Maggie Ginsberg
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Year in review: Top 20 stories of 2022
Madison Magazine's team of editors and designers chooses its 20 favorite articles featured throughout the print magazine this year.
Find your next great read in 2023
Kick off the new year with these recent and forthcoming Wisconsin-connected reads on our 2023 Book List.
January 2023
Celebrating a beloved literary legend: David Rhodes, dead at 75
The author of “Driftless” and five other acclaimed novels died on November 10. A public memorial celebration will be held in May.
With his debut environmental legal thriller, Madison author and retired judge tells the stories he’s been holding back
Q&A with Jeffrey D. Boldt, author of 'Blue Lake,' which was honored this month as a 2022 'Best of the Indie Press.'
From startup city to exit city
gener8tor's 10 year anniversary exemplifies just how far Madison’s “Startup City” dream has come.
December 2022
Queen of the bootleggers
Maggie Ginsberg looks back at the prohibition era in Madison 100 years later.
December 2022
Wisconsin before and after Roe v. Wade fell
Area women share why this was already a post-Roe Wisconsin in many ways.
December 2022
Writing working-class voices rife with rhythm, muscle and wanderlust
A Q&A with Christopher Chambers, author of the new short story collection, 'Kind of Blue'
New nonprofit helps Wisconsinites secure abortion care in Rockford, Illinois
In response to Roe v. Wade reversal, Rockford Family Planning Foundation aims to provide Wisconsin people with abortion access and reproductive healthcare.
November 2022
One last spin in Madison area roller rinks
Roller skating rinks seem a relic of the past as Fast Forward Skate Center closes in Madison.
November 2022
Remembering Amy Gannon with the second annual Amy Awards
Read an excerpt from the forthcoming biography about the late Madison entrepreneur, plus meet this year's Amy's
November 2022
The Amy Awards: Deborah Mejchar mentors for better peer support in prisons
Prison chaplain and certified peer specialist is recipient of a 2022 Amy Award
November 2022
The Amy Awards: Kattia Jimenez fosters land ownership for minority farmers
Owner of Mount Horeb Hemp is recipient of 2022 Amy Award
November 2022
Boy psychic or elaborate newspaper prank?
Henry James Brophy mystified Mount Horeb with psychic happenings in the early 20th century. His story remains mysterious to this day.
October 2022
Sunday Reads: Making a once in a lifetime comeback—twice
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
Sifting and Reckoning exposes decades of racism and bigotry on campus
UW–Madison’s ambitious Public History Project exhibition at the Chazen highlights those who fought back.
October 2022
Eerie, barely futuristic vision of a gated community in the Driftless haunts new novel from acclaimed author
Q&A with David Rhodes, author of 'Painting Beyond Walls'
Sunday Reads: Turning the tables on this author
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
Legendary nurse in Madison history
Signe Skott Cooper transformed the field of nursing through her work at UW-Madison
September 2022
Sunday Reads: Don’t mess with my books, the world is already chaotic enough
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
What happens when the doctor needs help?
A physician-turned-therapist now gives other doctors the mental health and substance abuse counseling they need.
August 2022
Remembering Madison’s Wild Waters
Do you recall the wild days at this south-east side water park from 1984 to 1991?
August 2022
Sunday Reads: An author and her cat, plus a viral story gone wrong
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
‘Death Casts a Shadow’ will be last book in popular Door County mystery series
Q&A with Patricia Skalka, who will discuss her new novel at Mystery to Me bookstore on July 28 at 6 p.m.
Best of Madison Editors’ Picks 2022
For the second year in a row, Madison Magazine’s editors selected a few winners of their own.
August 2022
History lesson: flight lessons
If it had been up to Madison residents in 1927, the Dane County Regional Airport might have been named “Bob La Follette Landing Field” instead.
July 2022
Ordinary everyday pilots taking flight in Madison
Here in the Madison area, the aviation community says that if you’ve ever been curious about becoming a pilot, they’d love to take you up in the air.
July 2022
Three engineering siblings launch a company and the home-built airplane of their dreams
DarkAero, the company launched by the Karl brothers in 2017 after they all quit their corporate jobs and pooled their savings, has grown into a full-service provider of aerospace composites training, classes and consulting.
July 2022
New novel by UW–Madison French professor explores love and loss in the early years of the AIDS crisis
Q&A with Richard Goodkin, author of 'Mourning Light.'
Sunday Reads: How do you enjoy life during challenging times?
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
A locally written hiking guidebook focuses on dogs at Wisconsin’s State Parks
“A Dog Lover’s Guide to Hiking Wisconsin’s State Parks” by the University of Wisconsin Press features recommended hikes in 47 Wisconsin state parks.
June 2022
‘Infamous Mothers’ creator announces 45-city book tour
The free and virtual 'Nothing's Wasted Tour' will highlight Dr. Sagashus T. Levingston's new book while connecting entrepreneurs to bridge health and wealth gaps for Black mothers
How to say goodbye to a pet
Anyone who has ever loved a good pet will tell you there are few relationships more rewarding — or losses more agonizing.
June 2022
UW School of Veterinary Medicine is paving the way for healthier animals, people and the planet
The vet school sees 30,000 patients each year, but that's far from all the veterinary medical hospital does for the community and beyond.
June 2022
History Lesson: Jaywalking Chicken on University Avenue
On University Avenue in 1931, a chicken crossed the road. Why?
June 2022
‘I’d rather be flying dogs’
Middleton’s David Tan used to fly a military rescue helicopter. Now the retired pilot spends his free time (and his own dime) flying rescue animals to their new homes.
June 2022
Sunday Reads: Have books, will travel
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
Madison-area midwife’s debut collection is influenced by Sweden’s and other family-friendly social systems
Q&A with Ingrid Andersson, author of the poetry collection, 'Jordemoder: Poems of a Midwife'
