Events

Join Chris La Tray at White Oak Books for a reading and discussion of his latest work, Becoming Little Shell.

This event has been cancelled for now. We appreciate your interest in it and will let our audience know if we have rescheduled for a different date.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Winner of the 2023-24 Poetic Justice Institute Editors Prize for a BIPOC Writer

In this unflinching debut collection, Adedayo Agarau confronts the harrowing reality of ritual killings and child abductions that have terrorized Nigeria from the turbulent pre-democratic era to the present day. Set against the backdrop of rural Ibadan, The Years of Blood plunges readers into the depths of collective trauma where “memory forsakes the body…

Join Jennifer Kabat and Alaa Abu Asad at Callie’s for Writing towards Plants, a workshop facilitated by author Jennifer Kabat and artist and researcher Alaa Abu Asad, as part of the In the Weeds series taking place at Callie’s in Fall/Winter 2025. Learn more here.

Join Lewis Hyde with Lawrence Rosenwald at Wellesley Books for a reading and discussion of The Essays of Henry David Thoreau, edited by Lewis Hyde.

Join Sangamithra Iyer in conversation with Reiko Rizzuto at Astoria Books for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.

Join Kristen Case at The University of Southern Maine for a reading and celebration of Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar.

Join Sangamithra Iyer in conversation with Leslie Tucker at Bol Coop for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.

Join Kristen Case at Little Wren Books for a reading and celebration of Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar.

Join Sangamithra Iyer with Sunu Chandy at Lost City Books for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.

Join Sangamithra Iyer with E.B. Bartels at the Boston Porter Square Books for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.

Join Kristen Case at TYPE Books for a reading and celebration of Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar.

Join Kristen Case at Thursday Island Reading Series at Twice Sold Tales for a reading and celebration of Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar.

Join Sangamithra Iyer at the New York Public Library’s Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.

Join Keith S. Wilson and Rosalie Moffett at the 2025 Miami Book Fair for “ON POETRY, PRIZES, AND PUBLISHING,” a panel in conversation and moderated by Simone Zapata. Together they will read poems from their newest books and discuss the lifespan of a poetry collection from manuscript-in-progress to published book. They will also reveal what it’s really like to win (and judge) book prizes and balance writing, careers, and the rest of life.

Join Kristen Case and Lewis Hyde at Brookline Booksmith for a reading and celebration of their latest edited works, Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar and The Essays of Henry David Thoreau.

Join Kristen Case at Tufts University for a reading and celebration of Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar.

Join Jennifer Kabat and Kate Briggs at Callie’s for Plants, Language, and Translation, a reading and conversation between author Jennifer Kabat and writer and translator Kate Briggs, as part of the In the Weeds series at Callie’s in Fall/Winter 2025.

Join us for an exclusive morning of holiday shopping, outside of regular store hours, at our independent bookstore, Milkweed Books. Mix and mingle with fellow Milkweed supporters, enjoy festive drinks and snacks, and use your member discount to buy the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Complimentary gift wrapping will also be available. Let us know you plan on coming here!

Not local? Use your member discount online—just be sure to place your order by Thanksgiving for holiday delivery!

Learn more and become a member here.

Join Sangamithra Iyer with Shruti Swamy at Green Apple Books for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Governing Bodies.