Open now through January 2024, The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) debuted its new literary arts gallery, the Steven and Barbara Slaggie Family Gallery, by producing a 2,300 square foot exhibition that taps into the ageless beauty of wonder, presenting three lauded and celebrated books turned exhibition experiences that run concurrently with the Museum’s Flora & Fauna season—a suite of exhibitions and public programs that explore the plants and animals of our mysterious and brilliant world.
The exhibition features original illustrations from three book projects; Mary Casanova’s Wake Up Island (University of Minnesota Press) and Hush, Hush,...
Events
September 2023
This exhibit is free and open to the public.
Join Milkweed author Priyanka Kumar as she reads her poetry from the New Mexico Poetry Anthology.
Two hundred original, previously unpublished poems explore themes such as community, culture, history, identity, landscape, and water. From a diverse group of poets, the poems are introspective and personal; reflective and astute; steady and celebratory. Including poignant, unique, even humorous perspectives on life in New Mexico influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, this collective of voices serves as a welcome remedio to all aspects of post-pandemic life, for ears aching for words of beauty, strength, and solace as we emerge from the cocoon of survivability.
This will...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Live stream registration here. EVENT BEGINS 5PM MT.
October 2023
Join Elizabeth Rush and Amber Caron for the author workshop on Observing and Recording Intimate Details.
Transform what you witness into words on the page with Pulitzer Prize nominated author Elizabeth Rush. For the beginning of this workshop, Elizabeth Rush will be in conversation with fiction author Amber Caron.
Each workshop ticket will include a copy of Elizabeth's new book: The Quickening. The books will be shipped out by Politics and Prose staff after the workshop.
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE. This event will begin at 3:00 PM ET.
Join Amber Caron in conversation about her collection Call Up the Waters.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Join us for a special panel discussion in our monthly event series Milkweed Presents! For this conversation, Michael Bazzett, author of poetry books such as The Echo Chamber and You Must Remember This, leads a talk with guest writers Danez Smith, Kathryn Savage, and Mairead Small Staid about the concept of "difficult joy," what goes into working toward happiness in the most fraught of circumstances, and what catharsis writing on these moments can bring.
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 discussion about searching for difficult...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTER HERE.
Stuttering poet and musician JJJJJerome Ellis will perform excerpts from and discuss their new book, Aster of Ceremonies. This will be the first public offering of the Poetry Foundation’s Crip Talks, a series of workshops and artist talks by disabled writers, artists, and activists organized by the Poetry Foundation’s Accessibility Task Force.
This is a hybrid event, which will be offered in-person and via livestream.
Guests are encouraged to register here.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTER HERE.
Join us at Milkweed Books as we welcome Casey Plett, author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning novel Little Fish, and celebrate the reissue of her debut Lambda-winning short story collection A Safe Girl to Love and the release of her new nonfiction book On Community. Casey will read from both titles, followed by a conversation with academic writer Cass Adair, with a signing afterward.
Alongside Casey's reading from A Safe Girl to Love and On Community, we're also delighted to have poets torrin a. greathouse and Daphne DiFazio, short fiction writer Alice Stoehr, and interdisciplinary writer Aegor Ray read and put their work in conversation with Casey...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MASKING REQUIRED. RSVP HERE.
Porter Square Books: Boston Edition and GrubStreet are delighted to present the latest installment of the Grubbie Debut event series, featuring Shilpi Suneja, author of House of Caravans! Prize-winning author Daphne Kalotay will join the author in conversation
This event is free and open to the public and will begin at 7:00 PM EST. Learn more here.
Join us at Milkweed Books as we partner with PeoplesPoetryMN to host over 30 local poets for the return of a Twin Cities tradition: The Great Twin Cities Poetry Read! Each poet will have three minutes to read a poem of their choosing before passing the torch to the next, creating a marathon reading that spans as many different forms of poet—established and emerging, experimental and spoken word—as we can fit into a single event.
Founded by Matt Mauch in 2008, the GTCPR was envisioned as a “for us, by us” adventure, with as many people as possible playing a...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
Join Elizabeth Metzger in conversation about Lying In, with Timothy Donnelly.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 6:30 PM ET.
