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Join us for a virtual celebration of The Hellion & The Hero, the third book in Emily Sullivan’s critically-acclaimed League of Scoundrels series, hosted by Milwaukee Public Library and Boswell. Sullivan appears for a conversation with Beth Gabriel of Milwaukee Public Library and Rachel Copeland of Boswell.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of The Hellion and the Hero from Boswell now, and ask for your signed bookplate, too! 

Sullivan’s latest is a Persuasion-inspired second chance romance between a disillusioned naval hero and the dashing widow who once broke his heart. Lady Georgiana Arlington has always done what’s best for her family, even when it meant marrying a man she didn't love to save her father. Her husband’s death has left her stronger and bolder. When a mysterious enemy jeopardizes her livelihood, there’s only one person she can trust to help her uncover the threat: the same man she left heartbroken years ago. Captain Henry Harris, a decorated naval hero, will put both his body and his heart in danger for a second chance with the one woman he’s never been able to forget.

From the starred Booklist review: "Historical romance star Sullivan returns with another entrancing addition to her League of Scoundrels series that brilliantly showcases her mastery of deep characterization as well as her gift for crafting a wit-infused plot that effectively threads the needle between desire and danger without dropping a single stitch."

Emily Sullivan is an award-winning author of historical fiction set in the late Victorian period, including the novels of the League of Scoundrels series A Rogue to Remember and The Rebel and the Rake.

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Boswell Book Company and Porchlight Book Company present a virtual event featuring Elvia Wilk, author of the novel Oval, for a conversation about her new work, Death by Landscape, a book of ‘fan nonfiction’ about living and writing in the age of extinction. In conversation with Sally Haldorson, Managing Director of Porchlight Book Company.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of Death By Landscape now, too!

In Death by Landscape, Wilk questions what type of stories are being written to help us rethink our human-centric perspective and proposes a new, feminist genealogy for speculative fiction. In a constellation of essays, the book begins as an exploration of the role of fiction today and becomes a deep interrogation of the writing process and the self. Wilk examines creative works across time and genre in order to break down binaries between dystopia and utopia, real and imagined, self and world.

From the starred Publishers Weekly review: "Superb… Fiery…Elegant and powerful. This one packs a punch." And from Jonathan Lethem: "Perhaps 'essays' is too slight a description for Death by Landscape, which strikes me as the stealth memoir of a supertaster of the present moment - a citizen of our suffering species who has chosen storytelling as her armor for survival. Whatever you call it, Wilk’s book strengthens me to go on with the essential work, and makes me awfully eager for her next."

Elvia Wilk is author of the novel Oval, and her work has appeared in publications like Artforum, Granta, and The Atlantic. She is a Contributing Editor at e-flux Journal and recipient of an Andy Warhol Arts Writers Grant and a fellowship at the Berggruen Institute.

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Join us at Boswell for an evening of French Feminist history with Carolyn Eichner, author of Feminism's Empire and The Paris Commune, two books which reframe our understanding of France in the nineteenth century and how women shaped the country. Cohosted by UWM's Department of Women's and Gender Studies and Alliance Française de Milwaukee.

Registration is required to attend this in-person event, so click here to visit EichnerMKE.eventbrite.com and register right now. And be sure to order copies of Eichner’s books as well - click here to order Feminism’s Empire, and click here to order The Paris Commune.

Please note: Masks are required at this event, at the author's request. Extra masks will be available at Boswell, though we do encourage you to consider bringing your own from home. Thank you for understanding.

With Feminism's Empire, Eichner investigates the complex relationships between imperialisms and feminisms in the late nineteenth century and demonstrates the challenge of conceptualizing ‘pro’ and ‘anti’ imperialist as binary positions. Eichner explores how feminists opposed - yet employed - approaches to empire in writing, speaking, and publishing. In differing ways, they ultimately tied forms of imperialism to gender liberation. Margaret Cook Andersen, author of Regeneration through Empire, says: "Feminism's Empire expands concepts of imperialism beyond France's colonial holdings and brilliantly demonstrates how integral ideas of empire, race, and religion were in shaping articulations of French women's rights."

And in The Paris Commune, the first brief history of this event written in English in decades, Eichner considers a moment in history that began when Parisian women stepped between cannons and French soldiers, using their bodies to block the army from taking the artillery from their working-class neighborhood. Sarah Fishman, author of From Vichy to the Sexual Revolution, says: "This compelling account of the Paris Commune makes a complicated event understandable and vivid. Eichner’s rich portraits bring to life the freedom and empowerment the Communards experienced, juxtaposed with the bloody repression of its final days."

Carolyn J Eichner is also author of Surmounting the Barricades: Women in the Paris Commune. She is Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies at UWM.

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Former Wisconsin US Senator Russ Feingold and legal scholar Peter Prindiville appear for an afternoon discussion of their latest book, The Constitution in Jeopardy, in which they examine a hushed effort to radically change our Constitution, offering a warning and a way forward. Cohosted by Marquette University Law School. In conversation with Mike Gousha.

Registration is very limited - click here for more info! And be sure to order your copy of The Constitution in Jeopardy from Boswell now as well.

Over the last two decades, a fringe plan to call a convention under the Constitution's amendment mechanism - the nation's first ever - has inched through statehouses. Delegates, like those in Philadelphia two centuries ago, would exercise nearly unlimited authority to draft changes to our fundamental law, potentially altering anything from voting and free speech rights to regulatory and foreign policy powers. Such a watershed moment would present great danger, and for some, great power.

With their book, Feingold and Prindiville distill extensive legal and historical research and examine the risks inherent in this effort. But they also consider the role of constitutional amendment in modern life. In an era defined by faction and rejection of long-held norms, The Constitution in Jeopardy examines the nature of constitutional change and asks urgent questions about what American democracy is and should be. Senator Cory Booker calls this book: "A page-turning and eye-opening examination of the many forces working to alter the bedrock foundation of our nation: the Constitution itself."

Russ Feingold has served as a lawmaker, diplomat, attorney, and professor. Serving nearly two decades in the United States Senate, Feingold was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act, cosponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform, and sat on the Senate Judiciary Committee and chaired its Sub-committee on the Constitution. He is now President of the American Constitution Society and an affiliated scholar of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center. He is author of While America Sleeps. Peter Prindiville is an attorney and a nonresident fellow at the Stanford Constitutional Law Center. He served as a fellow on the Senate Judiciary Committee and he earned a law degree from Stanford.

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Boswell and Porchlight Book Company join forces to host a virtual event featuring journalist Mike Mariani and his new book, What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us, a deep examination of what happens after life-altering events, from car accidents to incarceration, and how we forge new identities when our lives are cleaved irrevocably into a before and after. In conversation with Porchlight’s Managing Director Sally Haldorson.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us now, too!

"What doesn't kill me makes me stronger," Nietzsche's famous maxim goes. But how much truth is there to that omnipresent statement? Tracing the lives of six people who have experienced catastrophic, life-changing events, journalist Mike Mariani explores the nuances and largely uncharted territory of what happens after one's life is cleaved into a before and after. If what doesn't kill us doesn't necessarily make us stronger, he asks, what does it make us?

Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road, calls the book: "A bold and intricate exploration of catastrophe as not just… a test case for resilience, but something that completely reinvents us - a reincarnation." And from Leslie Jamison: "This book gave me chills, over and over again, and its subjects - whose lives are documented with grace, insight, and compassion - will stay with me forever. If you listen closely, this book will ask you to reexamine everything you believe about incarceration, injury, tragedy, and joy - and to think harder about how we might all do better, as individuals and institutions, to support the thriving of every human life."

Mike Mariani has worked as a freelance journalist, writing for outlest including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Slate on topics as varied as the ethical quandary of expert witnesses in criminal cases involving mental illness, the opioid crisis and its impact on mortality rates, and the neuroscience of inequality.

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Boswell Book Company joins in with several independent bookstores around the country to present an evening featuring British author Ann Cleeves, the much-loved and often-adapted-for-television writer, who visits for a chat about her latest Vera Stanhope novel, The Rising Tide. In conversation with Paula Munier.

Click here to register for this virtual event. And be sure to visit the Boswell website to preorder The Rising Tide now, too! A limited number of autographed copies are available, given to the first folks to order. Please note that you want a signed copy in the Order Comments field at checkout. Also note that a recording of this event will not be available after it's over.

Ann Cleeve’s stunning tenth installation in the Vera Stanhope series explores guilt, betrayal, and the secrets people keep. For fifty years a group of friends have met for reunions on Holy Island, celebrating their first school trip together and the friend that they lost to the rising causeway tide five years later. When one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before could have led to murder.

