boswell hosts a virtual event with sangu mandanna, author of the very secret society of irregular witches, a warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose chance to embrace a new family – and a new love – changes the course of her life . . Mandanna joins us from England for a virtual chat with Rachel Copeland of Boswell Book Company.
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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 mix 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 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 house of nowhere to teach three young witches how to control her magic. But magic isn’t the only danger in the world, and soon danger is knocking at the door of the house of nowhere.
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 the house of nowhere to teach three young witches, she should say no, but In a house run by a housekeeper, a gardener, and her retired actor husband, and a grumpy (and beautiful) librarian for an absentee archaeologist looking after the girls, Mika is the only person who can help the girls. girls control their magic now all mika has to do is keep girls feet on the ground (literally!) and her heart protected from something she shouldn’t want: to love and be loved finally a witch book which really nails it! the magic in this book is such a perfect balance of wicca-ish and sabrina, teenage witch silliness, but the real winner is the human element of the found family. mandanna’s writing is relentlessly charming. Sign me up as a devotee!”
sangu mandanna is the author of kiki kallira breaks a kingdom and many other novels about magic, monsters and myths.
Novelist Jonathan Ames, creator of HBO’s Bored to Death, appears in Boswell for an evening featuring his latest novel, the second happy doll mystery, in which a badly scarred detective with a new philosophy squares off against each other. to a new case. ames visited us virtually last year for his first installment in this series and it’s one of a kind: see video of that event here.
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down to his last kidney after the previous adventure, happy doll is back in business. when a seductive young woman shows up at her door, it seems that the doll’s past has also come knocking. mary deangelo is searching for her estranged mother, a singular and troubled woman who was once loved. the last time he had seen her she had been on the verge of death: arms open like envelopes. she survived but disappeared soon after. Now, Mary claims that she is alive and has made contact, only to disappear once again. although her psychoanalyst would advise against it, doll takes the case. But as the investigation deepens, there are questions she can’t avoid.
Completely original, this book happily follows from Los Angeles to Washington and back on a journey that gets wilder and more confusing with every turn. Praise for the series includes this, by Lee Child: “Quirky, edgy, charming, funny and serious all rolled into one. Highly recommended.” and Boswellian Chris Lee: “This is whodunit exactly as 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 is the creator of two television series, talks blunt and boring to death, and has had two amateur boxing matches, fighting as ‘the herring wonder’.
milwaukee poet and uwm distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus john koethe visits boswell to celebrate the release of beyond believe, his latest book, which is a rich and thoughtful new collection that raises questions of time, language and literature.
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The eleventh book of poetry from the American poet-philosopher is an intimate and searching collection that brings the mundane to life and lends words to our most interior and abstract reflections. 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 up inside, have we lost our future and its promises or are we simply pressured to inhabit our present and ourselves? the award-winning poet invites us to his consideration of our world, like “an ordinary person sitting on his balcony on a summer afternoon, / waiting patiently for someone to explain it to him and meanwhile / living quietly in his imagination, imagining the afterlife .”
jonathan farmer, writing for blackboard, says: “koethe is a beautiful writer, one whose subtle inventiveness can breathe new life into lingering images, nail a complex sentiment into just a few words, or make the basic tools of the poetic craft into sources of pleasure and persuasion.”
John Koethe has published eleven books of poetry and is the recipient of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize, and the Frank O’Hara Poetry Prize. He has also published books on Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophical skepticism, and poetry.
boswell hosts an evening with author jeffrey breslow for an event featuring his memoir, the life of a game maker, in which the former toy developer behind games like operation, simon and uno attack! goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the toys.
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Millions of people around the world have played with the games and toys invented by Breslow and his associates. now shares his remarkable story, showing how a flash of inspiration, followed by hard work and ingenuity, brought these wonderful games to life.
