New York, NY —

Reading and Concert with Don Bogen, Kate Tombaugh, and Jill Jantzen at Salon 21

Immediate Song is a combination concert and poetry reading inspired by University of Cincinnati emeritus professor Don Bogen’s latest book with the same title. Immediate Song is anchored in brief lyric poems, and the poet will alternate readings with musical interludes by mezzo-soprano Kate Tombaugh and pianist Jill Jantzen as they present settings of Bogen’s poetry by contemporary composers Steven Weimer and Ellen Harrison. Learn more here!

Marilyn Hacker

Marilyn Hacker is the author of fourteen books of poems, including Blazons and A Stranger’s Mirror (longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award), a collaborative book, Diaspo/ Renga, written with Deema K.

Karthika Naïr

Karthika Naïr is the coauthor of A Different Distance. She is a poet, fabulist and librettist whose books include The Honey Hunter, illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet.

Minneapolis, MN —

The Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Presents Michael Kleber-Diggs in conversation with Tracy K. Smith

Join us for the virtual launch of Michael Kleber-Diggs’s Worldly Things—the 2020 winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize—co-presented by Milkweed Editions, the Alan B. Slifka Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, and the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop. Kleber-Diggs will be joined in conversation by former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. Register here!

This event launches the new Max Ritvo Poetry Prize Presents virtual event series. This series brings a vibrant group of poets and poetry advocates together for an evening of celebration, poetry, and conversation. Milkweed Editions is…

Los Angeles, CA —

Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Fire Drill Friday Mother's Day Rally

For Mother’s Day this year, Jane Fonda and Greenpeace are hosting a very special Fire Drill Friday virtual rally to honor the profound gifts, wisdom, and responsibilities of motherhood. An incredible lineup of speakers will share, in words and song, the beautiful complexities of stewardship and why climate action can not wait.

Join Jane Fonda, Greenpeace USA Executive Director Annie Leonard; Climate Justice Liaison of Environmental Defense Fund and Senior Advisor of Moms Clean Air Heather Mcteer Toney; Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network Miya Yoshitani; professor…