Liquid Music joins forces with Milkweed Editions to present a multidisciplinary book launch event celebrating JJJJJerome Ellis’s forthcoming Aster of Ceremonies—a work exploring what rites we need now and how poetry, astir in the asters, can help them along.
The evening will feature live music and readings from Ellis, followed by a conversation facilitated by neurodivergent poet Chris Martin—curator of Milkweed Editions‘ Multiverse series, a literary series devoted to different ways of languaging.
Tickets begin at $10. All proceeds will go towards supporting the artist's visit to Minneapolis.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT, REGISTER HERE.
Women writers will share their work on the many aspects of water—celebration, crisis, rescue, legacy, exploration, and place of healing. A conversation and collaboration of arts and action.
Catherine Reid Day, Claire Wahanholm, Cole W. Williams, Diane Brady-Leighton, Diane Jarvenpa, Dralandra Larkins, Freya Manfred, Grace Guenthner, Ellen Rogers, Erin Sharkey, Heid Erdrich, Kathryn Kysar, Leslie Thomas, Lora Robinson, Margaret Hasse, Margi Preus, Noelle Wang, Pat Barron, Rebecca Ramsden, Sharon Chmielarz, Sheila O’Keefe, Su Hwang, Zoë Bird
The Oshkii Giizhik Singers from the Fond du Lac/Duluth area will open and close the program.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 2PM CT.
Join Shilpi Suneja for a reading and conversation about her debut novel House of Caravans.
This event is free and open to the public and will begin at 7:00 PM ET.
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the University of Montana for the Griz Read and Brennan Guth Memorial Lecture.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 7 PM CT.
Join for the Axton Reading Series at the University of Louisville.
Axton Reading:
October 12 5:30 pm
Bingham Poetry Room (Ekstrom Library)
Axton Master Craft Talk:
October 13, 10 am to noon
Bingham Humanities (HUM) 300
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 5:30 PM ET.
Join for an Author Talk with local farmer and author, Scott Chaskey. He will be discussing his latest book, Soil and Spirit : Cultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life.
This program will be held in the Community Room. Registration is required. For questions contact Kimberly Parry at kimberlyparry@amagansettlibrary.org.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Limited space, register here.
Experience the power of life-changing literature with preeminent climate change writer Elizabeth Rush, author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore and the forthcoming The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth. Enjoy dinner, drinks, a live auction, and more, while celebrating and supporting transformative books.
Funds raised from the Book Lovers Ball support Milkweed’s mission to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it.
Celebrated author, Robin Wall Kimmerer will discuss her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants at the Bold Women, Change History, Speaker Series.
A book signing will follow her presentation.
In-person tickets are available with complimentary onsite childcare available for children ages 6-12.
Please use the discount code Access40 if you experience financial hardship and the price of the ticket is a barrier to your participation (i.e. students, no or low income households).
EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.
Join at the University of Illinois this special evening with U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón. Part conversation and part poetry reading, the event follows Limón as she shares how poetry connects us to the world, allows us to heal, to love, to grieve, and reminds us of the full spectrum of human emotion.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Join Juliet Patterson for a reading and conversation about her latest book, Sinkhole.
This event is free and open to the public.
Join for the Axton Reading Series at the University of Louisville.
Axton Reading:
October 12 5:30 pm
Bingham Poetry Room (Ekstrom Library)
Axton Master Craft Talk:
October 13, 10 am to noon
Bingham Humanities (HUM) 300
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 10AM ET.
Join us for an evening with Elizabeth Rush, celebrating her latest book,The Quickening—an astonishing, vital work about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood. Rush will be joined in conversation by climate activism leaders Analyah Schlaeger dos Santos and Margaret Cherne-Hendrick to discuss the power of collective storytelling in facing the climate crisis. The event will also feature a reading from The Quickening and photographs from Rush’s voyage.
Doors open at 6:30 pm, event begins at 7:00 pm. Books will be for sale, and Rush will be available for signing after the event.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are suggested but not required.
Avid Bookshop and the Athens-Clarke County Library invite the public to an author event and book signing with Margaret Renkl in celebration of her book The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year. There will be a signing after the discussion. Margaret will also sign copies of Late Migrations and Graceland, At Last (now out in paperback!).
