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77 Square is the definitive arts, culture and entertainment guide for Madison, Wis., and the surrounding area.
Katjusa Cisar
December 2
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Zuzu's Petals singer blossoms as memoirist
Last summer, when Laurie Lindeen was in Madison doing a reading at Borders from her memoir "Petal Pusher," she looked out in the audience and saw people from every phase of her life growing up here: high school friends from La Follette, punk rockers from the '80s, old neighbors who remember what her mom's casserole tasted like. This fall, "Petal Pusher" came out in paperback. more >>
Compiled by Kevin Murphy
Correspondent for The Capital Times
December 1
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What are you reading?
"Just finished 'Soul of the Rhino,' an exceptionally enjoyable and informative work by Hemanta Mishra, a Nepalese conservationist, who spends his entire life protecting the Asian rhino in its Himalayan habitat. more >>
Linda Brazill
December 1
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Artful Living: A library of garden delights
"Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design," Hayward's 10th book on garden design, is a radical departure from Gordon Hayward's previous work. more >>
Heather Lee Schroeder
Special to the Capital Times
November 25
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Authors rely on Web to find, connect with readers
Facebook users receive invitations to join groups all the time, but this one had an aura of mystery around it. "Come," it said, "and talk about what makes you unhappy at the Center for the Study of American Unhappiness." more >>
Jane Burns
November 11
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For literate cats, new book should be claws for celebration
They've been forced to lie in sunny spots or hide in boxes while another four-legged creature has gotten all the attention. Now, cats are clawing their way into the national consciousness, too. more >>
The Capital Times
October 22
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'Omnivore's Dilemma' author speaking in Madison next year
Author, journalist and activist Michael Pollan, whose books and ideas about food and food policy have a growing national and international impact, will be coming to Madison next September as part of the REAP Food Group's annual Food for Thought Festival. more >>
Heather Lee Schroeder
October 20
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Book fest: Eastern Europe expert Hemon gets a read on genocide
Novelist Aleksandar Hemon can't stop thinking about genocide, in part because he was made a refugee by the outbreak of the Bosnian War and the siege of Sarajevo in 1992, but also because the topic has a stranglehold on modern life. more >>