The Life And Legacy Of 3-Time Pulitzer Winner, Thornton Wilder
Few people win one Pulitzer Prize. Madison-born Thornton Wilder won three, including one for the seminal play, “Our Town.” Wilder ...
Frederick Jackson Turner And The History Of The American West
Perhaps no American historian stirs a more impassioned response than Frederick Jackson Turner. His ideas about the western frontier were ...
Writer Edna Ferber Got Her Start As Appleton Journalist
Best known now for the movies made from her books, Edna Ferber was one of the best-selling and most prolific ...
Hamlin Garland, Wisconsin’s Son Of The Middle Border
A prolific writers of novels, short stories, and essays, Wisconsin-born writer Hamlin Garland broke with the romanticism of his time ...
Portage’s Zona Gale, The First Woman To Win A Pulitzer For Drama
The Pulitzer Prizes turn 100 this year. We’re honoring the occasion with a look at five winners with Wisconsin ties. ...