Milkweed Editions
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Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
VIRTUAL EVENT
Join Milkweed Editions for the virtual launch of torrin a. greathouse’s debut poetry collection, Wound from the Mouth of a Wound, winner of the 2020 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry! torrin will be joined by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, this year’s Ballard Spahr Prize judge and author of World of Wonders. RSVP here!
LC Interpreting Services will provide ASL interpretation and CART (remote captioning) during the event (note: captions may only appear on Zoom, not Facebook Live).
Free and open to the public. The first 500 RSVPs will receive access to the Zoom link via email on the day of the event. The event will also be live streamed to our Facebook page for the greater public.
We are currently offering readers free shipping and a broadside featuring “Ars Poetica” from Wound from the Mouth of a Wound for those who buy greathouse’s collection from milkweed.org. Enter code ARSPOETICA at checkout for free shipping (*U.S. shipping only) and to claim your broadside (*one broadside per book purchase, which means if you order two copies of Wound from the Mouth of a Wound, you’ll receive two broadsides, for example). Code valid through January 7, 2021. Only 100 broadsides available.
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.