Louise Penny says, "Ann Cleeves is one of my favorite mystery writers." And from The New York Times: "Who doesn't love ‘large and shabby’ Vera Stanhope, the blunt detective in Ann Cleeves's Northumberland police procedurals? She is already one of the genre immortals."

Ann Cleeves is the New York Times bestselling author behind two hit television series, Shetland and Vera.

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Boswell is pleased to welcome Gothic Milwaukee founder Anna Lardinois back to the shop for an event featuring her latest book of spooks and specters, Madison Ghosts and Legends, in which she recounts the ghastliest tales of our state’s capitol city.

Registration is required to attend this event, so click here and visit madisonghostsmke.eventbrite.com to reserve your space now. And be sure to order your copy of Madison Ghosts and Legends now, too!

From restless spirits roaming the UW campus to ghostly Confederate soldiers lingering at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison is filled with otherworldly entities. Spirits do not rest in peace at Taliesin, and the tragedies that occurred on the Capitol grounds shed light on the building's numerous paranormal reports. The city's outskirts are just as eerie.

From the prowling Beast of Bray Road to what is thought to be Wisconsin's most haunted bar, a spine-tingling location is never far away. Discover some of Madison’s most macabre tales.

Anna Lardinois is author of Milwaukee Ghosts and Legends, Storied and Scandalous Wisconsin, and Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes as well as several Spooky America titles for young readers, including The Ghostly Tales of Milwaukee. Lardinois founded the Gothic Milwaukee haunted historical walking tours and happily resides in a historic home in Milwaukee that, at this time, does not appear to be haunted.

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Boswell Book Company hosts an evening with Maureen Kilmer, author of Suburban Hell, a new horror-comedy novel that’s Bad Moms meets My Best Friend’s Exorcism. Four moms' friendship is tested when a demon moves in next door.

Registration required - click here and register for this event now. And be sure to order your copy of Suburban Hell from Boswell now, too!

A Midwestern cul-de-sac is about to get a new neighbor, one of the demonic sort. After Amy left the city and moved to the suburbs, she found her place quickly with neighbors Liz, Jess, and Melissa, snarking together from the outskirts of the PTA crowd. One night during their monthly wine get-together, the crew concoct a plan for a clubhouse She Shed in Liz’s backyard. But the night after they christen the She Shed, things start to feel… off. They didn’t expect Liz’s little home-improvement project to release a demonic force that turns their quiet enclave into something out of a nightmare.

Early praise comes from Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife, who says: "Maureen Kilmer strikes the perfect balance in Suburban Hell. This is a scary, thrilling, and funny ride through a neighborhood nightmare. The pages turn themselves, you can’t stop reading this one." And from Rachel Harrison, author of Such Sharp Teeth: "A savvy, wildly relatable horror-comedy about suburban angst and the bonds of friendship, that serves chilling scares and genuine laughs. Massively entertaining and fun as hell!"

Maureen Kilmer graduated from Miami University, Ohio, and lives in the Chicago suburbs. Suburban Hell is her horror debut, and has written two Lake Geneva-set novels under the name Maureen Leurck.

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Boswell hosts a virtual event featuring Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, a warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a new family - and a new love - changes the course of her life. Mandanna joins us all the way from England for a virtual conversation with Rachel Copeland of Boswell Book Company.

Click here to register for this magical event. And be sure to order your copy of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches now, too!

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules... with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos 'pretending' to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and soon peril comes knocking at the Nowhere House’s door.

Here’s Rachel’s take: "Mika Moon is lonely; it's the reality of being a modern witch. When she's invited to a mysterious place called Nowhere House to tutor three young witches, she should refuse, but she doesn't. In a house run by a housekeeper, a groundskeeper and his retired actor husband, and a grumpy (and gorgeous) librarian for an absentee archeologist who fosters the girls, Mika is the only person who can help the girls control their magic. Now all Mika has to do is keep the girls' feet on the ground (literally!) and her heart guarded from something she shouldn't want - to love and be loved. Finally, a witch book that really nails it! The magic in this book is that perfect balance of wicca-ish and Sabrina the Teenage Witch silliness, but the real winner is the human element of found family. Mandanna's writing is relentlessly charming - mark me down as devotee!"

Sangu Mandanna is author of Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom and many other novels about magic, monsters, and myths.

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Novelist Jonathan Ames, creator of HBO’s Bored to Death, appears at Boswell for an evening featuring his latest novel, the second Happy Doll mystery, in which a badly scarred detective with a new philosophy takes on a fresh case. Ames visited us virtually last year for his first installment of this series and he’s a one-of-a-kind – check out the video of that event here.

Registration required – click here and visit jonathanamesmke.eventbrite.com to register now. And be sure to order your copy of The Wheel of Doll now, too!

Down to his last kidney after the previous caper, Happy Doll is back in business. When a beguiling young woman turns up at his door, it seems Doll’s past has also come knocking. Mary DeAngelo is searching for her estranged mother, a singular and troubled woman Doll once loved. The last he’d seen her she’d been near-death: arms slit like envelopes. She survived but vanished shortly thereafter. Now, Mary claims she’s alive and has made contact, only to disappear once again. Although his psychoanalyst would discourage it, Doll takes the case. But as the investigation deepens, there are questions he can’t shake.

Wholly original, this book follows Happy from LA to Washington and back again on a journey that gets wilder and woolier with each turn. Praise for the series includes this, from Lee Child: "Quirky, edgy, charming, funny, and serious, all in one. Very highly recommended." And from Boswellian Chris Lee: "This is crime fiction the way it was meant to be: sly, sad, and a little weird. And I love it."

Jonathan Ames is the author of I Pass Like Night, The Extra Man, and most You Were Never Really Here, which was adapted into the acclaimed film starring Joaquin Phoenix. He's the creator of two television series, Blunt Talk and Bored to Death, and has had two amateur boxing matches, fighting as 'The Herring Wonder.'

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Milwaukee poet and UWM Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus John Koethe visits Boswell for a celebration of the release of Beyond Belief, his latest book, which is a rich, meditative new collection that poses questions of time, language, and literature.

Please click here to visit johnkoethemke.eventbrite.com to register for this event, as it is required to attend. And be sure to order your copy of Beyond Belief now as well.

The eleventh book of poetry from America’s philosopher-poet is an intimate, searching collection that gives life to the mundane and lends words to our most interior and abstract musings. What makes a life real? Words on a page, the accumulation of moments and memories, or nothing at all? And what is it worth? Locked inside, have we lost our future and its promises or are we merely pressed to inhabit our present and ourselves? The award-winning poet invites us into his consideration of our world, as "an ordinary person sitting on his balcony on a summer afternoon, / Waiting patiently for someone to explain it to and meanwhile / Living quietly in his imagination, imagining the afterlife."

Jonathan Farmer, writing for Slate, says: "Koethe is a beautiful writer, one whose subtle inventiveness can give new life to persistent images, nail a complex feeling in just a few words, or make the basic tools of the poetic trade into sources of pleasure and persuasion."

John Koethe has published eleven books of poetry, and has received the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and the Frank O’Hara Award for Poetry. He has also published books on Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophical skepticism, and poetry.

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Boswell hosts an evening featuring author Jeffrey Breslow for an event featuring his memoir, A Game Maker’s Life, in which the former toy developer responsible for games like Operation, Simon, and UNO Attack! goes behind the scenes to tell the story of toys.

Registration required to attend, so click here and reserve your space now. And be sure to order your copy of A Game Maker’s Life too.

Millions of people around the world have played with games and toys Breslow and his partners invented. Now he shares his remarkable story, which charts how a flash of inspiration, followed by hard work and ingenuity, brought these wonderful games to life.

In his memoir, Breslow explains the game-creation process, a mix of Rube Goldberg, Santa’s workshop, and mass production. He recounts the toy industry’s transformation from using cardboard and plastics into electronics. And he tells the story of how he overcame a deadly workplace shooting to lead his shaken employees through the tragedy and back to running a thriving business.

Jeffrey Breslow graduated from the University of Illinois and spent more than four decades in the toy industry. Breslow was a Managing Partner at Marvin Glass and Associates and was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 1988. He now sculpts full time and his work has been displayed at the University of Illinois and the Lurie Children’s Hospital.

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Boswell hosts the return of the Rose Petranech Lecture featuring Erika L Sánchez, author of the National Book Award Finalist novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, for an evening featuring her first book for adults, Crying in the Bathroom, an utterly original memoir-in-essays that is as deeply moving as it is hilarious.

Registration is required to attend this in-person event - click here to register! Be sure to order your copy of Crying in the Bathroom as well.

