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January 2023

Saturday
28
10:00 AM

The Minnesota Marine Art Museum (MMAM) will debut 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, Forest (University of Minnesota Press)...

This exhibit is free and open to the public. 

Winona, MN
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
800 Riverview Drive
Winona, MN 55987
United States

March 2023

Friday
31
7:30 PM

Join Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe at the Northern Arizona Book Festival in kinłání (aka flagstaff, AZ). 

Flagstaff, AZ
MOCAF
555 blackbird roost #5
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
United States

April 2023

Saturday
1
6:00 PM

Join us for a special event as poet Ray Gonzalez celebrates the release of his new book Suggest Paradise—a collection of rich and complex poems that embody the Southwest and the borderlands. Along with Ray's reading from Suggest Paradise, this event will also feature readings from José Felipe Ozuna, Merle Geode, Kathryn Savage, and Michael Torres as they join Ray in launching his latest work, along with time for audience questions and a book signing.

Please join us at Milkweed Books, our brick-and-mortar independent bookstore located on the first floor of Open Book, at 6 pm for an evening of literature and celebration!...

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP here.
*Note: This event has been rescheduled from its original date (Feb 25) due to weather. 

Minneapolis, MN
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue S
Suite 107
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
(612) 215-2540
Saturday
1
7:00 PM

Alternating Currents Live presents Lia Kohl and Elizabeth Metzger for solo and duo sets of poetry and music. 

Registration is required for in-person event attendance. Gallery attendance is limited to 20 audience members.  Each attendee must register individually. To receive your member discount with your ticket purchase, please give Woodland Pattern a call.

This is a ticketed event with tickets beginning at $13. Gallery attendance is limited to 20 audience members. This is a hybrid event that will be streamed on Crowdcast. Register here. This event begins at 7:00PM CST. 

Milwaukee, WI
Woodland Pattern
720 E Locust St,
Milwaukee, WI 53212
United States
Tuesday
4
6:00 PM

Writer and filmmaker Priyanka Kumar joins us for a conversation about her new essay collection, Conversations with Birds. 

"A bird the color of mangoes, a beachcomber with a crescent-moon bill, the owl who controls the dark side of nature: in unforgettable encounters with feathered neighbors like these, Priyanka Kumar charts the life-changing surprise and splendor that birds can bring. They open the heart. They widen the soul. For Kumar, a peripatetic filmmaker and often a stranger in a strange land, birds have revealed connection and created wholeness. How grateful I am for the chance to join this generous author’s lyrical, intimate,...

This event is free and open to the public. Register here! Event begins at 6pm PST, 8pm CST.

 

Point Reyes Station, CA
Point Reyes Books
11315 State Route 1
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
United States
Friday
7
6:00 PM

A Room of One's Own is thrilled to welcome Claire Wahmanholm and K. Iver for a poetry reading from each of their books Meltwater and Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco

This event is free and open to the public.

Madison, WI
A Room of One's Own
2717 Atwood Ave
Madison, WI 53704
United States
Monday
10
7:30 PM

Join for readings by Ama Codjoe and Carl Phillips, two powerfully original voices in American poetry as they read from their new books — vital poems that find revelation in the intersections between language, history, and desire.

THIS IS A HYBRID TICKETED EVENT. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE ONLINE PROGRAM TICKETS & IN-PERSON TICKETS

Visitors are not required to show proof of vaccination. Masks are highly recommended at 92NY.

New York, NY
The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
United States
Tuesday
11
5:30 PM

"I was in the car the first time music seemed strange: the instruments less distinct, the vocals less crisp."

A devastating memoir that sheds urgent, bracingly honest light on both the taboos surrounding disability and the limits of medical science, Losing Music is refreshingly vulnerable and singularly illuminating--a story that will make readers see their own lives anew.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 5:30PM (EST).

Mystic, CT
53 West Main Street
Mystic, CT 06355
United States
Wednesday
12
6:00 PM

Join Claire Wahmanholm, Edgar Kunz in celebration of their books with a reading and conversation at The Ivy Bookshop. 

This event is free and open to the public. This event will being at 6:00 PM EST.

Baltimore, MD
The Ivy Bookshop
5928 Falls Rd,
Baltimore, MD 21209
United States
Wednesday
12
6:00 PM

Join Priyanka Kumar and Milkweed Editions’ Publisher and CEO Daniel Slager for a discussion about the genesis of Kumar’s collection of essays, Conversations with Birds, followed by a reading featuring special guest birds, facilitated by the Raptor Center.

This event is free and open to the public, please register here

Minneapolis, MN
Open Book
1011 Washington Avenue South
Performance Hall, Second Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Thursday
13
6:30 PM

In honor of Poetry Month, join to celebrate the publication of Bluest Nude by poet Ama Codjoe in conversation with poet and professor Yona Harvey. Ama Codjoe’s highly anticipated debut collection brings generous light to the inner dialogues of women as they bathe, create art, make and lose love. Each poem rises with the urgency of a fully awakened sensual life. Audience Q&A and book sales to follow.

THIS EVENT IS FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION. REGISTER HERE. EVENT BEGINS AT 6:30 PM PST.

San Francisco, CA
685 Mission St (at 3rd)
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States
Thursday
13
7:00 PM

Join John Cotter for a reading and conversation to celebrate his debut memoir Losing Music

This event is free and open to the public.

Brooklyn, NY
Books are Magic
122 Montague St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
United States
Thursday
13
7:00 PM

Join Elizabeth Metzger for a reading and conversation celebrating her collection Lying In.

This event is free and open to the public and will begin at 7:00 PM PST.

