BJ Hollars
BJ Hollars is a writer, author, and an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Latest Contributed Stories
July 17, 2019
Bless These Pests: Welcoming The Garden Invaders
Ever feel like you’re constantly battling garden invaders? Dealing with the weeds, bugs, and critters can be a never-ending, daunting task. Or, you can roll with it, just like author ...
April 12, 2019
Parenting, Prom, And The Packers
The smell of heavy cologne, hairspray, and nervous energy in the air can only mean one thing: it's prom season. As high schoolers across Wisconsin worry about who to ask and ...
September 26, 2018
The Resurrection Of Lord God Bird
Birds are dominating the spotlight at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum this month as the acclaimed Birds in Art 2018 exhibition opens. The paintings and sculptures draw people to ...
August 24, 2018
August Heat And The Mouse In The AC
We’d made it most the summer without the air, but at last we break. It’s August, and rather than another night spent sweating in sheets, I reach toward the register, ...
April 4, 2018
Wisconsin’s First Mountain Lion
161 years ago Wisconsin’s first mountain lion met its end, and that’s where our story begins. B.J. Hollars reveals the felines chronicle, after its death.
September 11, 2015
The Hermit And The Goshawk
The hermit had a name but no one knew it, or almost no one did. Francis Zirrer, an import from Yugoslavia, preferred it that way. All he wanted in the ...
May 13, 2015
