What does it mean to build a writing life beyond the traditional literary centers?
Each week, host Jeff Oloizia sits down with authors based in or shaped by Wisconsin for candid, unhurried conversations about craft, creativity, identity, and place. From fiction to nonfiction, poetry to journalism, Writing Forward explores how writers find their voices, how landscape and community shape their work, and what it means to build a meaningful creative life wherever you are.
More than author interviews, these are conversations with room to wander — past the latest book and into the experiences, questions, and convictions that make the work possible. Together, they make the case for a richer, more geographically expansive vision of American literary life.