Growing up as the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the nineties, Erika Sánchez was a self-described pariah, misfit, and disappointment - a foul-mouthed, melancholic rabble-rouser who painted her nails black but also loved comedy, often laughing so hard with her friends that she had to leave her school classroom. Twenty-five years later, she’s now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, but she’s still got an irrepressible laugh, an acerbic wit, and singular powers of perception about the world around her. In these essays, Sánchez writes about everything from sex to white feminism to debilitating depression, revealing an interior life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and perception. Insightful, unapologetic, and brutally honest, Crying in the Bathroom is Sánchez at her best.

Early praise comes from Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street: "A famous Latino comic told me - quoting either Chaplin or Cantinflas or both - that if you tell a story that makes people laugh, that’s great, but if you make them laugh and cry, that’s genius. Erika Sánchez tells her tale with a 'deluge of unidentifiable feelings that came out through my eyes.' It’s only after you’ve laughed that you understand the heartbreak beneath the laughter. I relished especially the stories she shares about being a wanderer savoring her solitude, a rare gift for a woman, but absolutely essential for any writer."

Erika L. Sánchez is a Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Her poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion, was a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award. Her YA novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter was a New York Times bestseller, a National Book Awards finalist, and is now is being made into a film directed by America Ferrera. Sanchez was a Princeton Arts Fellow, a recipient of the 21st Century Award from the Chicago Public Library Foundation, and a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

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One of our favorite Minnesotans, the Anthony, Barry, and Minnesota Book Award-winning author William Kent Krueger, whose recent novels include of This Tender Land and Lightning Strike, returns to Boswell for an event featuring the nineteenth installment of his beloved Cork O’Connor series.

Please click here and register for this event at foxcreekmke.eventbrite.com. And be sure to order your copy of Fox Creek from Boswell now, too.

The latest installment of William Kent Krueger’s beloved series finds Cork O’Connor in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries. The ancient Ojibwe healer Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death and tries to prepare himself peacefully for the end of his long life. But peace eludes him as hunters fill the woods seeking a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the healer for shelter and the gift of his wisdom. On the last journey he may ever take into this beloved land, Meloux must do his best to outwit the deadly mercenaries who follow.

Boswellian Tim McCarthy is as big a Krueger fan as you can find. Here are his notes on the latest book: "This is the 19th volume in the Cork O'Connor mystery series, featuring the Northern Minnesota PI with both Irish and Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) heritage. In Fox Creek, Krueger brings the focus back to Henry Meloux, a beloved Ojibwe friend and mentor to Cork who is well over 100 years old. A woman has come to Henry for help, not knowing that she’s been followed to his doorstep. He’ll need every ounce of his skill, vision, and enormous heart to lead her and the people he loves away from the forces on their trail. It may not be enough. Henry knows that one way or another his time to leave this life is near. When Krueger did a Boswell author event a few years back he told us that his indigenous fans say "not bad for a white man" about the way he develops Ojibwe characters. I laughed and felt relieved to hear validation of my true fondness for these fictional people. I’m a fan!"

William Kent Krueger is the New York Times bestselling author of This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace, and the acclaimed Cork O’Connor mystery series.

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Milwaukee-based playwright Marie Kohler visits Boswell for a presentation and dramatic scene-reading from her play titled, aptly for us, Boswell. This event is a special preview to the play’s Off-Broadway run.

Registration required to attend this event. Click here to register at mariekohlermke.eventbrite.com! 

Kohler’s Boswell is set in the 1950s when an American graduate student discovers lost journals from James Boswell’s wild and woolly Tour of the Scottish Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. She falls in love with the lively narrative and the possibility of a more authentic life.

The Edit gives Kohler’s play 4 stars, and calls it: "an excellent example of history being brought to life and it undoubtedly is a fabulous platform for the talent it showcases." And from Broadway Baby, which also gives the play 4 stars: "There is an infectious energy and clear commitment to detail in this production: it is very well loved and immaculately researched...and playwright Marie Kohler certainly seems to enjoy the opportunities to draw out elements of bawdiness and humour to lighten the earnest literary tone."

Marie Kohler is a director, writer, actor, dramaturg, and award-winning playwright. Kohler is a co-founder of Renaissance Theaterworks, where she served as Co-Artistic Director from 1993-2012 and Resident Playwright from 1993-2020. She is a freelance writer for local and national publications and has been Playwright Respondent and Director Respondent at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. She was named Artist of the Year by the Milwaukee Arts Board in 2005, and Friend of the Arts in 2020.

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Boswell is happy to join a group of independent bookstores around the country to present a special virtual launch event for Elizabeth Strout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of novels such as Olive Kitteridge, My Name Is Lucy Barton, and Oh William!. Strout appears to celebrate the launch of her latest novel, Lucy by the Sea.

Tickets start at $28 plus ticketing fee and include access to the virtual event and a copy of Lucy by the Sea, which can be picked up at Boswell Book Company or, for an additional fee, shipped via USPS media mail. A very limited number of autographed copies are available to the first folks to purchase tickets! Click here to visit the event ticketing page and get your tickets now.

Strout's latest is a a poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a former couple (Lucy Barton and her first husband William) in lockdown together - and about the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart. As a panicked world goes into lockdown, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and on-again, off-again friend, William. For the next several months, it’s just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the moody, swirling sea.

Here's Daniel Goldin's take on Lucy by the Sea: "Starting moments after the close of Oh William!, Elizabeth Strout’s latest finds Lucy Barton in lockdown with her first husband William in a small town in Maine. The joy of Lucy is in her astute observations; the peril is that her heightened sensitivity and sometimes passive nature can lead her into many a fraught relationship. I loved the way Strout showed that Lucy is a citizen of Strout’s Yoknapatawpha, with appearances not just by Bob Burgess, but also Olive Kitteridge’s aide at the assisted living center. Reading Lucy by the Sea recaptures every small memory of early COVID, from the panic about surfaces and the desire to escape urban environments to the eventual politicization of the virus, so beautifully that I was willing to relive them."

Elizabeth Strout is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of books such as Anything Is Possible, winner of the Story Prize, Olive Kitteridge, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. Her most recent novel, Oh William!, was longlisted for the Booker Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize.

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Boswell hosts an evening featuring Milwaukee attorney and Wisconsin native John M Van Lieshout, author of Growing Up Little Chute, his memoir of coming of age in a small Wisconsin river village.

Registration is required to attend this event, so click right here right now and reserve your space now. And be sure to order your copy of Growing Up Little Chute, too.

Van Lieshout’s Growing Up Little Chute is his memoir of life in a small village in northeastern Wisconsin in the 1960s and 70s. He recalls things like soda pop caps imprinted with pictures of NFL stars, pagan baby cardboard coin collectors, Bic pens turned into blow-guns, games of Red Rover, and hanging from the monkey bars, and all of it set to the strains of "Stairway to Heaven."

John M Van Lieshout was born in Little Chute, WI. He earned a BA from Marquette University and a JD from Marquette Law. He’s published scholarly articles in National Environmental Enforcement Journal, Wisconsin Lawyer, and Hofstra Property Law Journal. He is a Shareholding Attorney at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren.

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Boswell hosts an event featuring Judith Ford, author of Fever of Unknown Origin, a memoir about a strange illness and the combination of Western medicine and shamanic journeys that saved her life.

Registration is required to attend this in-person event, so click here and visit judithmfordmke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of Fever of Unknown Origin now as well.

Judith Ford was a successful psychotherapist, runner, yoga-practitioner, dancer, and writer living life fully when she came down with a mysterious illness that landed her in the hospital for a full summer and nearly ended her life. She recovered through a combination of Western medicine and shamanic journeys. A few years later she helped her parents through their final illnesses. This book is both her story and theirs, about how they held onto hope and sometimes despaired. It's about how they each suffered and rallied, laughed, loved, forgave, and let go. And it's about how all of us live in the shadows of the unknown and the unanswerable.

From Susannah Waters, author of Cold Comfort: "Fever of Unknown Origin tells the moving story of one woman's battle with a debilitating illness. Ford leads us through the bewildering ups and downs of this struggle, culminating in a recovery as richly surprising and nuanced as the illness itself, as well as a deeper understanding of what it means to be fully alive and present in this world. An inspiring read."

Judith M Ford’s writing has appeared in magazines including Connecticut Review, Evening Street Review, and Southern Humanities Review, and her work has been nominated three times for Pushcart prizes. She was a psychotherapist for thirty-five years and taught creative writing in a private elementary school, at the University of Wisconsin Extension, and in a teen runaway shelter. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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Milwaukee nature and nutrition educator visits Boswell with her debut picture book, Our World of Dumplings, a delicious story that celebrates the many different types of dumplings that exist in our world and how food brings people and cultures together! While this event will be kid-friendly, the presentation will be mostly focused for a grown-up audience.

