| New book releases, author events and other local literary news | | - UW–Madison professor Ramzi Fawaz's "Queer Forms" is out this month from New York University Press.
- Mary Wimmer's novel set in 1970s Milwaukee, "The Art of the Break," is out Oct. 4 from the University of Wisconsin Press.
- 2021 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize winner Wendy Wimmer's story collection, "Entry Level," is out Sept. 28.
- Mount Horeb author Alex Bledsoe's new Southern gothic horror novel, "Dandelion," is out Oct. 4.
- "Puddle Splashing," a parenting memoir from Madison writer Jessie Loeb, is now available.
- Rural western Wisconsin poet, librarian and sheep-tender Elise Gregory's novel-in-stories, "The Clayfields," will be out Oct. 15 from Cornerstone Press.
- MacArthur genius grant recipient Lynda Barry's graphic book, "It's So Magic," is out again this month from Drawn & Quarterly.
- Tim Fox's "A Place to Grow," book two in the Place Series, was released on Sept. 22.
- Ted Rulseh's "Ripple Effects: How We're Loving Our Lakes to Death" is out in October.
- Bestselling Madison author Kelly Harms' new novel, "Wherever the Wind Takes Us," will be out Oct. 18.
- Madison resident Pete Souza's new book, "West Wing and Beyond: What I Saw Inside the Presidency," is out Sept. 27.
- "Get Me to The Abbey," which explores alcoholism and recovery through the eyes of a middle-aged Midwesterner, is out from former longtime Madisonian Lisa Avelleyra with Little Creek Press.
- Jennée Sacken's new women's fiction/suspense novel, "Double Exposure," is out Sept. 27 from Ten16 Press.
- Russ Feingold's book "The Constitution in Jeopardy" with Peter Prindiville is now available.
- "Deep Green Envy," the third book in Joy Ann Ribar's Deep Lakes Cozy mystery series, is now available.
- "Sondheim & Me," a memoir by former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor Paul Salsini, is now out from Bancroft Press.
| | | | It's tempting to start an article about Wisconsin author David Rhodes with his personal story, which rivals that of any novel. But to do so would steal attention from the book itself, which is, as expected, terrific. "Painting Beyond Walls," out this month from Milkweed Editions, will be celebrated with only one event: a Wisconsin Book Festival appearance on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. It is the sixth book for Rhodes, 76, who recently moved from Iowa City with his wife to Madison to be closer to family and friends after decades in Wisconsin's Driftless Region. In fact, "Driftless" was the name of the book that marked Rhodes' triumphant return to publishing after a stunning, 30-year wait — but we'll get back to that in a moment. | | | | | | | | | |