Dear Papa, I’m writing to you on birch bark
When WPR producer Steve Gotcher's daughter, Erika, was a little girl, she started a tradition of sending him letters on ...
Human Powered: Preserving Stories From Wisconsin’s Floods
In recent years, Wisconsin's Driftless Region has experienced some of the most severe flooding in its history. The new podcast from ...
How To Create A Scary Story During A Terrifying Time
How do you create a scary radio story during an already eerie time? Between the pandemic, social unrest, and the looming election, reality is unsettling enough for many ...
High School Musicians Talk Differences, Shared Love Of Music
There are two students at Monona Grove Liberal Arts Charter School, or MG21, that are really talented. They’re both seniors ...
Dispatches from The Wild: On Writing, Trail Work, And Falling in Love with The Challenge
Nature and writing have a long history. Rebekah Morrisson is following in that tradition building worlds with her words and ...
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 ...
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 ...
How Writing Letters Made One Woman a Writer
When was the last time you wrote a letter? Patti See’s mother made her write letters to her older sisters ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Liberian Refugee Miss Elizabeth Finds New Life In Milwaukee
Miss Elizabeth came to Milwaukee from Liberia in 2007. She knew no English. She’d never really even gone to school. ...
Calvin Young’s Path To A Future In Milwaukee
Calvin Young grew up on Mayflower Court between two “projects” near 7th and Walnut. From a young age, Young’s environment ...
Life Lessons Flow Along The Flambeau River
River Wise by Pegeen Snoeyenbos Published by The Writer’s Exchange and Toad House Publishing, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. The words “Nature” ...
Dancing In The Cornfield
My childhood home in Oshkosh lay on the outskirts of town, at the edge of a farmer’s field. It was ...
Winter Tale
You’re probably looking forward to spring. The birdsong. The trees leafing out and the tulips pressing through the mud. The ...
Veterans Tell Their Stories
Pressed for time, doctors often have little time to spend getting to know their patients. An innovative program at the ...