Registration required to attend this in-person event - click here and visit franciedekkermke.eventbrite.com now to reserve your space. And be sure to order your copy of Our World of Dumplings, now, too!

An apartment complex is having a dumpling festival, and all the kids are excited to watch and help each family cook up different versions of the delicious treats. From kreplach to khinkali and Johnny cakes to jiao zi, each household has its own way of making dumplings, uniquely hand-crafted and based upon their culture. As the children wrap, cook, and eat all the different types of dumplings, they learn how dumplings are the ultimate labor of love!

Underscoring the power of food to both bring us together and help us celebrate our differences, Our World of Dumplings is a rich story that shows the tender relationship between food and company and its natural ability to create a sense of community and will leave you hungry for more.

Francie Dekker has been a contributing writer for Edible Milwaukee Magazine, where she wrote a quarterly "Kids Table" column that explored how gardening, food, culture, and youth intersect. In 2016, she received a Food Writing Fellowship from the Culinary Trust.

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Join us for an afternoon featuring Midwestern writer extraordinaire Peter Geye, author of novels such as Wintering and Northernmost, who joins us with his latest novel, The Ski Jumpers, about a former ski jumper facing a terminal diagnosis who takes one more leap - into a past of soaring flights and broken family bonds.

Registration is required and capacity is limited – click here and visit petergeyemke.eventbrite.com to register for this now. And preorder a copy of The Ski Jumpers now as well.

A ski jumper must be fearless - Jon Bargaard remembers this well. His memories of daring leaps and risks might be the key to the book he’s always wanted to write: a novel about his family, beginning with Pops, once a champion ski jumper himself, who also took Jon and his younger brother Anton to the heights. But Jon has never been able to get past the next, ruinous episode of their history, and now that he has received a terrible diagnosis, he’s afraid he never will.

Early praise for this novel comes from Leif Enger, author of Virgil Wander: "Peter Geye writes full-hearted novels made for winter, and The Ski Jumpers is his best to date... Geye wraps his tale in prose that soars as we hold our breath, then brings it all home with the elegance of a Telemark landing. If you already know his work, this book will surprise and delight you; if you're new to Peter Geye, The Ski Jumpers is the perfect place to start."

Peter Geye is author of the award-winning novels Safe from the Sea, The Lighthouse Road, and Wintering, winner of the Minnesota Book Award. He teaches at the Loft Literary Center.

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We’re pleased to host a virtual evening featuring Tom Perrotta for a chat about his latest, Tracy Flick Can’t Win, his Election sequel that offers a sharp, darkly comic, and pitch-perfect reflection on our current moment. In conversation with Boswell proprietor Daniel Goldin.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of Tracy Flick Can’t Win now as well.

It's 2017 and Tracy Flick is the hardworking assistant principal at a New Jersey high school. Still ambitious but feeling stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal, Jack Weede, abruptly announces his retirement, creating a rare opportunity for Tracy to ascend to the top job. But is she really a shoo-in for the principal job? Is the superintendent plotting against her? Why is the School Board President's wife trying so hard to be her friend? And why can't she ever get what she deserves?

Flick fans and newcomers alike will love this compelling novel chronicling the second act of one of the most memorable characters of our time. From The New York Times: "Even more piercing than its predecessor... With a lyric, polyphonic intensity, [Perrotta] poses a question to the class: What have we learned?" And from Esquire: "Told with Perrotta’s piercing wit, wisdom, and exquisite insight into human folly, Tracy’s second act delivers acerbic insight about frustrated ambition."

Tom Perrotta is author of ten works of fiction, including Election and Little Children, both of which were made into critically acclaimed movies, and The Leftovers and Mrs. Fletcher, which were both adapted into HBO series.

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September’s Readings from Oconomowaukee is pleased to reach across the pond once again for an afternoon with British author Matt Cain and his latest novel, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle. Perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and TJ Klune, this humorous, life-affirming, and charmingly wise novel tells the story of how the forced retirement of a shy, closeted postman in northern England creates a second chance with his lost love, as he learns to embrace his true self, connect with his community, and finally experience his life’s great adventure.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle now, too! Click here to order from Boswell. Alternatively, click here and order from Books & Company.

Every day, Albert Entwistle makes his way through the streets of his small English town, delivering letters and parcels and returning greetings with a quick wave and a “how do?” Everyone on his route knows Albert, or thinks they do - a man of quiet routines, content to live alone with his cat, Gracie. Three months before his sixty-fifth birthday, Albert receives a letter from the Royal Mail thanking him for decades of service and stating that he is being forced into retirement. At once, Albert’s simple life unravels. So, rather than continue his lonely existence, Albert forms a brave plan to start truly living, to be honest about who he is, and to find George, the man with whom he spent one perfect spring and summer long ago.

The early praise for this one is outstanding. From Sir Ian McKellen, "This rollicking romance entrapped me! True in its detail and its scope, it is amusing yet heart-breaking." And from The Sun: "Albert is the most delicious character and you'll be with him every step of the way."

Matt Cain is an author and commentator on LGBT+ issues. As a journalist, he was Channel 4's first Culture Editor, Editor-In-Chief of Attitude magazine, and won Diversity in Media's Journalist Of the Year award. Cain is an ambassador for Manchester Pride and the Albert Kennedy Trust, plus a patron of LGBT+ History Month.

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Boswell hosts Andrew Sean Greer, who visits with his new novel, Less Is Lost, a follow-up to his Pulitzer-winning book Less. In this novel, the lovably awkward author Arthur Less returns for an unforgettable road trip across America. David Sedaris calls it "wildly, painfully funny." Greer appears in conversation with Milwaukee's Liam Callanan, author of Paris by the Book.

This is a ticketed event, and each ticket costs $29 plus tax and ticket fee. Each ticket includes admission for one to the event and a copy of Less Is Lost. This event is cosponsored by Friends of the Milwaukee Public Library, and $5 from each ticket will be donated to the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation. So purchase your tickets now! Click here and visit andrewseangreermke.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets.

For Arthur Less, life is going surprisingly well: he is a moderately accomplished novelist in a steady relationship with his partner. But nothing good lasts: the death of an old lover and a sudden financial crisis has Less running away from his problems yet again as he accepts a series of literary gigs that send him on a zigzagging adventure across the US. With all of the irrepressible wit and musicality that made Less a bestseller, Less Is Lost is a profound and joyous novel about the enigma of life in America, the riddle of love, and the stories we tell along the way.

Early praise for Greer's latest is glowing. How about this, from Booker-winner Marlon James: "Only Arthur Less could be both frustratingly stuck, yet on the move. Let loose, yet totally lost. Full of wit, but without a clue. And while he runs from himself, finds himself at the same time. Put all of that on a wild road trip through a wilder America, and you end up with something hilarious, affecting, and unforgettable." And then there's this, from Circe author Madeline Miller: "It is a deep pleasure to return to the adventures of Arthur Less and his beloved Freddy. Greer is a brilliant storyteller as always, and the joyfulness of this book is a balm. I loved reading it."

Andrew Sean Greer is author of six works of fiction, including The Confessions of Max Tivoli and The Story of a Marriage. He has taught at the Iowa Writers Workshop, been a New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellow, and been a recipient of a NEA grant and Guggenheim Fellowship. Liam Callanan is Professor of English at UWM and author of three novels.

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Shorewood Public Library presents an evening with Jeannée Sacken for Double Exposure, the sequel to her American Writing Awards Book of the Year, Behind the Lens.

Click here to visit the Shorewood Public Library website for more event information. And be sure to order your copy of Double Exposure now, too.

Seasoned war photojournalist Annie Hawkins is under investigation for an incident that happened six months earlier in Afghanistan. Her best friend's daughter is still missing, apparently with her Taliban boyfriend. Her own daughter is fundraising to rebuild the Wad Qol Secondary School for Girls and expects Annie to deliver the money. To make matters worse, she and the love of her life are no longer speaking. When Annie returns to Afghanistan to cover peace talks between the government and the Taliban, she takes a side trip to Wad Qol, where she discovers that not everyone wants the new school. Sabotage delays construction, and when a worker ends up dead, it's clear the militants are to blame. It's also obvious that they know exactly where Annie is.

Love in Provence author Patricia Sands says: "Fast-moving, unpredictable, and at times heart-stopping. Sacken’s prose is brilliant." And Maggie Smith, author of Truth and Other Lies, says Double Exposure is full of: "smart narration, nuanced characters, and thought-provoking situations reminiscent of Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns."

