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"Never Anyone But You" creates a moving fiction that navigates same-sex love and self-transformation in a time when women’s voices were just starting to be heard.

Best Entertainment of 2018: Literature

By Lauren Souza and Madeline Peterson | Dec. 6, 2018

Our literature columnists share three of their favorite books from this year.

The novel is a beautiful work of art that contains a passionate message and cold reality.

Cardinal Picks: ‘Homegoing’ is an unbroken line to the past

By Lauren Souza | Nov. 15, 2018

All the pieces in the exhibit are made out of materials like housing insulation, pieces of wood and metal and represent the struggles of housing insecurity.

Chazen’s ‘Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home’ creates awareness, opens dialogue around housing insecurity

By Michael Makowski | Nov. 15, 2018

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The WUD Society and Politics hosted discussion seemed only to hint at Kanye West’s impact in 2018, while most attendees were very comfortable defending his impact on the music industry as a whole.

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We Need to Talk About Kanye

By Carl Zabat | Nov. 14, 2018

Last Wednesday, the Society and Politics committee of the Wisconsin Union Directorate hosted a discussion titled “A Dark Twisted Fantasy? Kanye West in Recent News.”

UW-Madison MFA alum Lauren Groff is the author behind this supernatural story.

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‘The Monsters of Templeton’ is a perfect novel for Halloween

By Madeline Peterson | Oct. 18, 2018

It’s getting to be that time of year. With the changing of the leaves and the ubiquitous presence of pumpkin-flavored drinks comes another important seasonal milestone: Halloween. If you want your reading list to reflect the supernatural vibes of the season, consider reading 2008’s “The Monsters of Templeton” by UW-Madison MFA alum Lauren Groff.

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Rupi Kaur’s 'the sun and her flowers' is a recipe for life

By Lauren Souza | Oct. 1, 2018

In light of Rupi Kaur’s appearance at UW-Madison, I thought this was the perfect time to explore her newest collection, “the sun and her flowers.” An opportunity to dive into the world of poetry was not going to be passed up.

The honest poet couldn’t have come at a better time, arriving with her feminist agenda just a day after Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh’s testimonies

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Rupi Kaur empowers women when America needs it most

By Sammy Gibbons | Sep. 30, 2018

Seeing Rupi Kaur Saturday was like going to therapy or yoga. Her honey-sweet voice lulled the audience into a meditation on self love, feminism and heartbreak, leaving us feeling empowered.

Madison is Kaur’s second stop out of 12 on her American Tour.

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Rupi Kaur to bring internationally acclaimed poetry to Madison

By Allison Garfield | Sep. 28, 2018

Rupi Kaur, renowned poet and author of “Milk and honey” and “The Sun and Her Flowers,” will stop in Madison tomorrow for her American tour. Kaur is an Indian-born Canadian poet and #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of two collections of poetry.

Buress' dry charisma and hilarious punchlines gave fans an hour and a half of great comedy.

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Hannibal Buress executes an excellent night of stand-up

By Jake Price | Sep. 24, 2018

The self-proclaimed “medium famous” comedian Hannibal Buress performed last week at the Orpheum Theater, engaging the audience with his patently warm and charming demeanor, creative multimedia usage, and of course, hilarious punchlines.

Despite its many influences, Insomniac Games' take on the web-slinger is an innovative new entry.

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‘Spider-Man’ successfully brings Peter Parker to the PlayStation 4

By Marty Forbeck | Sep. 20, 2018

Spider-Man feels like one of those series that’s never quite going to get it right — one that always passes the bar for greatness, swings effortlessly around the barrier for excellence, but stops short just a half inch of being 100 percent coherent.

Comedian Iliza Shlesinger performs during Chairman’s USO Holiday Tour at Morón Air Base Dec. 21, 2017. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman, along with USO entertainers, visited service members who are deployed during the holidays at various locations across Europe and the Middle East. This year’s entertainers were Chef Robert Irvine, wrestler Gail Kim, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, actor Adam Devine, country musician Jerrod Niemann, and WWE Superstars “The Miz” and Alicia Fox. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro/Released)

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Popular comedians coming to Madison venues this semester

By Morgan Spohn | Sep. 5, 2018

Many famous comedians will be performing in Madison this fall, including those who have had specials on Comedy Central and Netflix — here are just a handful of them.