In his memoir, Breslow explains the process of creating the game, a mix of rube goldberg, santa’s workshop, and mass production. he recounts the transformation of the toy industry from the use of cardboard and plastic to electronics. and tells the story of how he overcame a deadly workplace shooting to guide his affected 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 of 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 exhibited at the University of Illinois and Lurie Children’s Hospital. .
boswell presents the conference the return of petranech rose with erika l sánchez, author of the novel finalist for the national book award i am not your perfect mexican daughter, for an evening presenting her first book for adults, crying in the bathroom, a memoir in original essays that are as deeply moving as they are funny.
Registration is required to attend this event in person. Click here to sign up! Be sure to order your copy of Crying in the Bathroom too.
Erika Sanchez, the daughter of Mexican immigrants in Chicago in the 1990s, describes herself as an outcast, a misfit, and a disappointment: a brooding, foul-mouthed troublemaker who painted her nails black but also loved comedy . she often laughed so much with her friends that she had to leave the school classroom. Twenty-five years later, she is now an award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist, but she still has an irrepressible laugh, a biting wit, and singular powers of insight into the world around her. In these essays, Ella Sanchez writes about everything from sex to white feminism to debilitating depression, revealing an inner life rich with ideas, self-awareness, and insight. Insightful, unapologetic, and brutally honest, crying in the bathroom is Sanchez at his best.
early praise comes from sandra cisneros, author of the house on mango street: “a famous latino comedian told me, quoting 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 great. erika sanchez tells her story with a ‘flood of unidentifiable feelings that came out of my eyes.’ only after you laugh do you understand the anguish that lies beneath the laughter. especially the stories she shares about being a wanderer savoring her loneliness, a rare gift for a woman, but absolutely essential for any writer.”
the rose petranech conference is dedicated to the memory of rosemary petranech, a longtime diversity officer at marquette university who worked to expand opportunities for women and people of color. Rose’s love of reading and her books made her a special friend to Boswell, and we are delighted to partner on this series.
erika l. Sánchez is a Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. His poetry collection, Lectures on Dispossession, was a finalist for the Pen America Open Book Award. His novel I’m No Longer Your Perfect Mexican Daughter was a New York Times bestseller, a national book award finalist, and is now being made into a movie directed by America Ferrera. Sanchez was a Princeton Arts Fellow, recipient of the Chicago Public Library Foundation 21st Century Award, and recipient of the National Endowment Fellowship for the Arts.
one of our favorite minnesotanos, award-winning author anthony, barry and minnesota book william kent krueger, whose recent novels include from this tender earth and lightning, returns to boswell for an event featuring the nineteenth installment of his beloved series cork o’connor.
click here and register for this event at foxcreekmke.eventbrite.com. And be sure to order your copy of Boswell’s Fox Creek now, too.
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The latest installment in 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. Former Ojibwe medicine man Henry Meloux has had a vision of his death and tries to peacefully prepare for the end of his long life. But peace eludes him when hunters fill the woods in search of a woman named Dolores Morriseau, a stranger who had come to the medicine man for shelter and the gift of wisdom from her. On his last journey to this beloved land, Meloux must do his best to outwit the deadly mercenaries that follow him.
boswellian tim mccarthy is the biggest krueger fan you can find. Here are his notes on the latest book: “This is volume 19 in the Cork O’Connor mystery series, featuring Northern Minnesota PI with both Irish and Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) heritage. At Fox Creek, Krueger re-centers spotlight on henry meloux, a dear ojibwe friend and mentor from cork who is over 100 years old. a woman came to henry for help, unaware that she had been followed to her door. she will need every ounce of his skill, vision and a huge heart to guide her and the people she loves away from the forces that follow them it may not be enough henry knows that one way or another his time to leave this life is near when krueger made an event from boswell’s author a few years back he told us his indigenous fans say “not bad for a white man” about the way he develops ojibwe characters i laughed and was relieved to hear validation of my true affection by these fictitious people. I am u no fan!”
william kent krueger is the new york times bestselling author of this tender earth, ordinary grace, and the acclaimed cork o’connor mystery series.
