Join us Thursday, October 9, for the 2025 Book Lovers Ball, Milkweed Editions’ signature fundraising gala. We are thrilled to host guest speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer and 300 fellow book lovers at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis to celebrate and raise funds for transformative literature. Tickets are selling quickly—to secure yours, reserve them today!
Join 24th US Poet Laureate Ada Limón and the internationally bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, for an unforgettable evening at the historic Pantages Theatre. These two visionary writers and thinkers, in conversation for the first time, are both known for their impact in literature and their timely ability to offer critical insights into resiliency, reciprocity, and what it means to be human in the natural world. Ken Lucero, Trust for Public Land’s Tribal and Indigenous Lands Director, will introduce the conversation. This connective conversation will be an…
In anticipation of the release of Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed this fall, we sat down with author Sangamithra Iyer to learn more about the structure, themes, and interconnected layers in the book, including her work with animal rights.
Milkweed: Governing Bodies is uniquely structured. Can you talk about how you came to that form and why you chose it?
Sangamithra Iyer: Governing Bodies was an ungovernable book to write. The structure was not something I could engineer or impose. The blueprint didn’t come first; it was shaped with iteration over time.
I…
Join Jennifer Kabat with 4Columns’s Place Is the Space, an evening of time-and-space travel marking the publication of Jennifer Kabat’s new book, Nightshining. Place Is the Space is a “call and response” mini-symposium asking artists and writers to consider one place that has held and still holds them, even if they are (or it is) no longer there. The respondents include Paul Chan, Sowon Kwon, Sukhdev Sandhu, Lynne Tillman, and a special video missive from Chris Kraus. The event will be followed by a book signing.
Join Katherine Larson at The Century Room at Hotel Congress for the launch of her latest work, Wedding of the Foxes. A reading will be followed by a book signing. In partnership with the University of Arizona Summer Social, this event will feature complimentary snacks and a cash bar.
Join Ada Limón at the encore presentation of “Poetry & the Creative Mind,” an event featuring actors, artists, and celebrities reading inspiring and favorite poems in support of the Academy’s educational programs. Ada Limón will host, and read alongside Christine Baranski, Natalie Batalha, Danielle Deadwyler, Terrance Hayes, Sofia Kamal, National Student Poet, Stephen King, Tony Kushner, Fran Lebowitz, Lawrence O’Donnell, Morgan Spector, and more. Donations are encouraged.
On Wednesday, May 21st, Milkweed hosted a book launch to celebrate the publication of Karen Babine’s newest memoir The Allure of Elsewhere: A Memoir of Going Solo. She was joined by journalist and fellow memoirist Marya Hornbacher. Together, they delighted in conversation on scamps, cats, and what it means to travel solo.
Tonight’s book launch is packed to the edges with attendees—it is all wiggle room and pressing elbows. Near the front of the crowd, Karen Babine stands haloed by her copper waves and celebratory glitter. As the designated Babine family historian, her launch has shifted into a kind…
Join Nicholas Triolo at Point Reyes Books for a reading and discussion of his latest work, The Way Around.
Join Yalie Saweda Kamara with Hanif Abdurraqib at Streetlight Guild, in partnership with the Ohioana Library Association. A reading will be followed by a Q&A and conversation.
