The Arlington Author Salon returns on Thursday, Oct. 1st at 7:30pm ET for a special spotlight on “women who flip the script,” featuring Allison Adair, author of The Clearing, Nina MacLaughlin, and Rani Neutill. Register here.
Hello, friends, and welcome to another edition of Deep Cuts! In this series, we dive in with some of our authors and discuss the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the composition and production of their books. We’re doing things a smidge differently this month—in a moment, I’ll hand the mic over fully to Aimee Nezhukumatathil, who will take us on an audiovisual tour of some favorite featured friends from her new essay collection, World of Wonders.
But let me gush for just a sec: I admire World of Wonders so much. By moving through the world with an eye…
Join Brookline Booksmith’s Transnational Literature Series for an evening of poetry at 7pm ET, featuring Éireann Lorsung, author of The Century, Valzhyna Mort, and Khaled Mattawa. Register here.
We are so excited to introduce you to our two Fellows, Kachina Yeager and Tijqua Daiker, who both joined our team this year. Milkweed Publisher & CEO Daniel Slager, who helped establish our Fellowship program, reflects on these two new team members:
”In these challenging times, we are particularly pleased to welcome these Fellows to our team, and to work alongside them in publishing transformative books, from acquisition to release. I am confident they will enlarge our perspective as a publisher, and it is our great hope that they will contribute to the expansion of our field in…
Samantha Tijquanna (Tijqua) Daiker is a Fellow at Milkweed Editions. They are a writer, bookmaker, and slam poet. They preformed at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in 2016 & 2017 before graduating with honors from Hamline University. Their favorite places to wander unsupervised include office supply stores and the bad romance novel section at Cub Foods.
Join the Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah for a “Virtual Fall Celebration” at 2pm PT on Zoom. The featured speaker will be celebrated author and ornithologist J. Drew Lanham, author of The Home Place. Register here.
“Poetry and the Imaginary Landscape,” a virtual class hosted by the Loft Literary Center, will be taught by John McCarthy, author of Scared Violent Like Horses. Register here.
The Nantucket Land Council is excited to present the 4th Annual State of the Harbor Forum on Thursday, September 24th at 4:30pm ET via Zoom. For this special edition of the forum, the NLC will feature a presentation by Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Rush, author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Register here.
Main Street Books hosts Makenna Goodman in conversation with Mary Laura Philpott to celebrate the publication of The Shame. This event will be presented on Zoom at 7:00pm ET.
Presented in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Program in Creative Writing, this edition of the Wisconsin Book Festival’s “Wisconsin Wednesdays” features former UW Writing Fellow, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, for her debut work of nonfiction, World of Wonders. Join the event on Crowdcast here.