Marie Kohler, a playwright based in Milwaukee, visits Boswell for a performance and reading of dramatic scenes from her play, aptly for us, Boswell. This event is a special preview of the play’s off-Broadway run.
registration is 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 animated narrative and the possibility of a more authentic life.
the edition gives kohler’s work 4 stars and calls it: “an excellent example of how history comes to life and, without a doubt, it is a fabulous platform for the talent that it shows”. and from broadway baby, which also gives the play 4 stars: “there’s an infectious energy and clear commitment to detail in this production: it’s well-loved and immaculately researched…and playwright marie kohler certainly seems to relish the opportunities de extracts elements of obscenity and humor to lighten the serious literary tone.”
Marie Kohler is an award-winning director, writer, actress, playwright, and playwright. Kohler is a co-founder of Renaissance Theatreworks, where she served as Co-Artistic Director from 1993 to 2012 and Playwright-in-Residence from 1993 to 2020. She is a freelance writer for local and national publications and has been a Survey Playwright and Survey Director at the American University Theater Festival. from the kennedy center. She was named Entertainer of the Year by the Milwaukee Arts Board in 2005 and a Friend of the Arts in 2020.
boswell is pleased to join a group of independent bookstores from across the country to present a special virtual launch event for elizabeth strout, the pulitzer prize-winning author of novels like olive kitteridge, my name is lucy barton and oh my! William! . strout appears to celebrate the release of her latest novel, lucy by the sea.
Tickets start at $28 plus issuance 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, mailed from USPS Media. a very limited number of autographed copies are available for early bird purchasers! click here to visit the event ticketing page and get your tickets now.
Strout’s latest is a poignant and perfect novel about an ex-couple (lucy barton and her first husband william) locked up together, and about the love, loss, despair and hope that lift us even when the world seems be falling apart. As a panicked world locks down, Lucy Barton is ripped from her life in Manhattan and taken 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 tiny house nestled against the shifting, shifting sea.
Here’s Daniel Goldin’s take on Lucy by the Sea: “Beginning moments after the close of Oh William!, Elizabeth Strout’s latest finds Lucy Barton holed up with her first husband, William, in a small town from maine lucy’s joy is in her astute observations the danger is that her heightened sensitivity and sometimes passive nature can lead her into many strained relationships i loved the way strout showed that lucy is a citizen of the yoknapatawpha from strout, with appearances not only from bob burgess but also olive kitteridge’s assistant at the assisted living facility reading lucy by the sea brings back every little memory of early covid, from panicking over surfaces and wanting to escaping from urban environments to the eventual politicization of the virus, so beautifully that he was willing to revive them.”
Elizabeth Strout is the New York Times #1 bestselling author of Books As Anything Is Possible, History Award winner Olive Kitteridge, Pulitzer Prize winner, and Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum winner Amy and Isabelle. the chicago tribune heartland award. Her most recent novel, Oh William!, was a Booker Prize finalist. She has also been a finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award and the Orange Award.
milwaukee reads and boswell book company present a special evening with bianca marais, author of hum if you don’t know the words, for a conversation about her new feminist magical novel, the witches of moonshyne manor. Marais will chat with Christina Clancy, the Wisconsin author of Shoulder Season and the Second Home.
This is a ticketed event, and each ticket is $45 plus taxes and fees. Each ticket includes admission, a glass of wine, light snacks, and a copy of The Witches of Moonshyne Manor. click here and buy your tickets for this event now.
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor is a funny, heartwarming and uplifting feminist story of sisterhood featuring a coven of aging witches who must unite their powers to battle the men determined to drive them from their home and town. In a race against time, five octogenarian witches are determined to save themselves and their home, but fear their aging powers are no match against increasingly malicious threats. As the deadline approaches, the fractures between the brotherhood are revealed and long-kept secrets are exposed, culminating in a fierce confrontation with their enemies.
