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Launched! A Portrait of Grief and Courage: Hmong Oral Histories and Folktales

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, or watch the YouTube video,

This historic collection of oral histories, folktales, and photographs is on sale now at Lion’s Mouth Bookstore (Green Bay), WordHaven BookHouse (Sheboygan). You can order a copy directly from the Teaching Press here.

: Storyteller Mai Xong on the book cover

: Descendants of Mai Xiong at the book launch

: Author Sandra Shackelford with her collaborator and transcribers, May Lee Lor and Ma Lee Lor

: The daughter of storytellers Thao Chong and Yee Vang holds her parents’ stories in her hands

: Sandra Shackelford with Pa Lee, the woman who inspired the book 30 years ago

: Pa Lee and Sandra Shackelford

: “I was the baby in this photo!” —30 years later

: The book’s Project Manager, Designer, and Chief Copyeditor

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

December 10, 2023 / meachamr / 0 Comments

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.

Transcendent: An Interview with Morgan Moran

May 4, 2022 / / 0 Comments

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

May 2, 2022 / / 0 Comments

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

April 27, 2022 / / 0 Comments

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!

April 25, 2022 / / 0 Comments

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!

Interns meet virtually to work on The Green Bay Way

Pandemic or not, The Teaching Press publishes second book

August 12, 2021 / meachamr / 0 Comments

Our second book project has gone to press after many, many challenges, but we’re delighted with the results. Read UWGB’s article about our work on our client Peter Kraker’s history of the UW-Green Bay Women’s Basketball team, The Green Bay Way, here

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