Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue S
Suite 107
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTER HERE.
Join us for a special panel discussion and the in-person kickoff of the monthly event series Milkweed Presents! For this inaugural conversation, Juliet Patterson, author of the stunning memoir Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide, speaks with Hawona Sullivan Janzen, James Curry, Emily Strasser, and Tom Nguyen about unearthing family narratives, and the impact of our ancestors’ tales on those who follow.
We hope you can join us at Milkweed Books, our brick-and-mortar independent bookstore located on the first floor of Open Book, at 6 p.m. for a truly singular discussion about what our families and relatives’ stories can tell us about our own lives.
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 6: Ancestor Trouble, hosted by Juliet Patterson
October 4: A Conversation on Difficult Joy, hosted by Michael Bazzett
November 1: A Spotlight on QTBIPOC Poets, hosted by torrin a. greathouse
Juliet Patterson
Juliet Patterson is the author of Sinkhole, as well as two collections of poems, Threnody and The Truant Lover, a finalist for the Lambda Award. Her poems and essays have appeared widely.
A sublimely elegant, fractured reckoning with the legacy and inheritance of suicide in one American family.