Jeannée Sacken is an author and photojournalist who travels the world documenting the lives of women and children. A former English professor, she lives in Shorewood and is currently President of the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library.

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Boswell hosts an evening featuring Silas House, author of novels such as Southernmost, for a conversation about his latest, Lark Ascending, a riveting story of survival and hope, set in the not-too-distant future, about a young man forced to flee the United States and seek refuge across the Atlantic. This one is earning lots of early praise from the Boswellians, too! Perfect for fans of Emily St John Mandel.

Registration is required, so click here now, visit silashousemke.eventbrite.com, and reserve your spot. And be sure to order your copy of Lark Ascending now as well.

As fires devastate most of the United States, Lark and his family secure a place on a refugee boat headed to Ireland, the last country not yet overrun by extremists and rumored to be accepting American refugees. But Lark is the only one to survive the trip, and once ashore, he doesn’t find the safe haven he’d hoped for. As he runs for his life, Lark finds an abandoned dog who becomes his closest companion, and then a woman in search of her lost son. Together they form a makeshift family and attempt to reach Glendalough, a place they believe will offer protection. But can any community provide the safety that they seek? An unforgettable story of friendship, family, and healing.

Early praise from Daniel Goldin: "I’m not generally a dystopian reader, but Lark Ascending’s beautiful language and imagery, combined with the emotional heft of the story, drew me in from the first paragraph."

Silas House is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, one book of creative nonfiction, and three plays. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Garden & Gun. A former commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered, House is the winner of the Nautilus Award, the Storylines Prize from the NAV/New York Public Library, and an E. B. White Honor.

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Wisconsin author and educator Mary Wimmer appears at Boswell for a conversation about her new novel, The Art of the Break, a Wisconsin-set novel about friendship, family, love, and cheesemaking. In conversation with Kim Suhr, Director of Red Oak Writing, our cosponsor for this event.

Registration required to attend – click here and visit marywimmermke.eventbrite.com to reserve your space. And be sure to order your copy of The Art of the Break now, too.

Charlotte 'Charlie' Sobczak finds the most comfort in making cheese - a craft she learned at the side of her father. In the wake of his untimely death, she and her daughter return home to Falls River, Wisconsin. With her marriage floundering and the childhood losses of her sister and mother still casting a shadow over her life, Charlie pours all her efforts into reopening the family’s Morgan Cheese Factory. Her degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin gives her a leg up, and the quiet joys of working at the cheese vat provide a deep, healing peace that points the way toward happiness. But Charlie is ill-prepared for the pettiness and conventions of small-town life, and facing a lien against her family’s land, she must quickly figure out who is on her side and how to keep her dreams alive.

Conversation partner Kim Suhr says: "With authentic characters and vivid settings, The Art of the Break weaves the art and science of cheesemaking into a rich story of love, friendship, and starting over. It reminds us that, while past grief may follow us into the present, it doesn’t have to swallow us whole. This book sings!" And from Ann Garvin: "The Art of the Break is a lyrical love letter to rural Wisconsin, cheesemaking, and family. This story will stay with you, I promise."

Mary Wimmer is author of Reaching Shore, first-place winner of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association-Young Adult Fiction Award, as well as two nonfiction books. Kim Suhr is author of Nothing to Lose.

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Readings from Oconomowaukee presents its October edition featuring Joanna Quinn, who joins us virtually from the UK for a conversation about The Whalebone Theatre. Her irresistible debut novel takes its heroine from the gargantuan cavity of a beached whale into undercover operations during World War II and tells a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of The Whalebone Theatre now. Click here to order from Boswell. Or click here and order from Books & Company, our event series cohost.

One blustery night in 1928, a whale washes up on the shores of the English Channel. By law, it belongs to the King, but twelve-year-old orphan Cristabel Seagrave has other plans. She and the rest of the household - her sister Flossie, her brother Digby (the long-awaited heir to Chilcombe manor), kitchen maid Maudie Kitcat, and visiting artist Taras - build a theatre from the beast’s skeletal rib cage. Within the Whalebone Theatre, Cristabel can escape her feckless stepparents and brisk governesses, and her imagination comes to life. As Cristabel grows into a headstrong young woman and World War II rears its head, she and Digby become British secret agents in Nazi-occupied France - a more dangerous kind of playacting, it turns out, and one that threatens to tear the family apart.

Early praise from Sarah Winman, author of Still Life: "The Whalebone Theatre has all the makings of a classic. And Cristabel Seagrave is the most gratifying hero. The war scenes often left me breathless: they are as good as you will ever read. A wonderful debut. Actually, a tour de force." And from Rebecca Stott, author of Ghostwalk: "Magnificent. As capacious, surprising and magical as the whale that lends its bones to Cristabel’s theatre: a tale of intertwined lives and braided fates as deftly managed and heartbreaking as a Dickens novel."

Joanna Quinn was born in London and grew up in Dorset, in the southwest of England, where The Whalebone Theatre, is set. She has worked in journalism and the charity sector. Her writing has been published by The White Review and Comma Press, among others. She teaches creative writing.

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Boswell hosts Nick Marx, Associate Professor at CSU, for an event featuring That’s Not Funny, the new book that he’s coauthored which focuses on the emergence of right-wing comedy and the political power of humor. Vulture calls it one of the Best Comedy Books of 2022.

Registration is required to attend this event, so click here and visit thatsnotfunnymke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of That’s Not Funny now as well.

Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart? Questions like this launch a million tweets, a thousand op-eds, and more than a few scholarly analyses. That's Not Funny argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. Right-wing comedy has been hiding in plain sight, finding its way into mainstream conservative media through figures ranging from Fox News's Greg Gutfeld to libertarian podcasters like Joe Rogan.

That's Not Funny taps interviews with conservative comedians and observations of them in action to guide readers through media history, text, and technique. You may find many of these comedians appalling, some very funny, and others just plain weird. They are all, however, culturally and politically relevant as the American right attempts to seize spaces of comedy and irony previously held firmly by the left. Like this brand of humor or not, you can't ignore it.

Nick Marx is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University.

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Journalist and Wisconsin native Kathleen Hale visits Boswell for a presentation about her new book, Slenderman, the first full and authoritative account of the 2014 Slenderman stabbing in Waukesha. This true crime narrative offers a full picture of the tragic event and the influences of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet.

Registration is required to attend – click here and visit kathleenhalemke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of Slenderman now as well.

On May 31, 2014 in Waukesha, two twelve-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier’s violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime under the influence of a figure born by the internet: the so-called 'Slenderman.' Yet the even more urgent aspect of the story, that the children involved suffered from undiagnosed mental illnesses, often went overlooked in coverage of the case. For the first time, Hale tells the full story for the first time in deeply researched detail, using court transcripts, police reports, individual reporting, and exclusive interviews.

Early praise from Boswellians has arrived. From Chris Lee: "Slenderman is a perfect example of true crime writing at its best. It’s a horrible incident, yes, but native Wisconsinite Hale, with a sensitive and fact-oriented eye, cuts through the slogans attached to the case (Internet Evil! Adult Crime, Adult Time!) to understand the ties between mental illness, Midwestern stoicism, violence, and reactionary impulses." And from Parker Jensen: "Because the true facts of the case were blurred, fumbled, and outright ignored, the idea of two 12-year-old girls committing such a violent crime all in the name of an internet boogeyman is confusing and downright disconcerting. But that was never the full story. Hale's telling is extremely comprehensive, well researched, and compellingly written. Told with facts and not sensationalism in mind, Slenderman is the best true crime book I've read in years."

Kathleen Hale is author of the essay collection Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker as well as two young adult novels. She has written for the Guardian, Hazlitt, and Vice, and is a writer and producer for Outer Banks on Netflix. She was born in Wisconsin and lives in Los Angeles.

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Boswell teams up with a number of independent bookstores in the country to present a Random House Studio Sessions event featuring bestselling author an Whole30 creator Melissa Urban, who will chat about her latest project, The Book of Boundaries, with Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project.

Tickets for this virtual event cost $29.54 plus ticket fee and include access to this virtual event plus a copy of The Book of Boundaries, available for pickup at Boswell beginning Tuesday, October 11. You can also upgrade to have your book shipped to you via USPS Media Mail for $5 more - shipping to contiguous US address only. Click right here and purchase your tickets for this virtual event now.

Set the limits that will set you free. Urban’s latest work is a straightforward and compassionate guide to setting the boundaries that will revolutionize your relationships. How often do you tell yourself to just 'let it go' when you want to do anything but? Do you say "it’s fine' when it’s really anything but? Do you feel resentful, depleted, or overwhelmed? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to establish some boundaries.

