Events

Milkweed Editions presents poet and novelist Grady Chambers in Minneapolis to launch his newest novel, Great Disasters, with Aamina Ahmad.

The League of Minnesota Poets is proud to announce the upcoming launch of its 3 rd annual Agates IndyBookStore Tour that showcases its highly anticipated Agates Volume 88, a vibrant poetry collection celebrating the creative spirit of Minnesota’s literary community.

This year’s publication will feature the work of more than 80 distinguished and emerging poets from across the state, each contributing unique voices to a tapestry of contemporary verse.

Over the coming months, the anthology’s poets will appear at more than 30 independent bookstores throughout Minnesota, sharing their work with audiences in every corner of the state. These events…

Join Milkweed Books as we present Adedayo Agarau’s book launch for his collection, The Years of Blood. Adedayo will read from the book and be joined in conversation with gracious local poets Sarah Ali Ghazal and Erin Sharkey.

 

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…

Join Milkweed Books in launching Kathryn Nuernberger’s newest title, Held: Essays in Belonging.