For accessibility requests, contact events@avidbookshop.com. Please submit your request at least two weeks before the event.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS EVENT BEGINS AT 7PM ET.
Inciting Joy and Gratitude! A Conversation with Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Note: The conversation with Ross Gay will be prerecorded; Aimee Nezhukumatathil will be live online.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 3:30PM ET. REGISTER HERE.
Join Jennifer duBois in conversation with Deb Olin Unferth about The Last Language.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS EVENT BEGINS AT 7PM CT. REGISTER HERE.
Author and New York Times columnist Margaret Renkl is joined by Teresa Weaver, former book editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta Magazine, to discuss Renkl’s new book, The Comfort of Crows, and how gardens can be used to create wildlife habitats to fight back against biodiversity loss and even climate change.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS EVENT BEGINS AT 7PM ET.
Join Margaret in celebration of her book The Comfort of Crows, at Blue Bicycle Books.
Ms. Renkl will talk, take questions and sign books in the courtyard of Blue Bicycle Books, 420 King St., downtown Charleston.
Tickets to the talk are free, with the option to order a signed copy of The Comfort of Crows, as well as pucharse her previous books, Graceland At Last (now out in paperback!) and Late Migrations.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 5:30 PM ET. REGISTER HERE.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Join Amber Caron and Lindsey Drager in conversation at Casot Wine & Works.
This event is hosted in partnership with King's English Bookshop.
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT.
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the 2023 Walter Harding Lecture at SUNY Geneseo.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Join us for the October entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota's Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this month's reading, MFA candidate John Lapine will be reading with Krys Malcolm Belc, author of The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood.
This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with a valid student ID will...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
Join Margaret Renkl at the 2023 Southern Festival of Books. Stay tuned for a complete schedule of the festival.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Join us for an incredible event as McKnight fellow J.C. Hallman presents his latest book of nonfiction, Say Anarcha, at Milkweed Books. Hallman will read from Say Anarcha—his book unearthing the story of the enslaved woman known as "The Mother of Gynecology" and the dangerous, experimental surgeries conducted on her—and discuss the book with Dr. Rahel Nardos of the University of Minnesota's Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health.
We invite you to join us at this special reading at Milkweed Books, our brick-and-mortar independent bookstore located on the first floor of Open Book,...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
Join Amber Caron for a reading and conversation about her debut short story collection, Call Up the Waters. In partnership with the Utah Humanities Book Festival.
This event is free and open to the public. This event will begin at 7:00 PM MT.
The Writer’s Center welcomes poet/translator Nancy Naomi Carlson (Piano in the Dark) and poet David Keplinger (Ice) for a reading and discussion of their new books. Book signing to follow.
Free and open to the public, limited space, registration required.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Register here.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, the winner of this year's Corrington Award for Literary Excellence, will give a poetry reading and accept her award in a ceremony at Anderson Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 23rd, 2023.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 6:30 PM CT. REGISTER HERE.
Join Jennifer duBois in conversation about her novel The Last Language.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Parnassus Books and Harpeth Hall are thrilled to present a special evening with Margaret Renkl to celebrate her new book, The Comfort of Crows. She will be joined by her brother, Billy Renkl who created 52 beautiful, four-color artworks for the book, and they will be in conversation with Ann Patchett. This event will take place in the Frances Bond Davis Theater at Harpeth Hall School.
Each ticket is $3.00 and includes one general admission seat. Signed copies of The Comfort of Crows will be available for purchase on-site, and there will be a signing line for personalizations following the event on stage. Margaret will...
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE. THIS EVENT BEGINS AT 6:30PM CT.
Join Jennifer duBois in conversation about her novel The Last Language.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Join David Keplinger for a reading from his collection Ice.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBIC.
Join Margaret Renkl in conversation with Aimee Nezhukumatathil at Off Square Books.
Masks Encouraged
If you have questions or concerns about our safety protocols, please email rsvp@squarebooks.com
Margaret will also sign copies of Late Migrations and Graceland, At Last (now out in paperback!).
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 5:30 PM CT.