We have an excellent staff recommendation for Marais’s new novel from Tim McCarthy. here’s his take: “oh man! by that i mean oh how can a man review a book like this? let’s start (and end) with the fact that i loved every minute of it. i loved the characters and the twists of the plot. , and the very verbal raven. most of all, i loved the feeling that marais was having as much fun writing as i was reading about a sisterhood of glorious old hags with a long history in a city that has been very good to them Until something changes. Now their mansion and popular distillery are under attack by a mob of irrational citizens (go figure), and reliving their own tragic past could offer salvation or destruction. They’re not sure which. So take a break. Take a break from our very strange real world and immerse yourself in this spellbinding mix of laughter and full-fledged feminist power, mixed with suspense and hints of potent wisdom that will probably fly in my thoughts forever.”
bianca marais is the author of hum if you don’t know the words and if you want to make god laugh. She teaches at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies and directs the Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices initiative. Marais also hosts The Shit Nobody Tells You About Writing podcast.
boswell hosts an evening with milwaukee attorney and wisconsin native john m van lieshout, author of grow up little chute, his coming-of-age memoir in a small town on the wisconsin river.
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van lieshout’s little growing slide is his memory of living in a small town in northeastern wisconsin in the 1960s and 1970s. he remembers things like soda pop caps imprinted with images of nfl stars, collectors of pagan baby cardboard coins, bic pens turned into blowguns, red rover games and hanging from monkey bars, all to the beat of “stairway to heaven.”
john m van lieshout was born in little chute, wisconsin. he earned a bachelor’s degree from marquette university and a juris doctorate from marquette. He has published scholarly articles in the National Environmental Enforcement Journal, The Wisconsin Lawyer, and Hofstra’s Property Law Journal. he is a shareholder attorney for reinhart boerner van deuren.
boswell hosts a virtual evening with leading technology and business journalist mark bergen for a conversation about his new book, like, comment, subscribe, in which he provides a definitive and deeply informed account of youtube, the company that revolutionized media, culture, industry and democracy. in conversation with chris lee of boswell.
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Around the world, people watch more than a billion hours of video on youtube every day. YouTube invented the attention economy we live in, forever changing the way people are entertained, informed and paid online. everyone knows youtube, but practically no one knows how it works. Now, Bergen offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of YouTube’s technology and business, detailing how it helped Google, its parent company, achieve unimaginable power, a narrative told through the people who run YouTube and the famous stars born on your stage.
bergen, a prominent technology reporter in bloomberg, might know google better than any other reporter in silicon valley, having published numerous stories about its successes and scandals. From Margaret O’Mara, Author of Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America: “An absorbing, alarming and essential modern history of Silicon Valley’s era of super-sized platformers. YouTube has redefined celebrity, turned it upside down entertainment and politics, and has unleashed the best and worst of humanity online.mark bergen’s deeply informed page turner takes us on the company’s journey from rudimentary startup to internet giant, revealing the dark consequences of the pursuit of growth at any cost”.
mark bergen writes for bloomberg and businessweek, and previously reported on technology and media for recode and ad age. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker, and has frequently commented on his Google reports on stations Bloomberg TV, CNBC and NPR.
Boswell hosts an event with Judith Ford, author of Fever of Unknown Origin, a memoir about a rare disease and the combination of Western medicine and shamanic journeying that saved her life. In conversation with author and writing coach Rochelle Melander.
Registration is required to attend this event in person, so click here and visit judithmfordmke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of Fever of Unknown Source now, too.
judith ford was a thriving psychotherapist, runner, yoga practitioner, dancer, and writer living life to the fullest when she contracted a mysterious illness that landed her in the hospital for an entire summer and nearly killed her. she recovered through a combination of western medicine and shamanic journeying. A few years later she helped her parents overcome her last illness. this book is as much her story as theirs, about how they clung to hope and sometimes despaired. it’s about how each one suffered and came together, laughed, loved, forgave and let go. and it’s about how all of us live in the shadows of the unknown and the unanswerable.
