The Teaching Press

UW-Green Bay's student-managed publisher and press

Tag: Call Me Morgue

Meet the Interns: Promotion, Publicity, and A Portrait…

The Teaching Press had 21 students working as interns and staff in Fall 2023. We’re featuring their work in small batches—the same  way we print books at the Press! 

This team of Fall 2023 interns focused on creating engagement and interest in our books, especially our 2022 titles Call Me Morgue and Wandering Toft Point: A Nature Journal. They brainstormed memes and campaigns—one even took a road trip up to Toft Point for blog and social media content.  They also fact-checked and copyedited the page proofs of A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales.  for which they created the Media Kit, designing the project web page, writing  blog posts, and conducting  the author interview.

 

Meet the Interns: Promotion, Production, and A Viking House Saga

The Teaching Press had 21 students working as interns and staff in Fall 2023. We’re featuring their work in small batches—the same  way we print books at the Press! 

This group of interns  focused on creating press publicity for our titles, including our Fall 2023 launch of The Viking House Saga: A Journey into Experiential Learning at UW-Green Bay, by Owen Christianson and Heidi Sherman. After a quick summer of editing and designing this book, Manager Matthew Everard and our team were still ready to launch in time for the Midwest Viking Festival in October.  They also worked on printing The Lower Fox River PCB Clean Up , creating publicity for our other titles, and copyediting A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales.

 

Mimi and Rupert Books: Our New Imprint Takes Wing

The newest descendants of the Mimi and Rupert dynasty would like to return to the nest, please. (Photo: UWGB News and Marketing)

The signs of spring have arrived at UWGB.  On our Green Bay campus, Peregrine falcons nest atop the David A Cofrin Library.  One pair of falcons began nesting there in 2017 to lay eggs and teach their fledglings to fly. This first falcon couple was named “Mimi” and “Rupert,” and their descendants have now brought three new fledglings into the world.

Through the falcon cam , UW-Green Bay students, staff, and nature lovers all over the planet can enjoy and encourage the growth of this delicate species.  (You can even help name the new chicks each year.)

Mimi & Rupert Books, an imprint of the Teaching Press at UW-Green Bay. Logo designed by Samantha Vondrum.

Mimi and Rupert’s annual return inspired the name of our first imprint at The Teaching Press, Mimi & Rupert Books. What is an imprint? you may ask. An imprint is a division of publishing dedicated to specific projects. Mimi  & Rupert Books interlace art and words, voice and image, into finely crafted, collaborative and inspiring stories.  Continue reading

Transcendent: An Interview with Morgan Moran

Over the summer and fall of 2021, fourteen interns with The Teaching Press had the opportunity to participate in book design, copyediting, developmental editing, client engagement, project management, printing, market research, and several other aspects of the production process for The Teaching Press’s newest book, Call Me Morgue, written by debut author Morgan Moran and illustrated by former press intern, Ali Juul.

As a part of the production process, The Teaching Press’s summer Marketing Lead intern, Rose Siegfried had the chance to talk to Call Me Morgue’s author, Morgan Moran about her writing process, her experiences in funeral work, and her hopes for all the readers of Call Me Morgue. Continue reading

Do Not Be A Death Tourist

After Morgan Moran quit her advertising job, death work seemed easy—but the only easy part about it was the preparation: gory Instagram accounts, murder movies, playing “carry the corpse” with friends.

With each new encounter—hearse rides, cremations, embalming—she’s surprised as her work with the dead becomes life-giving, and her glimpses of grief become revelations. What else is happening in the world that’s this special, she wonders, that we know nothing about? Continue reading

The Teaching Press Dances with Death

Dead bodies, decapitated heads, and the person that keeps them company.

In a sometimes wrenching, often irreverent collection of “death snacks,” debut author Morgan Moran captures her fascination with death and its inner workings in her book, Call Me Morgue.

The book is based on the author’s blog, which chronicles her journey into death work as a mortician’s apprentice after a 12-year career in advertising.

Call Me Morgue is the fifth title from The Teaching Press at UW-Green Bay. Continue reading

UW-Green Bay alumna pens deep thoughts on death with a book launch, Friday, May 6!

Check out the UW-Green Bay News and Features Call Me Morgue article written by freelance writer Kristin Bouchard by following the link here to learn more about The Teaching Press’s newest book!

Drawing All The Bones: An Interview with the Call Me Morgue Book Design Team

As a student-managed printing house at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, The Teaching Press provides hands-on learning opportunities for undergraduates to learn transferable skills in a variety of interdisciplinary fields, one of which includes book design. During the summer of 2021, Teaching Press Interns JouLee Yang and Ali Juul took on the role of Design Team Leads for an exciting new Teaching Press Project. Under the direction of Dr. Rebecca Meacham, JouLee and Ali learned the ins and outs of book design and completed some stunning design work for the press. In a brief interview, Ali and JouLee shared some of their personal insight about book design and working with the Teaching Press. Continue reading

© 2024 The Teaching Press

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