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Madison BookBeat highlights local Wisconsin authors and authors coming to Madison for book events. It airs every Monday afternoon at 1pm on WORT FM.
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Nancy Kathman, "Love, Cuba, Goats and Music"
Stu Levitan welcomes Nancy Kathman, for a conversation about her engaging new memoir, “Love, Cuba, Goats and Music,” about her life cutting sugarcane in Cuba, co-founding the Southwest Dairy Goat…
Sahar Mustafah on writing about heritage in a time of genocide
On this episode of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie is joined by author Sahar Mustafah to talk about her new novel, The Slightest Green. In the middle of dinner one evening, Intisar Jaber receives…
Jeff Oloizia's "Writing Forward" Wisconsin Literary Podcast
Jeff Oloizia was our guest on Book Beat with John Quinlan discussing his new weekly WI Literary Podcast "Writing Forward," which debuted on May 6th. We learned about the purpose of the cutting edge…
Dean Robbins, Books For Kids
Stu Levitan welcomes author and editor Dean Robbins, for a discussion about his career writing illustrated books for children – 13 of them at last count, inspirational stories about such role models…
Choosing to Die with author Theresa Evans
Author Theresa Evans of Sturgeon Bay discusses important end of life issues around her support of her mother in experiencing Assisted Death. "Choosing to Die: A Daughter's Story Of Supporting Her…
Lisa Low on poetry's capacity to unlock identity
On this episode of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie is joined by author Lisa Low to talk about her new poetry collection, Replica. Stand-up comedy, a celebrity non-apology, observations of racism,…
Doug Metoxen Kiel on the ongoing fight for Indigenous nationhood
On this episode of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie is joined by author Douglas Metoxen Kiel to talk about their new book, Unsettling Territory. How did the Oneida Nation of northeastern…
Melissa Faliveno makes the case for Midwestern gothic
On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie chats with author Melissa Faliveno about her debut novel, Hemlock, now available from Little, Brown. Sam, finally sober and stable with a cat…
Doug Bradley, "The Tracks of My Years: A Music-Based Memoir"
Stu Levitan welcomes back to the program Doug Bradley to discuss his new book The Tracks of My Years: A Music-Based Memoir, just out from the good people at Legacy Book Press. And it is exactly what…
The Year in Books: three Madison booksellers on how their 2025 went
On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie chats with Madison booksellers Mira Braneck from A Room of One’s Own, Hilary Burg from Mystery to Me, and Molly Fish from Lake City Books to see…
Cheryl Schiltz: When The World Falls Away: One Woman’s Triumph Over Invisible Disability
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Cheryl Schiltz - When the World Falls Away Lisa Malawski talks with Cheryl Schiltz today on Madison Bookbeat, November 24, 2025. Cheryl Schiltz is no stranger to silence—but…
Cary Segall, "A Walk in the Woods: Voices From the Appalachian Trail"
Stu Levitan welcomes Cary Segall for a conversation about his engaging new book A Talk in the Woods: Voices Along the Appalachian Trail (Back Burner Books), recounting stories of the people he met…
Emily Mitchell on the power of speculative fiction in strange times
On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie chats with author Emily Mitchell about her new short story collection, The Church of Divine Electricity, now available from University of…
Margaret Mooney, "Radical Family: Trailblazing Lesbian Moms Tell Their Stories"
Stu Levitan welcomes Margaret Mooney, editor of Radical Family: Trailblazing Lesbian Moms Tell Their Stories and her wife Meg Gaines to discuss this collection of nine first-person accounts from…
Pernille Ipsen on feminism & found families in "My Seven Mothers"
On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie talks with author Pernille Ipsen about the new translation of her memoir, My Seven Mothers (University of Minnesota Press.) On New Year’s Eve in…
Mayor Dennis McBride, "A City on the Edge: Pandemic, Protest and Polarization"
Stu Levitan welcomes Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride for a conversation about his new book A City on the Edge: Pandemic, Protest and Polarization. It's a gripping and insightful first-person account…
David Michael Miller, "The Rise of Breese Stevens Field: Madison's ballpark and the team that made it home"
David Michael Miller transcript Stu Levitan welcomes David Michael Miller for a conversation about his new book, The Rise of Breese Stevens Field: Madison's ballpark and the team that made it home,…
Ron Rindo on animal medicine, Amish life & the Packers
On this edition of Madison BookBeat, host Sara Batkie talks with author Ron Rindo about his latest novel, Life, & Death, & Giants (St. Martin's Press). Gabriel Fisher was born an orphan,…
A Kinship with Ash: Heather Swan’s Poetic Reckoning with Nature and Loss
WORT 89.9FM Madison · A Kinship with Ash: Heather Swan In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski sits down with Wisconsin poet, essayist, and environmental humanities scholar…
The Journey Within: Exploring Life and Nature in Wisconsin’s Parks
WORT 89.9FM Madison · Time, Beauty, and Grief, Betsy-Korbinyr_7-28-25 In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Lisa Malawski sits down with local author Betsy Korbinyr who is an award-winning…
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