Events

Join the panel “HARD-WON HOLINESS: A READING & CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA JACOBS & AVA NATHANIEL WINTER” for a discussion on the tender and difficult poetry found between religious traditions, queer desire, Jewish transfemininity, cultural histories, and the ethical knots of sacred texts. Structured around the 12 parshiyot (portions) of Genesis, JESSICA JACOBS’ unalone parallels immersion in Jewish teachings with the contemporary world and the author’s experiences growing up queer, embracing one’s sexuality, reversing roles as the adult child of aging parents, and other imposed roles of womanhood. In Transgenesis, AVA NATHANIEL WINTER challenges concepts of the beautiful and the…

Join Milkweed Books for Small Business Saturday & Sunday! As a nonprofit literary press with an indie bookstore, we rely on readers’ support and we’re excited to celebrate you with special in-store promotions this weekend only. We will have sips and snacks, staff recommendations, and special promotions (like our galley grab bag and broadside basket!) throughout the day. Not only do we carry Milkweed Editions titles, but we offer a unique selection of books published by other independent, small, and values-aligned presses in-store. We look forward to seeing you here!

On December 3 at 1 p.m., the public is invited to join Ada Limón for the National Parks Service “Poetry in Parks” unveiling. This event is open to the public.

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón will unveil a picnic table with an overlay featuring the poem “Na:nko Ma:s Cewagĭ / Cloud Song” by Ofelia Zepeda.

Seven national parks, including Cape Cod National Seashore, were selected by Limón to be part of her signature project “You are Here: Poetry in Parks.” The initiative is a partnership with the Library of Congress, the National Park Service, and the Poetry Society of…

Milkweed Books presents National Book Award finalist BONNIE JO CAMPBELL. Bonnie will be reading from her latest novel, The Waters, out now in paperback. Program will include an interview with long-time fan Lisa Durose and a book signing.

ABOUT THE BOOK

On an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp―an area known as “The Waters” to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michigan―herbalist Hermine “Herself” Zook has healed the local women of their ailments for generations. As stubborn as her tonics are powerful, Herself inspires reverence and fear in the people of Whiteheart, and even in her own three daughters. The…

Rick Barot appearing on Verse-Virtual, with Margo Bershevsky. Verse-Virtual is an online community and journal of poetry.

For the last installment of our fall Milkweed Presents series, we welcome poet RICK BAROT as we celebrate his latest book, Moving the Bones. He will be joined in reading and craft conversation with DANEZ SMITH.

ABOUT THE BOOKS

Moving the Bones is a vulnerable and honest collection of poems exploring lineage, love, and the pandemic, from one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation.

“You are told to believe in one paradise / and then there is the paradise you come to know,” begins Rick Barot. What follows is an account of the rich and thorny valley…

The Hive Live! presents an evening of poetry with Rick Barot.

Join Brooklyn Poets in partnership with Books are Magic to celebrate the launch of Latif Askia Ba’s The Choreic Period. Latif Askia Ba and Jay Deshpande will both read their work, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A.

Join Elliot Bay Books for a reading with Rosalie Moffett, alongside local poet and friend of the store Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.

Please join Karen Babine for the celebration of her latest work, The Allure of Elsewhere.

Join author Kerri ní Dochartaigh in prioritizing your creativity for ten days in spring 2025 at the seaside village of Doolin, County Clare, Ireland.

This retreat is led by Ryan Dennis of The Milkhouse Rural Writers Collective; co-organized with NatureCulture/Writing the Land.