UW Press authors to read at Union

Five authors will read from their work published by UW Press under the new Terrace Book trade imprint on Thursday, Oct. 23, 3-6 p.m., in Memorial Union’s Main Lounge. A reception will follow a question-and-answer period.

The authors and their works are Brian Bouldrey, “The Boom Economy: Or, Scenes from Clerical Life”; Rebecca Brown, “Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary”; Jesse Lee Kercheval, “The Museum of Happiness”; David Milofsky, “A Friend of Kissinger”; and Mel Miskimen, “Cop’s Kid.”

The event, part of the Wisconsin Book Festival and the 75th anniversary celebration of Memorial Union, is cosponsored by the UW Press, and the Contemporary Issues and Performing Arts Committees of the Wisconsin Union Directorate.