May 7, 2025
Sheepshead Review and Northern Lights Launch This Week!
Sheepshead Review launched its “wackiest” issue to date this Wednesday, May 7th. “This issue is themed after landscapes found in Wisconsin, with wacky elements throughout the pages,” the editorial staff writes. Pick up a copy!
Join us for the 2025 Northern Lights Literary & Arts Journal Launch Party on May 8 at 5:00 p.m. in the Phoenix Club as we celebrate this year’s issue and the incredible creativity of our campus community! (Light refreshments start at 5 p.m., with readings to follow at 5:30.) We’re thrilled to announce that we received a record number of submissions this year. Thank you to everyone who shared their work with us. The Northern Lights team has reached out to all contributors, and we’re so grateful for your talent and support. Come grab a copy, enjoy some refreshments, and celebrate the publication of the journal with us. The event is also available on Zoom (RSVP to get the link). After the launch, copies will be available in the Green Bay, Sheboygan, and Manitowoc campus libraries, as well as in the basket on Professor Rysavy’s office door on the Green Bay campus (Studio Arts 261).
—Ginger Knauer, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Professor Ann Mattis recently published 
Professor Yazbec spends his workdays planning lessons and teaching, yet even during his personal time, he continues to respond to questions and concerns while balancing family and personal demands. If that isn’t enough, Yazbec is currently working on multiple manuscripts. The Land of Nod, which is about two-thirds drafted, is about where kids go when they dream. Another fiction story, which is about half drafted, is about a 225-year-old man who is still alive in 2072 due to a time-space anomaly.
We asked our editors for great study spots in other UWGB cities:
The Green Bay Film Society at UWGB invites you to the Spring 2025 International Film Series, sponsored by the Neville Public Museum (it will continue through May then resume in the fall). The films are unrated and meant for a mature audience. All films are free and open to the public.On May 7, The Dinner (Italy 2014), based on Herman Koch’s novel, will be screened. The film follows a tense family dinner where two brothers confront shocking truths after a video surfaces of their children violently attacking a homeless woman. It raises questions about parental protection versus accountability. This screening is co-sponsored by the Italo-Americano Club.
In the world of books, it’s no exaggeration to say that a new Stephen King novel is always a major event. He has soared to the highest of highs over his 50-year career, and 2025 will continue this trend with his crime novel Never Flinch. Never Flinch is the fourth book in King’s Holly Gibney series and is set to feature the return of several iconic characters, suchas Holly and Sista Bessie. In typical King fashion, this book will surely leave readers on the edge of their seats, propelling them from page to page with his refined prose and masterful storytelling.
While there are certain authors whose work I categorically love, sometimes, even the best of authors writes a sub-par book. So, I don’t have many authors that I wait on tenterhooks for their next release — unless it’s a sequel to a book I really liked. Somewhere Beyond the Sea continues the story began in The House in the Cerulean Sea, which really introduced me to adult, cozy fantasy. You can probably imagine my delight six months ago when it was released.
My most anticipated book release is definitely Burn of the Everflame, part of The Kindred’s Curse Saga by Penn Cole. I’ve been super excited for it since reading the rest of the series and can’t wait to continue the story!