price returns with his 10th novel, ‘Lazarus Man’
Richard Price talks with WPR’s “BETA” about his latest novel. It’s inspired by the tragic true story of a gas leak, an explosion and the collapse of a five-story tenement in East Harlem in 2014.
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Her father disappeared when she was 9. In new memoir, Theresa Okokon explores his mysterious death.
Writer Theresa Okokon of Milwaukee County covers Blackness, family loss and a Wisconsin childhood in “Who I Always Was”
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Author examines history of violence toward Black people by ‘uncovering’ his family history
When Lee Hawkins was a budding journalist writing for The Badger Herald at UW-Madison, he was just beginning his decades-long journey to understanding the connection between his family history and the physical abuse of his childhood.
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‘Mind Over Meetings’ offers workplace strategies for people with mental illness
Kody Green of La Crosse has a new book out that shares his experiences living with schizophrenia and struggling in the workplace.
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Kyle Chayka on ‘Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture’
Author Kyle Chayka talked with WPR’s “BETA” about his book, “Filterworld: How Alogrithms Flattened Culture,” in which he explains how algorithms create generic coffee shops, shape Icelandic tourism and curate the music we listen to.
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R.E.M.: ‘A bunch of well-adjusted, nice young men’
WPR’s “BETA” sat down with critic Peter Ames Carlin to discuss R.E.M. and how the band found its unique sound.
