Midwest Writers Room

Chapter Break with Dennis McBride


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BIO

Dennis McBride is Mayor of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a master’s degree in public administration from Princeton University, and a law degree from New York University. He practiced law for 35 years for Boston and Milwaukee law firms and the U.S. government.  A two-time marathon champion, he is a member of the UW-Milwaukee and Wauwatosa East High School Athletics Halls of Fame. He is the author of A City on the Edge: Pandemic, Protest, and Polarization and co-author, with his twin brother Patrick, of The Luckiest Boy in the World

SYNOPSIS:

As a pandemic convulsed America in 2020, mass shootings soared and the murder of George Floyd touched off international protests. Churning in the background were a bitter presidential campaign and counterprotests opposing health measures and the election result. Every mayor struggled with some of these challenges, but Dennis McBride, the new mayor of a mostly-white suburb bordered by Milwaukee, faced them all. His city was a microcosm of a troubled nation. A City on the Edge tells how mayors have steered our hometowns through a storm of personal and political divisions, and how those events are still affecting America today. 

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