About this podcast
Podcast from the Wisconsin Writers Association. We discuss all things writerly, with an emphasis on the unique flavor of works that originate in the Midwest.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 159 episodes
- Season 4, Ep. 19 - Rod Vick, October 2026 · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 19BIO: Rod is the author of over forty books including adult mysteries and thrillers as well as young adult titles. He was the 2000 Wisconsin Teacher of the Year, taught English…
- Chapter Break with Ray Welling · 24 minBIO: Ray Welling is an Australian-based author who grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where Byline for the Dead is set. He earned a journalism degree from Northwestern University and…
- Season 4, Ep. 18 - Kristin Mitchell, October 2026 · 34 min · Season 4 Episode 18BIO: Kristin is the founder and publisher of Little Creek Press. After nearly two decades in graphic design, she founded LCP and spent the next 14 years running both her…
- Chapter Break with Kristen Alger · 22 minBIO: Originally from Alabama, Kristen Alger’s connection to the Midwest is through marriage, dating back to the first settlers of Door County. After a decade enjoying the…
- Chapter Break with Catherine Jagoe · 23 minBIO: Catherine is a writer and translator based in Madison, Wisconsin. She has published ten books and four chapbooks across genres—poetry, criticism, fiction and poetry in…
- Season 4, Ep. 17 - Pat Scheckel, September 2026 · 24 min · Season 4 Episode 17BIO: Although he's lived most of his life in Wisconsin, Pat Scheckel recently moved to Minneapolis. His debut novel, Time Stitchers, was published by WWA Press in the fall of…
- Chapter Break with BA Williamson, September 2026 · 26 minBIO: B. A. Williamson is the overly caffeinated writer of the award-winning series The Chronicles of Gwendolyn Gray. When not doing battle with the demons in the typewriter, he…
- Chapter Break with Elise Posledni · 19 minBIO: Elise Posledni is a bookkeeper by day and a writer by early mornings. A lifelong Wisconsin resident, she draws on her love of the state’s small towns and breathtaking…
- Chapter Break with Gary Goodman, September 2026 · 25 minBIO: Gary Goodman is a former rare book dealer from Stillwater MN, whose first book, The Last Bookseller, chronicled his life in the secondhand book trade. His new book…
- Chapter Break with Shoshauna Shy, September 2026 · 22 minBIO: In the last several years, Shoshauna Shy’s stories have been included in Brilliant Flash Fiction’s anniversary contest anthology, were long and shortlisted in two Bath Flash…
- Chapter Break with Keith Pilapil Lesmeister, September 2026 · 24 minBIO: Keith is the author of the story collections Ask Me About the Money and We Could’ve Been Happy Here. A graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars, his work has received…
- Chapter Break with Kevin Del Principe · 32 minBIO: Kevin Del Principe is a writer and film director. I Animal, published by Tumbleweed Books, is his debut novel. He directed and co-wrote the feature film Up on the Glass. He…
- Chapter Break with Ryan T Pozzi · 28 minBIO: Ryan T. Pozzi is a Council Bluffs, Iowa-based nonfiction author whose debut, The Mess That Made Them: How History’s Greatest Artists Failed, Floundered, and Made Something…
- Season 4, Ep. 15 - Martha Engber, August 2026 · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 15BIO: Martha’s most recent book, SCATTERED LIGHT, just won an IPPY Silver Medal for Great Lakes Fiction. The book is the sequel to WINTER LIGHT, an IPPY Gold Medal Winner for YA…
- Chapter Break with Patrick O'Donnell · 26 minBIO: Patrick O'Donnell proves there's life after retirement. Raised in Chicago by Irish immigrant parents, he later earned a sociology degree from UW-Whitewater, then spent 25…
- Season 4, Ep. 14 - Hannah Larrew, August 2026 · 37 min · Season 4 Episode 14BIO: Hannah Larrew is the founder of Spellbound PR, a boutique public relations agency built for authors, artists, and creative people with stories worth telling. She specializes…
- Season 4, Ep. 13 - Evelyn Rainey, August 2026 · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 13BIO: Evelyn is an ordained minister, author, and publisher whose scholarship and ministry bridge Protestant, Celtic/Coptic Catholic, and Jewish traditions. As CEO of…
- Season 4, Ep. 12 - Jamie Wolf, June 2026 · 44 min · Season 4 Episode 12BIO: Jamie is a Wisconsin author, speaker, and community advocate. Her work is mostly non-fiction, focusing on emotional strength and healing. In 2024, she published her memoir…
- Season 4, Ep. 11 - Steven Strackbein, June 2026 · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 11BIO: After navigating the challenges of independently publishing his own speculative fiction, including The Change Paradox, Alexandria’s Genesis and Digital Landscape, Steven…
- Chapter Break with Julie Jacob · 19 minBIO: When Julie A. Jacob was a child, she decided she wanted to be a writer, and she’s been writing ever since. Her professional career has focused on health care communications…