Lifestyle influencer praise is rolling in for this one! From Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: "I always tell my therapy patients that boundaries create trust, comfort, and safety in a relationship, but many people struggle with how to effectively communicate what they need. In The Book of Boundaries, Melissa Urban helps you identify your boundary needs, offers actionable scripts on what to say, and shares proven tips based on a decade of experience helping people live more freely by holding their limits with confidence." And from The 5 Second Rule author Mel Robbins: "The Book of Boundaries is funny, direct, and smart, bringing you actionable tools and science-backed strategies for setting boundaries using language that feels kind, natural, and empowering. Melissa’s straightforward scripts and practical tips makes it easy to identify your limits and communicate them with confidence, so you can start putting yourself first and create a life that feels bigger, freer, and more authentically YOU."

Melissa Urban is CEO of the Whole30, a New York Times bestselling author, and has been featured by Good Morning America, The New York Times, and CNBC.

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Boswell hosts an evening with photographer and documentarian Dennis Darmek for his new book, Crossing the DMZ, which attempts to use art to measure the immeasurable tragedy of the war in Vietnam, which affected the lives of millions of people both here in the US and throughout Southeast Asia.

Registration is required to attend this in-person event, so click here and visit dennisdarmekmke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of Crossing the DMZ now as well.

In his new book, Crossing the DMZ, Dennis Darmek focuses on a small group of US Marines, mostly teenagers, who volunteered to fight and ended up with their names on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, DC. In a collaboration between past and present, Vietnamese who live where the battles were fought pose with photos of those Marines. Darmek’s work merges new photos with military archives, stories, and the emotional terrain of our Vietnam memories.

Photographer Larry Schwarm praises Darmek’s work thusly: "Crossing the DMZ falls in that interesting area between art and journalism - it’s both. It is beautiful and heartbreaking." And from artist Suzanne Rose: "Utterly poetic… a path past pain to beauty."

Dennis Darmek is a photographer, video artist, and documentarian, and his work has been featured on PBS and European television as well as in museums and galleries around the world, including the Milwaukee Art Museum, The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, and the Museum of Wisconsin Art.

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Boswell Book Company teams up again with Porchlight Book Company to present a virtual event featuring MIT Professor of Philosophy and author Kieran Setiya for a conversation about his philosophical new guide to facing life's inevitable hardships. In conversation with Sally Haldorson, Porchlight’s Managing Director.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of Life Is Hard now, too.

There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya’s own experience, Life Is Hard is a book for this moment, a work of solace and compassion.

Setiya’s book is great for fans of Atomic Habits. Daniel H Pink, author of Drive, says: "Kieran Setiya has produced the ultimate handbook of hardship. He shows why adversity is inevitable - and why facing up to that reality, rather than insisting on simple-minded notions of happiness, offers the only path to living well." And from Louis Menand, author of The Metaphysical Club: "Finding wisdom in Aristotle, Wittgenstein, and Simone Weil, and also in Dostoevsky, Emily Dickinson, and Groundhog Day, this book offers guidance on how to make the most of the hand we have all been dealt."

Kieran Setiya is Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author Midlife: A Philosophical Guide. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, The New York Times, and The Yale Review.

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Elm Grove Public Library hosts an evening of conversation with Milwaukee-area native Andrea Bartz, author of the Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here, in which a backpacking trip leads to deadly consequences across three continents as the story traverses Cambodia, Chile, and Wisconsin. In conversation with Noah Weckwerth of Elm Grove Public Library and cosponsored by Boswell Book Company.

Registration is required, so click here, visit the Elm Grove Library website, and reserve your space now. You can order your copy of We Were Never Here now, too.

Emily is having the time of her life in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip. But on the last night of the trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she brought back to the room attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly similar to last year's trip, when another backpacker wound up dead. Emily can't believe it's happened again - can lightning really strike twice? Emily returns home to Wisconsin, dives head-first into a new relationship, and throws herself into work. But when Kristen shows up for a surprise visit, Emily is forced to confront their violent past.

From Sarah Weinman, writing for The New York Times Book Review: "A book that skillfully examines toxic friendship at its most extreme... When the reckoning arrives, it shows that sometimes, we should fear our friends a lot more than strangers." And from NPR: "Beneath the thrilling cliffhangers and impeccably paced plot lies a very sharp portrait of female friendship and how magical and intense it can be."

Andrea Bartz is the bestselling author of the thrillers The Lost Night and The Herd. Her writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, and Elle, and she has held editorial positions at Glamour, Psychology Today, and Self, among other publications.

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Milwaukee journalist and writer Paul Salsini, the Founder and Editor of The Sondheim Review, which was the only publication devoted solely to Sondheim's work during his lifetime, visits for a conversation about his new memoir, Sondheim & Me, which details Salsini’s unique relationship with the groundbreaking American musical composer. In conversation with theater critic Mike Fischer.

Please click here and visit paulsalsinimke.eventbrite.com to register to attend this event. And be sure to order your copy of Sondheim & Me now as well.

Salsini’s memoir chronicles his relationship with Stephen Sondheim during his time working on The Sondheim Review. The magazine began in 1994 and Salsini shares his unique experiences interviewing, corresponding with, and speaking on the phone with the composer-lyricist through the entire next decade.

Sondheim & Me looks into Sondheim's early work, shares personal letters and interview excerpts, and collects Sondheim's own special insights into his work, often as a reaction to pieces appearing in The Sondheim Review. Salsini describes the musical genius and his working approach in revealing detail, while emphasizing Sondheim's lifelong passion and success in raising the standards of musical theater with innovative, influential, and sometimes provocative new shows.

Paul Salsini is author of ten novels set in Tuscany. Salsini is a graduate of Marquette University and worked as a writer, editor, and staff development director for The Milwaukee Journal for more than three decades. He also served as the Wisconsin correspondent for The New York Times. He is a writing coach and gives presentations on musical theater.

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Boswell welcomes back Joe Meno, author of books such as The Great Perhaps and Hairstyles of the Damned, for his latest, Book of Extraordinary Tragedies, a moving novel about the impossibility of fate and family. In conversation with Milwaukee artist and writer Coe Douglas.

Registration required, so click here and visit joemenomke.eventbrite.com to reserve your space now. And be sure to preorder your copy of Book of Extraordinary Tragedies as well.

Siblings and former classical music prodigies Aleksandar and Isobel were forced to abandon their musical ambitions at a young age. Now in their twenties and doomed by a family history of failure, the two have all but given up. But when an illness forces Isobel to move home to far southside Chicago, she begins playing cello again as Aleksandar comes to see a world of possibility and wonder in the lives of his extraordinarily complicated family.

Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels, says: "I don’t know how Joe Meno does it - if I did know, I’d copy him. This book has such velocity that it generates wind, yet it is meditative and steeped in love, music, and human connection. It’s stunning."

Joe Meno is author of novels and short story collections such as Marvel and a Wonder, The Boy Detective Fails, and Hairstyles of the Damned. He’s been awarded the Nelson Algren Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, and was a finalist for the Story Prize. He is a professor in the English and Creative Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago.

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Boswell hosts an evening with Nora McInerny, host of the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking and author of books like No Happy Endings, for an event featuring her latest, a fun, raw essay collection called Bad Vibes Only: (and Other Things I Bring to the Table).

Registration is required to attend – click here and visit badvibesonlymke.eventbrite.com to reserve your space today. And be sure to order your copy of Bad Vibes Only right now, too!

McInerny’s latest book is great for her fans as well as readers of Jenny Lawson and Glennon Doyle - a poignant, hilarious collection of essays that offers not just a response to a society that tells us to live, laugh, love, but also a reminder that in a world where we are more connected to and observed by our peers than ever before, we still deserve the freedom to be ourselves. McInerny does not dance like no one is watching. In fact, she does not dance at all. She has captured the hearts of millions by discussing grief and loss with wit and warmth. Now, she turns her eye on our aggressively, oppressively optimistic culture, our obsession with self-improvement, and what it really means to live our lives online.

In essays that span her childhood to present, McInerny introduces us to her mind and her world while inviting us to more closely observe our own. We meet the people that challenge, question, and make her reflect on her own life, habits, and personality: her children, and their homework meltdowns, job searches, and online personalities; her college friend Kathleen, who now lives as a cloistered nun; and her uncle, a philosopher who has never used the internet.

Nora McInerny is author of It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool Too), The Hot Young Widows Club, and Bad Moms. She hosts the award-winning podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, has spoken on TED’s mainstage, and has contributed to publications like The New York Times, Slate, and Vox. She is very tall.

