Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America

Bernadette Atuahene

7:00pm
Puts a face on the pain of racist policies that have impoverished America's democracy

Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

Eve L. Ewing, Kai Pyle

7:00pm - 8:00pm
An eye-opening look at how American schools helped build and reinforce racial inequality

The Dark Mirror

Samantha Shannon

7:00pm - 8:00pm
the highly anticipated fifth novel in Samantha Shannon bestselling Bone Season series.

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Maps the passage of time through daily entries, thoughtful questions & beautiful original sketches.

Recording Available

2025 UW Poetry MFA Graduates Reading

Patrycja Humienik, Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe, Iqra Khan, juj e. lepe, Jonny Teklit, Andrew Chi Keong Yim

7:00pm - 8:00pm
A reading from the graduating UW-Madison MFA cohort in poetry.

The Good Mother Myth

Nancy Reddy, Jessica Calarco

7:00pm - 8:00pm
pulls back the curtain on the flawed social science behind our understanding of a "good" mom.

Show Don't Tell

Curtis Sittenfeld, Susanna Daniel

7:00pm - 8:00pm
A funny, fiercely intelligent collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition

SCHOOL VISIT - Valiant Vel: Vel Phillips and the fight for fairness and equality

Jerrianne Hayslett, Aaron Boyd

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Provides a thorough look at an activist who dedicated her life to making the world a better place.

Funny Because It's True

Christine Wenc

7:00pm - 8:00pm
How a group of young misfits from flyover country unintentionally created a cultural phenomenon.

SCHOOL VISIT: Dear You, Dream Big!

Baptiste Paul

6:00pm - 7:00pm
A powerful, lyrical anthem of Black pride celebrating Black creativity, leadership, and innovation.

Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together

Dean Spade, Fawzy Taylor

7:00pm - 8:00pm
A manifesto for how to combat cultural scripts and take our relationships into our own hands.

Heavyweight & Victory Parade

Solomon Brager, Leela Corman

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Cho Nam-joo, Eunsil Oh

7:00pm - 8:00pm
follows one woman’s psychic deterioration in the face of rampant misogyny.

Long Island

Colm Tóibín

7:00pm
A gorgeous story about a woman thrashing against the constraints of fate.

2025 Wisconsin Institute For Creative Writing Fellows Reading

7:00pm - 8:00pm
Poetry and fiction from the 2024-25 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows.

Lunch for Libraries - Abraham Verghese

Abraham Verghese, Rebecca Makkai

12:00pm - 1:00pm
An unforgettable and stunning epic of love, faith, and medicine.

Medicine River

Mary Annette Pember

7:00pm - 8:00pm
A stark portrait of the legacy of acculturation that has affected generations of Native communities.

2025 Creative Writing Awards Ceremony

7:00pm - 8:00pm
The 2025 undergraduate and graduate creative writing awards ceremony.

Late to the Search Party

Steven Espada Dawson, Nate Marshall, Paul Tran

7:00pm - 8:00pm
is an ode to the families that inspire and confound us all.

The Asking: New and Selected Poems

Jane Hirshfield

6:00pm - 7:00pm
expands our awareness of both breakage’s grief and the possibility for repair.

The Devil Three Times

Rickey Fayne

7:00pm
An audacious debut spanning eight generations of a Black family repeatedly visited by the Devil

SCHOOL VISIT: Malcolm Lives!

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

11:00am - 12:00pm
Ultimately, Malcolm's true legacy is a journey toward anti-racism. Just like history, Malcolm lives.