Join for an evening of poetry with Claire Wahmanholm and Brittney Corrigan.
EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 7PM PT.
National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Author and PEN/Hemingway finalist Jennifer DuBois returns to Greenlight to discuss her novel The Last Language, in conversation with Anna North.
EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTER HERE. EVENT BEGINS AT 7:30PM ET.
Join Margaret in celebration of her book The Comfort of Crows, at Birmingham/Little Professor in Homewood.
The event is free but registration is required. Drinks will be available for purchase at the event.
This event is planned for the outdoor patio in Homewood. The event will be moved to Pepper Place if weather does not cooperate!
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 5:30 PM CT. REGISTER HERE.
Join author Priyanka Kumar at the Southwest Word Fiesta.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS 3:30PM MT.
Left Bank Books and Schlafly Public Library presents Margaret Renkl, beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations. Join us for discussion of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year.
Renkl will personalize and sign copies after the presentation!
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE. EVENT BEGINS AT 6 PM CT.
November 2023
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 of (yet-to-be-announced) local guest QTBIPOC poets 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...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTER HERE.
Join Jennifer duBois for a reading and conversation about her latest novel The Last Language.
This event is free and open to the public.
Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune are proud to announce the 23rd season of Talking Volumes. Margaret Renkl will be hosted on Talking Volumes by journalist Kerri Miller. Join for conversation about her new book The Comfort of Crows, and her two other titles Graceland At Last (now out in paperback!) and Late Migrations.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT, PURCHASE TICKETS HERE. EVENT BEGINS AT 7 PM CT, DOORS OPEN AT 6 PM CT.
Join the Des Moines Public Library and Beaverdale Books for an evening with Margaret Renkl at the Franklin Avenue Library.
Margaret Renkl is the author of The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, which will be published on October 24, 2023. Her earlier books are Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss and Graceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South.
Beaverdale Books will have copies available for sale and signing. Margaret will also sign copies of Late Migrations and Graceland, At Last (now out in paperback!).
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 6:30 PM CT.
Join MacArthur fellow, mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Potawatomi Nation Robin Wall Kimmerer as she speaks on “Restoration and Reciprocity: healing relationships with the natural world”.
Her books will be available for purchase at this event for book signings and photographs with the author!
Admission: $25 nonmembers, $20 members
Light refreshments will be served at the end of the presentation.
Spacing is limited for this event. You must call or email to reserve your spot and prepay via cash, check or PayPal (greatswampconservancy@gmail.com)
EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT, RESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE.
Join David Keplinger in conversation with poet Dorianne Laux.
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the 2023 Wege Environmental Lecture Series, as she reflects on the Honorable Harvest—a covenant of reciprocity between humans and the land.
Braiding Sweetgrass will be for sale in the DeVos-Keeler Gift Shop. A book signing with the author will immediately follow the lecture.
Captioning service will be provided for the lecture. Please direct questions to Eve Boyer: eboyer@meijergardens.org or 616-975-3145.
The Wege Environmental Lecture is free for members and included with general admission for nonmembers. Registration is required and opens September 18 at MeijerGardens.org/calendar. This lecture will be available to watch online for those unable to...
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT FOR NON-MEMBERS, SEE DETAILS HERE.
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the "What Does The Earth Ask Of Us?" presentation at Grand Valley State University on Wednesday, November 8, at 11:15 am at the Kirkhof Center Grand River Room.
This event will be live streamed in various places on campus.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
The Walter Nathan Literary Initiatives presents Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her book Bright Dead Things was nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Her new book of poetry, The Hurting Kind, is out now from Milkweed Editions.
Free and open to the public. For questions about accessibility services and the venue, please email sutt0063@umn.edu or call 612-626-1528. No tickets or reservations are necessary.
Masks encouraged. Staff and...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 7PM CT.
Poetry Is Not a Luxury Day 1: Poetic Freedom (Live Podcast Taping)
Grounded in the sentiment of Audre Lorde’s 1977 essay “Poetry Is Not a Luxury,” this two-day gathering brings contemporary artists and poets together with museum audiences to explore poetry’s ability to invoke sensuality, caesura, and care. Designed by 2023 Poet-in-Residence Ama Codjoe, this convening of discussion and exchange will illuminate poetry’s role in enabling humans to imagine, dream, and craft the kind of language that precipitates political action, communal nurturing, and social change.
