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...

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...

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...

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.

Join Shilpi Suneja for a reading and conversation about her debut novel House of Caravans.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Join Jennifer duBois in conversation with Deb Olin Unferth about The Last Language.

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.

Join Amber Caron and Lindsey Drager in conversation at Casot Wine & Works. 

This event is hosted in partnership with King's English Bookshop.

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...

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,...

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.

Join Jennifer duBois in conversation about her novel The Last Language. 

Join Jennifer duBois in conversation about her novel The Last Language.

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!).

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.

Join author Priyanka Kumar at the Southwest Word Fiesta.

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.

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)

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...

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...

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...

Join Elizabeth Rush for a reading and conversation about her latest book The Quickening.

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.

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.

Join author Scott Chaskey in conversation about his book Soil and Spirit.