The new novel, “The Supper Club Saints,” captures the complexities of modern motherhood in a family running a dying supper club that's the heartbeat of the fictional Lake Michigan town of Port Holcomb.

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Known as the “Bubble Lady of Wisconsin,” Michelle Hackett has built a business presenting interactive bubble shows around the state and beyond. She's presenting at the fifth annual Dane Arts: Business of Art conference about the growth of interactive events in the digital age.

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A more than half-century-old fundraiser for the UW-Stevens Point student-run radio station, the World’s Largest Trivia Contest is a longstanding family event for student Frank Ross. Now Ross writes the questions for this trivia marathon. Generations of his family play on.

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Former poet laureate of Wisconsin Kimberly Blaeser received a National Book Foundation prize for her most recent poetry collection, Ancient Light, that gives voice to urgent ecological and social issues.

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