Devon Walker-Figueroa
Devon Walker-Figueroa is the author of Philomath, selected for the 2020 National Poetry Series by Sally Keith.
Devon Walker-Figueroa is the author of Philomath, selected for the 2020 National Poetry Series by Sally Keith.
Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education’s annual conference will feature a keynote speech from Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass.
Join AASHE’s annual conference for Robin Wall Kimmerer’s keynote speech. Robin will offer reflections and an indigenous perspective on the meanings of a just transition.
Join MSU for a presentation from Dr. Robin Kimmerer: “Listening to Indigenous Knowledge as Colleges and Universities: Building a Foundation.” Register here.
UCSB Multicultural Center’s Diversity Lecture Series Presents: Robin Wall Kimmerer. Zoom link here.
The UVA Creative Writing program hosts Rick Barot for a virtual poetry reading on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 7-8 p.m. Register here.
Kundiman is partnering with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Association of Asian American Studies to present Asian American Literature Today: Monique Truong + Rick Barot. RSVP here.
Two stellar poets are joined by a third in reading and conversation via virtual means here this evening. Kazim Ali, poet, translator (in more directions than one), novelist, memoirist, writer in various forms (this doesn’t begin to say it) is on hand with his newest book of poems, The Voice of Sheila Chandra (Alice James Books). Reading with him, in what would be the ‘host’ position were we doing this in-person is Tacoma-based poet and head of the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University, Rick Barot, whose new collection, The Galleons (Milkweed Editions), has just been longlisted for the 2020 National Book Awards. Joining them in conversation will be poet Paisley Rekdal, whose most recent books are Nightingale (poetry) and The Broken Country (prose). Register here.
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Welcome, friends, to the latest installment of 5 Reasons to Teach This Book! In this interview series, we examine what we can learn from Milkweed’s titles by discussing our books with educators, authors, and booksellers. This month, we’re featuring Éireann Lorsung’s recently-released collection, The Century.
These poems navigate cross-continental histories as best they can with the flawed vehicle we have collectively inherited: language. “I need a language more open / than the language of forms, more / spacious than the language poetry / can be,” Lorsung writes, cueing readers to this book’s mission: not to solve the dilemma of situating…