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Coauthors Michail Takach and BJ Daniels appear at Boswell for a conversation about their new book, A History of Milwaukee Drag, which celebrates Milwaukee’s place in the history and impact of drag queen culture.

Please click here to visit milwaukeedragmke.eventbrite.com and register for this in-person event. And be sure to order your copy of A History of Milwaukee Drag now, too.

For over a century, drag has been a force in Milwaukee nightlife. On June 7, 1884, "The Only Leon" brought the fine art of female impersonation to the Grand Opera Hall, launching a proud local legacy that continues today at This Is It, La Cage, Hamburger Mary's, D.I.X. and other venues.

Historians Takach and Daniels recognize that today's LGBTQ liberties were born from the strength, resilience, and resistance of yesterday's gender non-conforming pioneers. This is a long overdue celebration of those stories, including high-rolling hustler of the Fourth Ward "Badlands" Frank Blunt, over-the-top dinner theater drag superstar of the 1950s Adrian Ames, and "It Kid" Jamie Gays, first-ever Miss Gay Milwaukee and Latin community hero.

BJ Daniels has done hair and makeup work onset for film and video, taught the art of hairdressing as a licensed professional, and has covered Fashion Week in New York City. Daniels still works behind the chair, and lens, and performs in drag. Michail Takach is a reporter and communications professional who earned a masters in communications and history at UW-Madison. As the curator of the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project, Takach produces ongoing articles, documentaries and podcasts about local history.

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Boswell Book Company and the Urban Ecology Center cohost a virtual evening featuring ecology and philanthropy expert Michael Mehta Webster for a conversation about his new book, The Rescue Effect, which reveals how we can use this natural resiliency to help reverse the effects of climate change.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of The Rescue Effect now as well.

As climate change continues to intensify, the outlook for life on Earth often seems bleak. Yet hope for the future can be found in the “rescue effect,” which is nature’s innate ability to help organisms persist during hard times. Like a thermostat starting the air conditioning when a room gets too warm, the rescue effect automatically kicks in when organisms are stressed or declining. Webster argues that there are good reasons to expect a bright future, because everywhere we look, we can see evidence that nature can rescue many species from extinction; and when nature alone is not up to the task, we can help. Combining rigorous research with gripping storytelling, The Rescue Effect provides the cautious optimism we need to help save life on Earth.

Here’s Boswellian Kay Wosewick’s take on The Rescue Effect: "Webster wants to help save species intelligently. He describes six ‘rescue’ processes, some which often happen on their own, some we can nudge, others we can aggressively employ to save species. Refreshingly, Webster understands we can’t save everything, and we also need to acknowledge that nature is, always has been, and will continue, changing, with or without us."

Michael Mehta Webster’s research interests focus on how organisms and ecosystems adapt to environmental change, how this information can be translated into effective conservation strategies, and the practical and ethical dilemmas that arise along the way. As an executive director of a conservation organization, program officer at a leading environmental foundation, and academic scientist, he has led efforts to connect cutting edge science to the management of species and ecosystems in the wild.

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Karen Odden joins us at Boswell for a conversation about her brand new Victorian-era mystery, in which a fatal disaster on the Thames and a roiling political conflict set the stage in London for Inspector Corravan’s work. In conversation with Milwaukee author Erica Ruth Neubauer, author of the Jane Wunderly mysteries.

Registration is required, so click here and save your space now. And be sure to order your copy of Under a Veiled Moon now, too.

September 1878. Pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle, a huge iron-hulled collier, on the Thames, and shears apart, throwing all 600 passengers into the river; only 130 survive. It is the worst maritime disaster London has ever seen, and early clues point to sabotage by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. For Scotland Yard Inspector Corravan, the case presents challenges. Irish by birth, his attentions are pulled by accusations of prejudice and his family member’s involvement in an Irish gang. As London threatens to devolve into terror and chaos, Corravan must uncover the harrowing truth, which will shake his faith in his countrymen, the law, and himself.

Kirkus Reviews calls Odden’s latest a hearty dose of "Victorian skulduggery with a heaping side of Irish troubles." And Edgar-winning author Mariah Fredericks says: "Rich in emotion and historical detail, Under a Veiled Moon is a brilliant tale of the dark, thorny places where the personal and the political intertwine."

Karen Odden taught literature at UWM and has contributed essays to numerous books and journals and edited for the journal Victorian Literature and Culture. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, she is author of award-winning historical mysteries. Erica Ruth Neubauer is the Agatha Award-winning author of the Jane Wunderly investigations, including the books Murder at the Mena House, Murder at Wedgefield Manor, and Danger on the Atlantic.

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Boswell is pleased to host the Milwaukee return of Dani Shapiro, author of books such as Inheritance and Devotion, for her latest work, Signal Fires, a life-affirming novel about a tragedy that connects two families across generations. In conversation with Lauren Fox, the Milwaukee-based author of novels such as Send for Me and Days of Awe.

Click here to visit danishapiromke.eventbrite.com and register for this event now. And be sure to order your copy of Signal Fires now as well.

Shapiro’s gripping new novel begins on a summer night in 1985 when three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything changes. Each of their lives, and that of the young doctor who arrives on the scene, is shattered. For the doctor’s family, the circumstances of that fatal accident will become the deepest kind of secret, one so dangerous it can never be spoken.

Signal Fires is one of 2022’s most anticipated books, as noted by LitHub BookPage, The Millions, and others. Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being, says: “Signal Fires is an urgent and compassionate meditation on memory, time, and space. Shapiro has created a world that's as wrenching as it is wondrous.” And from Meg Wolitzer: “A haunting, moving, and propulsive exploration of family secrets.”

Dani Shapiro is a best-selling novelist and memoirist and host of the podcast Family Secrets. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Time. She has taught at Columbia and New York University and is the co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference.

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Wauwatosa illustrator Sherrill Knezel visits for an evening featuring her latest work, an authorized visual representation of Parker J Palmer's classic book Let Your Life Speak. More than seventy heartfelt images accompany excerpts from Palmer, inviting reading to explore and embrace both their own limits and their own potential as they listen to their inner voice and courageously follow its lead. Please note, Palmer will not be present at this event.

Registration is required, so click here and visit heartspeakmke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of Heart Speak now as well.

Whether the words of Let Your Life Speak are familiar signposts on the roads you have traveled or they are new to you, Knezel’s work offers an opportunity for reflection and discernment in regard to your life, community, and calling. From the introduction Palmer wrote for the book: "I'm very excited about the way Sherrill has used her gifts of art and insight to interpret and express some of the key ideas in Let Your Life Speak."

From Pardeep Singh Kaleka, coauthor of The Gifts of Our Wounds: "Heart Speak is a beautiful participatory journey into the depth of self and the soul of society. Palmer's words combined with Knezel's illustrations carefully explore unconscious behaviors, patterns, relationships, and thoughts of everyday existence. This book provides a real road map for clinicians, help groups, parents, families, and friends to contemplate and engage in conversations that lead to movement, growth, and healing. But experience this book for yourself first. It's a true gift!"

Sherrill Knezel is a graphic recorder, illustrator, and art educator who specializes in visual literacy. She is the founder of Meaningful Marks LLC, a graphic recording/illustration firm that focuses on using the power of visuals to support nonprofits, educators, and corporate sector clients. She is a contributing author to Stories in EDU and Social Action Stories, and won the Excellence in Visual Journalism Award for her work in the Milwaukee Independent.

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Boswell Book Company and Porchlight Book Company join forces again, as we like to do, to present a virtual event featuring restauranteur Will Guidara, a former coowner of New York City’s legendary Eleven Madison Park. Guidara will be in conversation with Porchlight Managing Director Sally Haldorson about Unreasonable Hospitality, his new book which offers up essential lessons in hospitality for every business.

Click here to register now for this virtual event. And be sure to order your copy of Unreasonable Hospitality now, too!

Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, it was named the best restaurant in the world. Radical reinvention, a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room, and memorable, over-the-top, bespoke hospitality. This hospitality extended beyond those dining at the restaurant to his own team, who learned to deliver praise and criticism with intention, why the answer to some of the most pernicious business dilemmas is to give more, not less, and the magic that can happen when a busser starts thinking like an owner.

Any and every business can choose to be a hospitality business and transform ordinary transactions into extraordinary experiences. Featuring sparkling stories of his journey through restaurants, with the industry’s most famous players like Daniel Boulud and Danny Meyer, Guidara urges us all to find the magic in what we do, for ourselves, the people we work with, and the people we serve.

