Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue S
Suite 107
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTER HERE.
*** This event has been canceled by the participating poets. We apologize for the inconvenience, and look forward to hosting you in our bookstore space for future events. Learn more about all of our upcoming events at milkweed.org/events. ***
Join us for a special panel discussion in our monthly event series Milkweed Presents! For this conversation, torrin a. greathouse, author of the incredible poetry collection Wound from the Mouth of a Wound, curates a panel with local guest QTBIPOC poets Marlin M. Jenkins, Halee Kirkwood, and Nen G. Ramirez to read their work and talk about what community means to them.
Please join us in-person at Milkweed Books, our brick-and-mortar independent bookstore located on the first floor of Open Book, at 6 p.m. for an unforgettable night of poetry and discussion.
Milkweed Presents is a monthly event series featuring Milkweed authors as curators of conversation with local writers and community organizers on a topic of their choosing. These events are held in-person in our bookstore, Milkweed Books, on the first Wednesday of the month.
Our Fall 2023 slate of Milkweed Presents includes:
September 6th: Ancestor Trouble, hosted by Juliet Patterson
October 4th: A Conversation on Difficult Joy, hosted by Michael Bazzett
November 1st: A Spotlight on QTBIPOC Poets, hosted by torrin a. greathouse
torrin a. greathouse
torrin a. greathouse is a transgender cripple-punk and MFA candidate at the University of Minnesota. She is a 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. In 2020, they received fellowships from Zoeglossia and the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
Concrete and evocative, Wound from the Mouth of a Wound is a testament to persistence, even when the body is not allowed to thrive.