Poet Parneshia Jones (Vessel) will appear alongside acclaimed author and activist Alice Walker (The Color Purple). This conversation will explore the transformative effect of Walker’s life and body of work and honor the profound effect both Walker and her work have had on foregrounding black female experiences, relationships, and narratives. 

Author of the National Poetry Series winning work feeld, Jos Charles will present on the work of the 14th c. poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Using House of Fame as a crux, the talk will address Middle English poetics, uses of the "I," and the poem-as-vision. 

WORD Brooklyn hosts Jos Charles for reading from her poetry collection feeld.

Poet Caitlin Bailey, winner of the 2017 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, joins us in the bookstore to read from her debut poetry collection, Solve for Desire. As the Millions says of Bailey's work, “Her words rest in that curious space between abstraction and touch, so this is a book to place upon one’s soul.”

Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his second night at the Boulder Theater where he'll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker. 

Wing Young Huie, named the 2018 Distinguished Artist by the  McKnight Foundation, presents his new book, Chinese-ness.

Winner of the inaugural Max Ritvo Poetry Prize for North American Stadiums, Grady Chambers will host an intimate reading alongside essayist Rachel Z. Arndt. 

Alyson Hagy reads and discusses her new novel, Scribe, from Graywolf Press.

The Poetry Research Bureau will host poets Will Brewer, Elizabeth Metzger, and Noah Warren. 

Poet behind North American Stadiums Grady Chambers will appear at Big Blue Marble Bookstore in conversation with Valerie Wallace. 

Author of the anticipated collection of essays, All the Wild Hungers, Karen Babine will be featured in Moving Words: Writers Across Minnesota with three other Minnesota Book Award winners, Peter Geye, Cary Griffith, and Kao Kalia Yang.

Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his second night at the Oriental Theater where he'll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker.

The third-annual Small Business Saturday celebration in the bookstore.

Join us for the launch of Lord of the Butterflies, Andrea Gibson’s latest book from Button Poetry.