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by susannah waters, author of cold comfort: “fever of unknown origin tells the poignant story of one woman’s battle against a debilitating disease. ford guides us through the bewildering ups and downs of this struggle, culminating in a recovery as richly surprising and nuanced as the disease itself, as well as a deeper understanding of what it means to be fully alive and present in this world. An inspiring read.”
the writings of judith m. Ford have been featured in magazines such as the Connecticut Review, the Evening Street Review, and the Southern Humanities Review, and her work has been nominated three times for Pushcart Awards. She was a psychotherapist for thirty-five years and taught creative writing at a private elementary school, University of Wisconsin Extension, and a runaway teen shelter. She has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
nature and nutrition educator from milwaukee visits boswell with her first picture book, our world of dumplings, a delicious story that celebrates the different types of dumplings that exist in our world and how food unites people and cultures . While this event will be kid-friendly, the presentation will be primarily focused on an adult audience.
registration is required to attend this event in person: click here and visit franciedeckkermke.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 hosting a dumpling festival and all the kids are excited to see and help each family cook different versions of the delicious treats. From kreplach to khinkali and johnny cakes to jiao zi, each household has their own way of making dumplings, uniquely handcrafted and based on their culture. As kids wrap, cook, and eat all the different types of meatballs, they learn how meatballs are the ultimate labor of love.
Underlining the power of food to unite us and help us celebrate our differences, our world of dumplings is a rich story that showcases the tender relationship between food and company and their natural ability to create a sense of community and leave you feeling 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.
Join us for an afternoon with midwestern writer extraordinaire peter geye, author of novels like wintering and northernmost, who joins us with his latest novel, ski jumpers, about a former ski jumper who becomes faces a terminal diagnosis and takes another leap – into a past of dizzying flights and broken family ties.
registration is required and capacity is limited – click here and visit petergeyemke.eventbrite.com to register now. and pre-order a copy of Ski Jumpers now too.
a ski jumper must be fearless – jon bargaard remembers it well. His memories of daring jumps and risks may hold the key to the book he’s always wanted to write: a novel about his family, beginning with Pop, a one-time champion ski jumper who also took Jon and his younger brother Anton to the heights. . But Jon has never been able to get over the next ruinous episode in his story, and now that he’s received a dire diagnosis, he fears he’ll never get over it.
early praise for this novel came from leif enger, author of virgil wander: “peter geye writes heartfelt novels made for winter, and ski jumpers is his best work to date… geye wraps his story in a 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, ski jumpers is the perfect place to start.”
Peter Geye is the author of the award-winning novels Safe from the Sea, Lighthouse Trail, and Minnesota Book Award-winning Wintering. she teaches at the loft literary center.
We’re excited to host a virtual evening with Tom Perrotta to discuss his latest film Tracy Can’t Win, his electioneering sequel that provides a sharp, darkly comic and perfect reflection of our current moment. in conversation with boswell owner 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 too.
It’s 2017 and Tracy Flick is the hard-working assistant principal of a New Jersey high school. Still ambitious but feeling stuck and underappreciated in middle age, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when longtime manager Jack Weede abruptly announces her retirement, creating a rare opportunity for Tracy to rise to the top job. but is she really a candidate for the main job? Is the superintendent conspiring against her? Why is the wife of the school board president trying so hard to be her friend? and why can’t she ever get what she deserves?
Film fans and newcomers alike will love this gripping novel that chronicles the second act of one of the most memorable characters of our time. from the new york times: “even more penetrating than its predecessor… with lyrical and polyphonic intensity, [perrotta] poses a question to the class: what have we learned?” and from Esquire: “Told with Perrotta’s penetrating wit, wisdom, and exquisite insight into human madness, Tracy’s second act offers a scathing take on thwarted ambition.”
tom perrotta is the author of ten works of fiction, including choice and little boys, both made into critically acclaimed films, and leftovers and mrs. fletcher, both adapted to the hbo series.
boswell hosts an evening with novelist toya wolfe with her debut, last summer on state street, a powerful coming-of-age novel about friendship, community and resilience, set in the robert taylor homes of chicago , where wolfe grew up. ideal for fans of jacqueline woodson and brit bennett.
