Category: Learning
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A Group Interview with Golden Era: The Heart of Wisconsin Sidelines Editing and Marketing Team
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Three of The Teaching Press’ interns of Golden Era: The Heart of Wisconsin Sidelines. Ongnia Thao, Karly Wigand, and Grace Zander recount the editing and marketing process for Kris Leonhardt and Tori Wittenbrock’s new book. Firstly, would you each give a brief introduction of your role in creating Golden Era: The Heart of Wisconsin Sidelines,…
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“Sweet, Sweet, I’m So Sweet!”: Copyediting a Bird Guide
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Our Teaching Press interns teamed up with the Oneida Bird Monitoring Program (OBMP) to create a new edition of Birds of the Oneida Nation: A Beginner’s Guide to Bird Identification. The guide consists of common birds found in the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin’s restored lands, presenting bird names in both Oneida and English, as well…
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An Interview with Golden Era: The Heart of Wisconsin Sidelines Design Team
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Two of The Teaching Press’ interns of Golden Era: The Heart of Wisconsin Sidelines, Alex Kunce and Jordan Sieracki, discuss the importance of preserving history through modern design techniques, challenging photo edits, and their collaboration process. Firstly, would you each give a brief introduction of your role in creating Golden Era: The Heart of Wisconsin…
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Exploring the Human Patina: An Interview with Patrick Wood
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In Patinas of Life, author Patrick Wood invites readers to consider the reflections of our bodies and souls not as flaws, but as the uniquely beautiful textures shaped by time, trial, and transformation. The surface, after all, is only the beginning. Patrick Wood is no stranger to capturing the subtleties of the human experience. Patinas…
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Reflections on Copyediting Patinas of Life
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Over the fall semester of 2025, The Teaching Press has been hard at work with a multitude of projects, including our newest title, Patinas of Life, written by Patrick Wood. This book is an exploration of human patinas: the weathering of choice, the marks of relationship, the tarnish of grief, the shine of discovery. These…
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Meet the Interns: Fall 2025
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This semester, The Teaching Press had 20 hardworking and talented student interns working on five projects. From editorial, to print shop, to marketing and publicity, our team collaborated together and separately on three exciting projects. Our dedicated editorial teams worked on three incredible books: Golden Era: The History of Wisconsin Sidelines, celebrating the history and…
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Accessible Design: An Illustrated History of Green Bay
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The Spring 2025 Print Shop team’s commitment to inclusive design ensured that An Illustrated History of Green Bay can be enjoyed by readers of all ages and abilities. Our priority for this project was to make the finished book as accessible as possible, since many copies of Preston Taylor’s An Illustrated History of Green Bay…
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The Teaching Press Goes Back to High School: An Interview with Appleton East High Teacher Ryan Marx
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Don’t worry, going back to high school isn’t as terrifying as it sounds. In 2024, The Teaching Press created a classroom set of our favorite “foldie-outtie” book, Lower Fox River PCB Clean-Up Timeline, for students at East Appleton High School. In this exclusive interview, we had the chance to speak with environmental science teacher Ryan…
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Meet the Interns: Publicity Team, Fall 2024
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The Teaching Press had 10 students working as interns and staff in Fall 2024. We’re featuring their work in small batches—the same way we print books at the Press! Our team of Fall 2024 Interns worked together and separately with strong dedication to a rigorous yet fulfilling production of proofreading and copyediting our upcoming title, Equality Now Project. Our publicity team was in part responsible for helping promote our Teaching Press newsletter, including our fifth-year anniversary as a publisher and printing house, our…
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Meet the Interns: Production Team, Fall 2024
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The Teaching Press had 10 students working as interns and staff in Fall 2024. We’re featuring their work in small batches—the same way we print books at the Press! Our team of Fall 2024 Interns worked with dedication to a rigorous yet fulfilling production of proofreading and copyediting our upcoming title, Equality Now Project. Our…