Wisconsin People & Ideas

The award-winning Wisconsin People & Ideas is the only magazine in the state to focus on contemporary Wisconsin thought and culture. It features articles by and about Wisconsin scientists, scholars, artists, writers, policymakers and other people who serve as thought leaders in our state and help shape its culture (examples: Jamie Thomson, Richard Davidson, Joel Rogers, Alta Charo, Gloria Ladson-Billings and David Lenz) as well as art, fiction and poetry. The magazine also runs statewide short story and poetry contests, publishes the winning works and holds readings at the Wisconsin Book Festival.

Wisconsin People & Ideas, formerly the Wisconsin Academy Review, has been published quarterly since 1954 and is distributed throughout the state and beyond.

Subscriptions are a free Wisconsin Academy membership benefit. Becoming a member is the only way to get the magazine home-delivered on a regular basis.

Copies of Wisconsin People & Ideas also are available from the Wisconsin Academy store for $5 per issue plus postage. The magazine is available at libraries, bookstores and other venues around the state.

You can browse older back issues of the magazine at the UW library. That archive is being updated during winter 2009 and soon will carry issues up to the present.

Questions or comments about Wisconsin People & Ideas may be directed to Jason A. Smith, Editor.