With comical performances and a bizarre plant that talks and sings, “Little Shop of Horrors” has it all.

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Theater to look forward to this fall

By Allison Garfield and overture's rising stars | Sep. 5, 2018

Madison is a hub of culture when it comes to the arts — concerts, art shows and poetry slams can be found every weekend. Few realize, however, that Madison also hosts dozens of theater performances, from Broadway tours to local productions. Here’s your guide for what to keep an eye out for this fall.

The open world Western game “Red Dead Redemption 2” is one of 2018’s most-anticipated releases.

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New video game releases for Fall 2018

By Marty Forbeck | Sep. 5, 2018

I feel it’s necessary to preface all this by admitting that, as a man who plays a lot of games, I’m not the type of person to anticipate new releases. Games are just too expensive of a hobby, and getting caught up in hype trains all the time is a quick and reliable way to lose your shirt. If I didn’t write this column, I’d never pick up a game the first day it was out. With the exception of Nintendo and a few particularly smart indie game developers, every company drops the price of their games drastically a few months after release.

The club has meetings every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Room 131 of the Teacher Education Building.

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UW’s Game Design and Development club gives students a place to play, create, share

By Brandon Arbuckle | Jun. 12, 2018

The city of Madison is home to many successful video game studios. Raven Software has helped develop entries in the “Call of Duty” series, while PerBlue signed a deal with Disney to make mobile games for the media juggernaut. For those who aspire to work in the industry, UW-Madison’s Game Design and Development club gives students the opportunity to make games of their own.

Kazuo Ishiguro is an acclaimed author, but "The Buried Giant" shows that his writing can lack profundity.

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?‘The Buried Giant’ will make you wonder why its Nobel Prize-winning author won the Nobel Prize

By Martin Rakacolli | May. 27, 2018

You’re perched atop Vilas Hall on an edge of the rooftop. The campus sprawls out beneath you, stray pedestrians going about their day. A perceptive woman notices you. The two of you wave, and then the woman returns to her business. It takes a while, but when classes end you’re still up there. The doors open and the sidewalks start to fill. Give it about 30 seconds. Then, after the crowds of people make it difficult to see the sidewalk below you, take the pebble you brought with you and throw it.

Madison Esports is a club for competitive and casual players alike.

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From one ‘League’ to many: A look at the Madison Esports Club

By Brandon Arbuckle | May. 4, 2018

Less than two weeks ago, 680,000 concurrent viewers watched Richard “Ninja” Blevins play “Fortnite: Battle Royale” on Twitch, a new record for the video platform. It was a record Blevins had already broken back in March, when 628,000 watched him play the same game with rap mogul Drake.

"God of War" is out now for PlayStation 4.

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‘God of War’ breathes new life into the long-running PlayStation series

By Marty Forbeck | May. 1, 2018

“God of War” was one of those series back on PlayStation 2 that delighted in being an oddball and benefited from it. It sits up there with “Silent Hill,” “Ico” and “Shadow of the Colossus” as one of those staples that was willing to be a bit more experimental than its contemporaries, playing with mechanics other developers hadn’t before.

The book is rich with imagery and metaphors so that readers can nearly smell the boiling stews and see the last morsel of food left politely on the serving platter by the dinner guests.

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?‘Like Water for Chocolate’ is an invigorating read, addresses relevant themes of sexuality, feminism

By Grace Wallner | Apr. 19, 2018

Laura Esquivel’s “Like Water for Chocolate” is a magical, vivid and tragically romantic novel that tastes as satisfying as its delectable featured recipes. The novel is especially meaningful today, with major themes including female liberation and female sexuality.

The novella is a rewarding read with beautiful language and imagery. Its story also has heavy real world significance.

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‘The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother’ is an unusual, beautiful novella

By Grace Wallner | Apr. 11, 2018

“The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother” is a 1972 magical realist novella written by Gabriel García Márquez. At about 20 pages, it’s a short, yet dense read.

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‘Into the Breach’ is a brilliant strategy game from the makers of ‘FTL’

By Marty Forbeck | Apr. 10, 2018

If you’d have told me a few months ago that Subset Games, the makers of “FTL: Faster Than Light,” were going to come out with one of the tightest, most interesting strategy games ever made, I’d have laughed in your face.