Category: Books
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New Book Alert! Home Again and Again: Recollections, Stories, Guideposts
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Our Spring and Summer Teaching Press interns have been hard at work on our newest project, Home Again and Again: Recollections, Stories, Guideposts, by Dr. Ann Gentry Recine and Louis Recine. In Home Again and Again: Recollections, Stories, Guideposts, Dr. Ann Recine invites readers into her chaotic life-well-lived to explore the concept of “home” and…
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Launched! A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales
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One of the most moving events we could hope for was our December 2023 launch of Sandra Shackelford’s A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales, translated and transcribed by May Lee Lor and Ma Lee Lor, and with an introduction by Pao Lor. Feel free to peruse our photo gallery here,…
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Now on Sale: The Golden Age of Brown County Enterprise, by Phil Hauck
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Did you know northeast Wisconsin was once one of the preeminent business communities in the United States? It’s true. In the 1980s and 90s, companies like Krueger International, Fort Howard Paper Company, Schneider National and Schreiber Foods were leaders in innovation, creative solutions and cutting-edge technology, unlike anyone else in the U.S. In this re-issue of The…
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Now on Sale! A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales, by Sandra Shackelford
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This unique collection of oral histories and photographs captures the storytellers, storytelling, folktales, and personal journeys of the earliest Hmong residents in Northeastern Wisconsin. Click here to order. Description “A shadow in the dark corner of the room moved. Slowly a woman walked toward us. Tears streamed down her face. She pointed toward me and…
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Historic Book Captures A Portrait of Brown County’s First Immigrants
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UW-Green Bay’s Teaching Press launches rare collection of oral storytelling and photographs on December 13 Read all about our new title in Inside UW-Green Bay News Click here to purchase your copy of A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales today!
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On Sale: Lower Fox River PCB Cleanup Timeline: An Electronic Reference Library
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You are invited to explore the world of unintended consequences of producing carbonless paper and its underlying chemistry of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) on the health of the Fox River and Lower Green Bay. Using an interactive timeline, this book by author Greg Neuschafer offers an overview of 70-years of PCBs impacting the river, from…
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Who is Pa Lee?
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Pa Lee was born in a village called Khang Kay. She got married and had two children in Longcheng, living under a cruel communist regime for 14 years. Pa Lee’s family feared retribution from the Viet Cong because her husband had worked with the U.S. military, so they decided it would be safer to live…
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Who is Sandra Shackelford?
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Sandra Shackelford has long been a proponent of racial justice. When her art professor chastised a student due to his race, she boycotted the university. When Emmett Till was lynched, she was among the crowds calling for justice. When Shackelford’s newspaper and recreation center were burned down by the KKK, she moved from the…
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I Believe in Voice: An Interview with Sandra Shackelford
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A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales, by Sandra Shackelford, with translations by May Lee Lor and transcriptions by Ma Le Lor, is now on sale. Click this link for purchase and pick up information. Interviewer’s note: Sandra’s written responses have been edited to include further details and quotes that she…
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‘What’s Past is Prologue’: An Interview with Greg Neuschafer
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Author Greg Neuschafer published The Lower Fox River Clean Up: An Electronic Resource Library with The Teaching Press in October 2023. Email the Teaching Press to buy your copies! Interviewers’ notes: This interview was conducted via e-mail by Abby Jurk and Autumn Johnson, in stages, from 2022-2023. Why embark on this project? Let me begin…