Registration is required to attend this event, so click here to visit toyawolfemke.eventbrite.com now. And be sure to order your copy of Last Summer on State Street now, too.
felicia ‘fe fe’ stevens lives with her family in a high-rise building that is about to be demolished by the chicago housing authority. Along with the devoted and gorgeous Brown and Stacia Buchanan, daughter of a gangster queen-pin disciple, Fe Fe forms a tentative trio forging a simple life of double dutch and innocence. But when Fe Fe welcomes a mysterious new friend into her fold, the dynamic changes and the lives of the four girls are turned upside down. As her beloved neighborhood collapses, so do her friendships and the structures of the four girls’ families. Decades later, Fe Fe tries to make sense of the pain and strained ties that still haunt her, and tries to recapture the love that never left.
Profound, reverent, and uplifting, Last Summer on State Street explores the risk of connection in the context of racist institutions, the restorative power of knowing and reclaiming one’s past, and those relationships that define and shape the heartbeat of heart of our lives. Intertwining moments of reckoning and sustaining grace, debut author Toya Wolfe has created an era-defining story about finding a home, both in one’s own story and in oneself.
toya wolfe earned a master’s degree in creative writing from columbia college chicago, and her writing has appeared in african voices, chicago journal, chicago reader and more. She is the winner of the Zora Neale Hurston-Bessie Head Fiction Award, the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Short Story Contest and Betty Shifflett/John Schultz Short Story Award.
oconomowaukee september readers are pleased to cross 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 endearingly wise novel tells the story of how the forced retirement of a shy, closeted postman in the North of England creates a second chance with his lost love. as you learn to embrace your true self, connect with your community, and finally experience the great adventure of a lifetime.
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Each day, Albert Entwistle roams the streets of his small English town, delivering letters and packages and returning greetings with a quick hello and a “how are you?” 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 shy of his sixty-fifth birthday, albert receives a letter from the royal mail thanking him for decades of service and stating that he is forced to retire. Immediately, Albert’s simple life falls apart. So instead of continuing his lonely existence, Albert forms a brave plan to truly start living, be honest about who he is, and find George, the man with whom he spent a perfect spring and summer long ago. /p>
The early accolades for this one are outstanding. From Sir Ian McKellen, “This hilarious romance gripped me! True in its detail and scope, it’s funny but heartbreaking.” and del sol: “albert is the most delicious character and you will 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 Media Diversity Journalist of the Year. Cain is an ambassador for Manchester Pride and the Albert Kennedy Trust, as well as a patron of LGBT+ History Month.
boswell introduces andrew sean greer, who visits us with his new novel, less is lost, a sequel to his pulitzer prize-winning book less. In this novel, adorably awkward author Arthur Less returns for an unforgettable road trip across America. David Sedaris calls it “wild, painfully funny.” Greer appears in a conversation with liam callanan of milwaukee, author of paris by the book.
This is a ticketed event, and each ticket is $29 plus tax and ticket fee. each ticket includes admission for one to the event and one less copy is lost. this event is co-sponsored by friends of the milwaukee public library, and $5 from each ticket will be donated to the milwaukee public library foundation. so buy your tickets now! click here and visit andrewseangreermke.eventbrite.com to purchase tickets.
For arthur less, life is going surprisingly well: he’s 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 have less to flee from his problems once again by accepting a series of literary jobs that embark him on a zigzag adventure across the United States. With all the irrepressible wit and musicality that made Less a bestseller, Less Loses is a deep and joyful novel about the conundrum of life in America, the riddle of love, and the stories we tell along the way. p>
early praise for greer’s latest is glowing. how about this, from booker winner marlon james: “only arthur minus could be frustratingly stuck, but on the move. loose, but totally lost. full of wit, but without a clue. and as he runs from himself, he finds himself At the same time, put all of that into a wild road trip through a wilder America, and you end up with something hilarious, moving and unforgettable.” And then there’s this, from Circe author Madeline Miller: “It is a profound pleasure to return to the adventures of Arthur Less and his beloved Freddy. Greer is a brilliant storyteller as always, and the joy of this book is a balm to me. loved reading it.”
andrew sean greer is the author of six works of fiction, including max tivoli’s confessions and a marriage story. He has taught at the Iowa Writers Workshop, been a New York Public Library Cullman Center Fellow, and has received an NEA Grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Liam Callanan is a professor of English at UWM and the author of three novels.
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