Manchester Center, VT —
In person: Scott Chaskey appearing at Northshire Bookstore
Join Scott Chaskey in discussion about his title Soil and Spirit.
News / Bookstore
Milkweed Books celebrates a year since reopening
This August, we’re proud to celebrate the one-year reopening anniversary of our brick-and-mortar bookstore, Milkweed Books! Originally established in 2016 at the nation’s largest literary center, Open Book, Milkweed Books is the realization of a long-held dream to deepen our connection to community, and to introduce readers to transformative books and authors that align with our mission and values. Despite closure in 2020, we were thrilled to reinstate our beloved public space in the summer of 2022. We continue to enrich our neighborhood with a vital, newly reimagined community asset that connects people with stories through book sales, exciting…
Salt Lake City, UT —
In Person: Amber Caron appearing at Casot Work & Wine featuring Lindsey Drager
Join Amber Caron and Lindsey Drager in conversation at Casot Wine & Works.
This event is hosted in partnership with King’s English Bookshop.
Logan, UT —
In Person: Amber Caron appearing at Utah State University
Join Amber Caron in conversation about her collection Call Up the Waters.
Logan, UT —
In Person: Amber Caron appearing in the Helicon West Reading Series at Thatcher-Young Mansion
Join Amber Caron in discussion as part of the Helicon West Reading Series.
Santa Fe, NM —
In Person: Priyanka Kumar appearing at Garcia Street Books
Join for a reading, author conversation, and book signing with Priyanka Kumar on September 7th at 5pm on the portal at Garcia Street Books.
San Francisco, CA —
In Person: Courtney Bush appearing at Et. Al Books featuring Violet Spurlock, Alli Warren and Scout Faller
Join Courtney Bush for a reading and conversation in celebration of her debut collection, I Love Information.
Minneapolis, MN —
CANCELED Virtual: Elizabeth Rush appearing with Politics and Prose Craft Class featuring Amber Caron
Join Elizabeth Rush and Amber Caron for the author workshop on Observing and Recording Intimate Details.
Transform what you witness into words on the page with Pulitzer Prize nominated author Elizabeth Rush. For the beginning of this workshop, Elizabeth Rush will be in conversation with fiction author Amber Caron.
Each workshop ticket will include a copy of Elizabeth’s new book: The Quickening. The books will be shipped out by Politics and Prose staff after the workshop.
Minneapolis, MN —
In Person: The Great Twin Cities Poetry Read 2023
Join us at Milkweed Books as we partner with PeoplesPoetryMN to host over 30 local poets for the return of a Twin Cities tradition: The Great Twin Cities Poetry Read! Each poet will have three minutes to read a poem of their choosing before passing the torch to the next, creating a marathon reading that spans as many different forms of poet—established and emerging, experimental and spoken word—as we can fit into a single event.
Founded by Matt Mauch in 2008, the GTCPR was envisioned as a “for us, by us” adventure, with as many people as possible playing a part in making it happen. Over the…
Minneapolis, MN —
In Person: Faculty/Student Reading Series: K Ho & Aamina Ahmad
Join us for the kickoff of our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota’s Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For our first reading, MFA candidate K Ho will be reading with Aamina Ahmad, author of The Return of Faraz Ali.
This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with a valid student ID will receive 10% off as our show of…