Will Guidara is Cofounder of The Welcome Conference and the Cofounder and former Coowner of Make It Nice, a restaurant group that includes Eleven Madison Park, Made Nice, and The NoMad.

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Boswell hosts an evening with Sara Woster, artist and founder of The Painting School, who visits with her new book, Painting Can Save Your Life, which invites readers into the vibrant world of painting as a creative practice powerful enough to transform our lives.

Registration is required, so please click this sentence and visit sarawostermke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of Painting Can Save Your Life now as well.

Sara Woster is a painter, teacher, and art evangelist who believes in art as a form of mindfulness, a ritual for healing, and an outlet for self-expression. In Painting Can Save Your Life, Woster welcomes readers into this transformative art form, inviting them to pick up a brush and discover how painting can help you see the world in a whole new way.

Combining the practical how-to of Betty Edwards with the spirit and inspiration of Julia Cameron, Woster is an important new voice in the creativity/self-help space. he pandemic has inspired millions of people around the world to establish new hobbies that soothe their souls in troubled times. Woster’s book is the perfect guide for this moment, combining detailed and accessible how-to with a new twist on wellness.

Sara Woster has illustrated several children’s books, and her animations, multimedia, and collaborative performances have been shown at numerous art venues including the Hammer Museum, UCLA, and Franklin Art Works in Minneapolis. She has been granted a Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship, a Franconia Sculpture Park residency, and a Brooklyn Arts Council SU-CASA residency. Woster also has a creative writing degree from The New School.

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Scavenge your way into Boswell for an evening with Milwaukee writer and journalist Jenna Kashou, who offers a whole new way to discover the Cream City with her new book, Milwaukee Scavenger.

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As the saying goes: There's always good things brewing in Milwaukee! Indeed there are and you won't have to hunt too hard to find them. Take a closer look at those places you might have passed by or stop and visit a neighborhood you only know by name. Milwaukee Scavenger invites you to discover the city with new eyes.

From Shorewood to Bay View to Lincoln Village to Sherman Park, each chapter is designed to help you discover or rediscover historic landmarks, natural wonders, dazzling works of art, and new hot spots in the city. See how fast you can guess all the clues in your own neighborhood and beyond as this scavenger hunt challenges visitors and locals alike to explore the city one neighborhood at a time.

Jenna Kashou is a journalist specializing in spreading love for MKE. She is author of 100 Things to Do in Milwaukee Before You Die, 2nd Edition, and wrote the ‘Girl About Town’ column for Milwaukee Magazine. She has also been writer in residence at the historic Pfister Hotel.

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Boswell hosts an evening with the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series for a conversation about Racing the Light, its latest installment. In conversation with Milwaukee author Nick Petrie, whose Peter Ash books include The Runaway and The Drifter.

Registration required – click here to visit robertcraismke.eventbrite.com and reserve your space now. And be sure to order your copy of Racing the Light as well.

With dangerous secrets lurking behind every lead, Cole needs his partner Pike more than ever to uncover the truth about a missing son, corrupt politicians, and the vicious business cartels rotting the heart of Los Angeles from within. And when Elvis's estranged girlfriend and her son return, he learns just how much he has to lose - if he survives. Written with the heart, humor, and relentless suspense for which Crais is famous, Racing the Light delivers Elvis Cole's most dangerous case yet.

Early praise includes this quote from David Baldacci: "Racing The Light is another grand slam for the master storyteller Robert Crais. If there’s a better dynamic duo than Elvis Cole and Joe Pike in all of crime fiction, I’m not aware of it." And from Lisa Scottoline: "Crais does the impossible in this thriller: moves the story at a breakneck pace while creating characters you absolutely adore."

Robert Crais is author of twenty-two previous novels, eighteen of them featuring PI Elvis Cole and his laconic partner, Joe Pike. Before writing his first novel, Crais spent several years writing scripts for such major television series as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, and Miami Vice. He was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and has received multiple awards for his work.

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Boswell book company hosts a Saturday morning special featuring Everina Maxwell, author of the space opera hit Winter’s Orbit, for a conversation about her new novel, a stand-alone space adventure called Ocean’s Echo. In conversation with Boswellians Rachel Copeland and Oli Schmitz.

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Socialite flirt and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier. Whereas Tennal can read minds, Surit can influence them. But Surit refuses to go through with illegal orders to control unconsenting Tennal’s mind. So they fake a bond and plan Tennal's escape. When war begins, Tennal and Surit can no longer abandon their world, and the only way to avoid life under full military control is to complete the very sync they've been faking. Can two unwilling weapons of war bring about peace?

Here’s Rachel Copeland’s take: "Maxwell deepens the worldbuilding established in Winter's Orbit with a focus on the mysterious alien remnants that seem to have endless horrifying possibilities. I don't know how it's possible in a story that engages in difficult topics such as coercion and mental health issues, but Ocean's Echo left me with a distinctly warm feeling. Can one feel hugged by a space opera? Asking for a friend." And from Ryka Aoki, author of Light from Uncommon Stars: "Compassionate, queer, slightly horrifying, and wildly inventive... What a glorious read!"

Everina Maxwell is the author of Winter’s Orbit, a queer romantic space opera that won an American Library Association Alex Award and was a Sunday Times bestseller.

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Boswell is so pleased to host an evening featuring Wisconsinite Amy E Reichert, author of novels such as The Simplicity of Cider and The Kindred Spirits Supper Club, for a conversation about her newest book, Once Upon a December, in which a trip to the Milwaukee Christmas market offers holiday magic and romance.

Registration is required to attend this event, so click here and visit amyereichertmke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of Once Upon a December now, too.

With a name like Astra Noel Snow, holiday spirit isn’t just a seasonal specialty, it’s a way of life. But after a stinging divorce, Astra’s yearly trip to the Milwaukee Christmas market takes on a whole new meaning. For Jack Clausen, the Julemarked with its snowy lights and charming shops stays the same, while the world outside the joyful street changes, magically leaping from one December to the next every four weeks. He’s never minded living this charmed existence until Astra shows him the life he’s been missing outside of the festive red brick alley. After a swoon-worthy series of dates, some Yuletide magic, and the unexpected glow of new love, Astra and Jack must decide whether this relationship can weather all seasons, or if what they’re feeling is as ephemeral as marshmallows in a mug of hot cocoa.

Jenny Bayliss, author of Meet Me Under the Mistletoe, says: "For all those who still revel in the enchantment of the festive season, this is the book for you. Friendships, romance and magical Christmas markets abound in this feel-good novel." And from Christina Lauren, author of In A Holidaze: "Delightful in every possible way! With Reichert's trademark bone-deep wisdom threaded beautifully throughout a riotous, otherworldly, and marvelously unexpected novel, Once Upon a December is an absolutely perfect holiday hug."

Amy E Reichert is author of novels such as The Coincidence of Coconut Cake, The Optimist’s Guide to Letting Go, and Luck, Love & Lemon Pie. She earned an MA in English Literature, serves on her library’s board of directors, and is a member of Tall Poppy writers.

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Wisconsinite Wendy Wimmer visits Boswell in-person for a conversation about her debut story collection, Entry Level, winner of the Autumn House Fiction Prize. Wimmer’s book offers up tales of characters trying to find their way through the struggles of underemployment. In conversation with Christina Clancy, author of Shoulder Season and The Second Home.

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In Entry Level, characters are trying to find, assert, or salvage their identities. Wimmer pushes the boundaries of reality, creating stories that are funny, fantastic, and at times terrifying as her characters undergo feats of endurance, heartbreak, and loneliness while trying to succeed in a world that undervalues them. From a young marine biologist suffering from imposter syndrome to a haunting to a bingo caller facing another brutal snowstorm, Wimmer’s characters confront a universe that is, at best, indifferent to them. These stories reflect on the difficulties of modern-day survival and remind us that piecing together a life demands both hope and resilience.

National Book Award finalist Deesha Philyaw says: "In the world of Entry Level, no job is too small, nor is it ever just a job. In cities and across rural landscapes and dreamscapes, we find clerks and corpses, mothers and daughters, cruise entertainers and scientists, grappling with longing and loss. The stories are, at turns, heartfelt and hilarious, wry and whimsical, full of magic and mayhem. These are well-crafted love stories, ghost stories, and stories of everyday people just trying to navigate life’s cruelties and impossibilities. Wimmer writes with an intimacy and immediacy that take you down a fresh rabbit hole from the first line, each time. Each tale is as smart, exquisite, and surprising as the next. I really didn’t want this collection to end!"

Wendy Wimmer earned an MA in Creative Writing at UWM, and her work has been published in Barrelhouse, The Believer, Blackbird, and several other journals.

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