Michael Hopkins, the first-place winner of our 2018 Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction Contest, reads his award-winning story, “Static.”
Michael lives on a small farm in Neenah, Wisconsin, with his wife and their dog, cats, and chickens. His book and music criticism have appeared in Philly Weekly and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and his short fiction has appeared in Millwork and Pleides. His short story "Mirror Box” won third place in the 2019 Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction Contest.
This Facebook Live reading series is part of the 150th anniversary celebration of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters and our magazine, Wisconsin People & Ideas.