The Wisconsin Act 31 Coalition, which develops resources for educators to provide instruction about the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of the American Indian nations in the state, recommends many WHSP titles, including Native People of Wisconsin and Indian Nations of Wisconsin for young readers and adults respectively, along with Rebel Poet: More Stories from a 21st Century Indian by Louis V. “Since 2000, the press has published more than 135 books and magazine articles that share the stories and voices of African American, Native American, Hmong, Latino, and LGBTQ+ people, including more than a dozen biographies for elementary-age readers.” “We strive to share the stories of all Wisconsin people, many of them in their own voices,” says Press Director, Kate Thompson. Many readers will recognize the names of two of the press’ best-known authors, Jerry Apps and John Gurda. Since 1855, the Wisconsin Historical Society Press (WHSP) has been publishing books, magazines, and textbooks with the mission “to collect, preserve, and share stories about Wisconsin’s past.” Its current catalog, which boasts more than 400 titles, includes a rich variety ranging from children’s picture books to field guides to memoirs and histories of the various peoples who have called the state home. However, there is a chance your book was published right here in Wisconsin, which has a long history of small- and mid-sized presses focusing on regional writers as well as new micro- and hybrid-presses. Of course, you know the book’s title, and the author, but-no peeking-who is the publisher? Odds are it’s one of the Big Five companies that dominate the book publishing world. In a beam of light at just the right angle, you stroke the cover of your book club’s latest selection, crack the spine, take a long, deep inhale of new-book smell, and start to read. You settle into the couch with a cup of hot tea.
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