Wisconsin Literary Luminaries: From Laura Ingalls Wilder to Ayad Akhtar

by Jim Higgins

Overview

From the humble Ingalls family cabin in the woods to Ayad Akhtar's multicultural conflicts, the Badger State's stories and imagery have long inspired. Explore how Aldo Leopold and Lorine Niedecker drew on their close observations of the natural world. Contrast the distinct novels that Jane Hamilton and Larry Watson set on Wisconsin apple orchards. Delve into Thornton Wilder's enduringly popular Our Town and the wild fiction of Ellen Raskin and Cordwainer Smith, who wrote like no one else. Join Jim Higgins for a detailed account of ten notable Wisconsin writers that blends history, literary criticism and fact.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540215437
Publisher:	History Press Library Editions
Publication date:	04/03/2017
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Jim Higgins is the arts and books editor for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he has reported since 1983. Jim was part of the Journal Sentinel writing team that won the Association of Food Journalists 2004 award for special projects for a series on obesity. Higgins is a two-time winner of the Sentinel staff-voted award for humor writing. He is a graduate of Marquette University and lives in Milwaukee County.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

1 Laura Ingalls Wilder 13

2 Aldo Leopold 23

3 Thornton Wilder 36

4 Lorine Niedecker 47

5 Cordwainer Smith 55

6 Ellen Raskin 67

7 Larry Watson 77

8 Jane Hamilton 85

9 Michael Perry 94

10 Ayad Akhtar 102

Epilogue: Ten More Wisconsin Books 113

Bibliography 117

Index 123

About the Author 127