Free with RSVP. Registration is required. Please note that seating is limited and admittance is first-come, first...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 5PM ET. REGISTER HERE.
Poetry Is Not a Luxury Day 2: Poetic License
Grounded in the sentiment of Audre Lorde’s 1977 essay “Poetry Is Not a Luxury,” this two-day gathering brings contemporary artists and poets together with museum audiences to explore poetry’s ability to invoke sensuality, caesura, and care. Designed by 2023 Poet-in-Residence Ama Codjoe, this convening of discussion and exchange will illuminate poetry’s role in enabling humans to imagine, dream, and craft the kind of language that precipitates political action, communal nurturing, and social change.
Free with RSVP. Registration is required. Please note that seating is limited and admittance is first-come, first served. Registration does...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 1PM ET. REGISTER HERE.
Join Kerri in discussion about her second book Cacophony of Bone.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 12PM PT.
Join Elizabeth Rush for a reading and conversation about her latest book The Quickening.
This event is free and open to the public.
Join JJJJJerome Ellis in discussion about his title Aster of Ceremonies.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Poet Juliet Patterson will lead us in a session that combines the creative process and discovery centered on her memoir, Sinkhole: A Legacy of Suicide, a creative project that was written in, around, and through grief. In 2009, Juliet Patterson was recovering from a serious car accident when she learned her father had died by suicide. His death was part of a disturbing pattern in her family.
This event is free and open to the public.
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Indigenous Knowledge Gathering for Indigenous Environmental Issues.
Indigenous Knowledge Gathering provides an amazing opportunity to:
- learn about Indigenous ways of being, knowing, relating and doing;
- consider wise practices and develop strategies for building more responsive educational policies, systems, and practices;
- examine emerging challenges impacting Indigenous students;
- engage in hands-on cultural teachings and workshops; and,
- shape the future of post-secondary education.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Kaleidoscope members and their guests are invited to peek behind the covers—and behind the curtain—of Milkweed Editions. Join Milkweed Publisher & CEO Daniel Slager and 2023 Milkweed Fellow Moheb Soliman as they discuss the genesis, development, and future of Milkweed’s Seedbank series of world literature.
Enjoy after-hours refreshments in the Milkweed office, and hear how Seedbank titles come to life from our pair of publishing professionals.
Open to members of Kaleidoscope and their guests. To learn more or to join, visit milkweed.org/kaleidoscope.
Questions? Contact Anna Thorsen, anna_thorsen@milkweed.org.
Join us for the November entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota's Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this month's reading, MFA candidate Natalie Dalea will be reading with Kim Todd, author of Sensational: The Hidden History of America's "Girl Stunt Reporters."
This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with a valid student ID will receive 10% off...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
December 2023
Join featured speaker, Claire Wahmanholm, at the Bosque del Apache Crane Festival.
Join us for the December entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota's Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this final reading of the Fall 2023 semester, MFA candidate Jordan Young will be reading with Kathryn Nuernberger, author of The Witch of Eye.
This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with a valid student ID will receive 10% off...
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP HERE.
Join author Scott Chaskey in conversation about his book Soil and Spirit.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Join David Keplinger in conversation with poet Laura Reece Hogan.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
January 2024
Join Scott Chaskey in discussion about his title Soil and Spirit.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
February 2024
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the Indigenous Dialogue Series with Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
April 2024
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Public Lecture on The Honorable Harvest: Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainability.
Monday, April 1, 20246:30 PM
Tuesday, April 2, 20247:30 PM
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for Tanner Talk on Environmental Humanitites.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
June 2024
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Old Forge Library for a Keynote Address & Regional Read.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
July 2024
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer at the Terry Todd International Speakers Series of the Kalamazoo Nature Center on Native Knowledge and Western Science.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
September 2024
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the Swope Endowed Lecture Series.
THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
November 2024
Join Robin Wall Kimmerer for the DeCoursey Lecture Series at Trinity University.