Ben McCormick, author of IN THE ROOM AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD

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Mon Oct 20 2025 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

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Boswell Book Company | Milwaukee, WI

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Ben McCormick, author of IN THE ROOM AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD: LEAVING THE MIDWEST, THE BUCKS TITLE RUN, AND OTHER SURVIVALS- a Boswell event
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Boswell Book Company presents an evening with author and Milwaukee native, Ben McCormick. McCormick visits with his new book, In the Room at the Top of the World: Leaving the Midwest, the Bucks Title Run, and Other Survivals.

from Boswell. Signed copies are available on most event preorders. If you have a personalization request, enter it in "order comments" at checkout. Please note: signed copies will ship after the event. Remember to select “In Store Pickup” at check out to avoid unnecessary shipping fees on books you intend to pick up at the event.

Most know people from Milwaukee because they left: Oprah, Gene Wilder, Liberace. Milwaukee is too small to be a global hub, yet it's too big to be idyllic. Good things happen there-great things don't. Ben McCormick left it full of promise for writing grad school and in 2021 sulked to Oregon with no great novel or acclaim. And in the first six weeks his live-in relationship imploded, his first niece was born back home, and he witnessed Milwaukee's great thing: the Milwaukee Bucks's NBA title. Told through each playoff game, McCormick's sprint of a lyrical memoir is about the alchemy of emotions and fandom, aging into someone we didn't plan to be, and returning to a Midwest that makes us, breaks us, and makes us all over again.

"Ben does a beautiful job showing how something as simple as sports can bring you closer to home even when you're half a country away. In the Room at the Top of the World finds the humor, joy, and grit of the Midwest, but the soul of the book will hit any heart away from home." -Charlie Berens, comedian & New York Times Bestselling Author

Ben McCormick was born in Wisconsin. He earned an MFA at Texas State University, and his writing has appeared in places like Ploughshares Blog, Harvard Review Online, The Pinch, and Passages North. He's watched every Bucks game for the last seven seasons and is a lifelong fan.

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Boswell Book Company, 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, United States

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