Wisconsin is in great shape for Cozy-Up-With-A-Book season. Let’s go!

Wisconsin is in great shape for Cozy-Up-With-A-Book season. Let’s go!

If you want to put your fingers on the literary pulse of a community, poke your head into an independent book store. We got to do that several times this past week and we’re happy to report that Wisconsin readers are in very good hands. Take Bosse’s News and Tobacco, a Green Bay icon now [...]

On book tours, literary legacies and Jerry Kramer

On book tours, literary legacies and Jerry Kramer

In one of several surreal moments last week, I found myself stuck in Packer game day traffic and chatting with a legend. I had called NFL Hall of Famer and Packer great Jerry Kramer the day before to thank him for his body of work. On a sunny afternoon last Wednesday, I had been walking [...]

We even sacrificed our first born in pursuit of that Packer victory

We even sacrificed our first born in pursuit of that Packer victory

You would not believe the shenanigans we had to pull to yank our beloved Packers across that soggy finish line yesterday. First, we sacrificed our firstborn son to the raucous crowd at MetLife Stadium. Charlie and his friends sat through that drizzly mess. He wore his 77 jersey and Wisconsin BRAT hat, both of which [...]