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 others who serve as thought leaders in our state and help shape its culture. We also publish works from contemporary and classic Wisconsin artists, writers, and poets, and host in conjunction with the Wisconsin Book Festival annual, statewide short story and poetry
contests, publishing the winning works and holding 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
online shop for $5 per issue plus postage. The magazine is available at libraries,
bookstores, and other venues around the state.
You can
browse selected content from recent issues here and search pre-2007 issues of the magazine at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison digital collections library.
INTERVIEW: CORY CHISEL
From backstage at Milwaukee's Turner Hall,
Liza P. Burkin interviews Appleton native and rising music star Cory Chisel
NAVIGATING THE COLLEGE CRUNCH
A retiring generation of Baby Boomers is causing Wisconsin's labor force to shrink. How can we fill the gap? WISCAPE's
Nik Hawkins outlines possible solutions involving education and need-based aid in the latest of our four-part Wisconsin Idea Forum series
DIG-ED 101: THE ARGUMENT FOR DIGITAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
Northwestern University professor emeritus
Allan Collins and UW-Madison education researcher
Richard Halverson present their argument for increased and enhanced digital offerings for students
THE WISCONSIN PEOPLE & IDEAS WINTER READING LIST
Put on your flannel pajamas, pour a cup of hot cocoa, and check out some of the latest and greatest offerings by Wisconsin historians, poets, and authors
THIRD PLACE-PRIZEWINNING FICTION
A tale of Milanese familial intrigue in
Sylvia Gilberston's third-place winning story from the
Wisconsin People & Ideas/Wisconsin Book Festival 2009 short story contest
FROM THE DIRECTOR
Celebrating 140 Years of the Wisconsin Academy
EDITOR'S NOTES
For Everything, a Place
CONTRIBUTORS
UPFRONT
The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium gets a boost from NASA,
the Making It Home Film Festival kicks off, a UW-Stevens Point team nets biofuels research accolades, and
Verse Wisconsin launches their inaugural issue
GALLERIA
With the mind of an architect and the eye of a Pop Culture maven, up-and-coming Milwaukee artist Reginald Baylor is poised for great things
POETRY: JOHN LEHMAN'S PICKS
Our stalwart poetry editor, John Lehman, highlights works by poets Tom Boswell, Bruce Dethlefsen, Brent Goodman, Lowell Jaeger, John Sierpinski, and Mark Wisniewski
FELLOWS FORUM
Journalist and Milwaukee historian John Gurda pays tribute to the Wisconsin Academy and our great state
INSIDE THE ACADEMY
Wausau's Lane and Linda Ware, both longtime Wisconsin Academy supporters, receive the 2009 Governor's Award in Support of the Arts for their championing of Wisconsin arts and artists
