Midwest Writers Room
Podcast from the Wisconsin Writers Association. We discuss all things writerly, with an emphasis on the unique flavor of works that originate in the Midwest.
Midwest Writers Room
Latest Episodes
Chapter Break with Keith Pilapil Lesmeister, September 2026
BIO:Keith is the author of the story collections Ask Me About the Money and We Could’ve Been Happy Here. A graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars, his work has received support from the Anderson Center, Iowa...
Chapter Break with Shoshauna Shy, September 2026
BIO:In the last several years, Shoshauna Shy’s stories have been included in Brilliant Flash Fiction’s anniversary contest anthology, were long and shortlisted in two Bath Flash Fiction Award anthologies, and received fin...
Chapter Break with Kevin Del Principe
BIO:Kevin Del Principe is a writer and film director. I Animal, published by Tumbleweed Books, is his debut novel. He directed and co-wrote the feature film Up on the Glass. He has also written for television and...
Chapter Break with Ryan T Pozzi
BIO:Ryan T. Pozzi is a Council Bluffs, Iowa-based nonfiction author whose debut, The Mess That Made Them: How History’s Greatest Artists Failed, Floundered, and Made Something Brilliant Anyway, is published by Bloomsbury. After tw...
Season 4, Ep. 15 - Martha Engber, August 2026
BIO:Martha’s most recent book, SCATTERED LIGHT, just won an IPPY Silver Medal for Great Lakes Fiction. The book is the sequel to WINTER LIGHT, an IPPY Gold Medal Winner for YA. She’s currently at work on the last book in the...