Los Angeles, CA
Skylight Books
1818 N Vermont Ave,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States
Sunday
16
5:00 PM

Join Erin Sharkey to discuss The Language of Trees and A Darker Wilderness with Katie Holten. 

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Minneapolis, MN
Mager and Quinn Bookseller
3038 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55408
United States
Thursday
27
6:00 PM

Join Priyanka Kumar for a reading and conversation around her newest book Conversations with Birds.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. RSVP here.

Minneapolis, MN
ONLINE
Milkweed Editions 1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
Friday
28
5:30 PM

Join The Lighthouse Writers Workshop for a writerly night in which attendees are encouraged to independently write 500 words in the first hour and then join us for a book release celebration for John Cotter's Losing Music. This event is free for current Lighthouse members, and guests are welcome to join for a $5 fee.

4:30–5:30 PM:  Come together and write
5:30–6:30 PM:  John Cotter's reading and conversation with Mike Henry

This event is free to members and $5 for nonmembers. Register here.

Denver, CO
The Lighthouse Writers Workshop
3833 Steele St #1438
Denver, CO 80205
United States
Friday
28
6:00 PM

Join Elizabeth Metzger for a reading and conversation for her collection Lying In.

This event is free and open to the public and will begin at 6:00 PM PST. 

Los Angeles, CA
Chevalier’s Books
133 N Larchmont Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90004
United States

May 2023

Wednesday
3
7:00 PM

Join Elizabeth Metzger for a reading and conversation to celebrate her newest collection Lying In.

A devastating, vulnerable collection tracing high-risk pregnancy and new motherhood amid grief.

“All my life all I’ve wanted was to be myself / and someone else,” writes Elizabeth Metzger. From the shadowy perspective of confinement, where the presence of death unsettles all outcomes, these poems examine an expansion and fracturing of the self—into motherhood as well as childhood, into past selves and future unknowns. The child becomes parent, the parent becomes child, the child arrives but in doing so is lost. New loss haunts new life,...

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT 7:00 PST.

San Francisco, CA
1231 9th Ave. (@ Lincoln Way)
San Francisco, CA 94122
United States
(415) 742-5833
Thursday
4
7:00 PM

Join us for a special event with poets Claire Wahmanholm and Chaun Webster as they read and discuss their new books Meltwater and Wail Song. Along with this event's reading and conversation between the authors, there will be time for audience questions and book signing.

Please join us at Milkweed Books, our brick-and-mortar independent bookstore located on the first floor of Open Book, at 7 pm for an evening of transformative poetry!

 

About the speakers:

Claire Wahmanholm is the author of MeltwaterRedmouth, and Wilder, which won the Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry and the Society of Midland Authors Award for...

This event is free and open to the public. RSVP here.

Minneapolis, MN
Milkweed Books
1011 Washington Avenue S
Suite 107
Minneapolis, MN 55415
United States
(612) 215-2540
Saturday
6
10:00 AM

Meet poet-farmer Scott Chaskey, author of Soil and Spirit: Cultivation and Kinship in the Web of Life, at the Mill City Farmers Market in Minneapolis! 

10:00am Meet and greet with Scott Chaskey
10:30am Reading from the author at the Guthrie stairs
11:00am Soil and Spirit book signing at the Milkweed Books table

This event takes place at the Mill City Farmers Market. It is free and open to the public. 

As a farmer with decades spent working in fields, Scott Chaskey has been shaped by daily attention to the earth. A leader in the international Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement, he...

This event is free and open to the public. 

Minneapolis, MN
Mill City Farmers Market
750 S 2nd St
Minneapolis, MN 5401
United States
Thursday
18
7:30 PM

Join Elizabeth Metzger for a reading and conversation to celebrate her newest collection Lying In.

This event is free and open to the public.

Brooklyn, NY
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
United States
Friday
19
6:00 PM

Join Debra Magpie Earling for a reading and conversation to celebrate the launch of The Lost Journals of Sacajewea. Earling will be joined in conversation by Peter Koch. Refreshments will be served and books will be sold through Fact & Fiction Books. 

This event is free and open to the public. It will begin at 6 PM MST.

Missoula,, MT
Missoula Art Museum
335 N Pattee St,
Frost Gallery
Missoula,, MT 59802
United States
Wednesday
24
7:00 PM

Join Elizabeth Metzger for a reading and conversation in celebration of her collection Lying In.

This event is free and open to the public. It will begin as 7:00PM PST.

Los Angeles, CA
Stories Books and Cafe
1716 Sunset Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90026
United States
Thursday
25
6:30 PM

Join Debra Magpie Earling, author of Perma Red and the long-awaited The Lost Journals of Sacajewea and Tommy Orange, author of NY Times bestseller, There There as the two read from their work, discuss Native fictions, and consider what stories need to be heard and told.

Moderated by April Ignacio of the Rez Book Club.  A partnership between the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and Changing Hands Bookstore.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND BEGINS AT 6:30 MST. REGISTER HERE.

Phoenix, AZ
Changing Hands Bookstore
300 West Camelback Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85013
United States

June 2023

Thursday
1
5:45 PM

Join K. Iver at Skylight Books! 

Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco sees us through a particular kind of grief—one so relentless, it’s precious. It presses us, also, to continue advocating for a world in which queer love fantasies become reality and queer love poems “swaddle the impossible / contours of joy.”

EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. EVENT BEGINS AT 5:45PM PST.

Los Angeles, CA
1818 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027
United States
Thursday
15
7:00 PM

Join John Cotter for a reading and conversation surrounding his newest title Losing Music.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT BEGINS AT 7:00PM CST.

Iowa City, IA
Prairie Lights Bookstore
15 S. Dubuque St
Iowa City, IA 52240
United States
1-800-295-BOOK (2665)