Milkweed Editions
1011 S Washington Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
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Erin Sharkey and Michael Kleber-Diggs have been working on a podcast about Black nature writing called Into a Darker Wilderness. The first season of the podcast will feature conversations with writers around the complicated relationships and history of Black people and nature, as engaged with in the anthology Erin edited for Milkweed, A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars.
Into a Darker Wilderness is, as much as anything, a home for people who love nature and books and conversations about both. Because abundant time in nature is foundational to human flourishing, we host writers and thinkers who engage deeply with the natural world and, through their efforts and ideas, help others do that too.
Erin, Michael, and producer Davi Gray have had a delightful time interviewing contributors for the podcast, and we’re excited to launch the first season on Wednesday, May 27th. We invite you to join us, and our sponsor Milkweed Editions, for our launch party at 6:00 pm on May 27th in the Open Book Performance Hall.
Admission is free; light refreshments and beverages will be provided.
Erin Sharkey
Erin Sharkey is a writer, arts and abolition organizer, cultural worker, and film producer based in Minneapolis.
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Michael Kleber-Diggs’s debut collection of poems, Worldly Things, won the 2020 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. He was born and raised in Kansas and now lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. His work has appeared in Lit Hub, the Rumpus, Rain Taxi, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Water~Stone Review, Midway Review, North Dakota Quarterly and a few anthologies. Michael teaches poetry and creative non-fiction through the Minnesota Prison Writers Workshop.
A vibrant collection of personal and lyric essays in conversation with archival objects of Black history and memory.