Interviews

Dear Rez Kid: Author Q&A with Jake Skeets on Horses

Brianna Reed — 11/21/2025

In anticipation of his newest poetry collection Horses, we sat down with author Jake Skeets—the third poet laureate of the Navajo Nation and previous National Poetry Series winner—to discuss the ways in which his two collections converse with one another, his path forward as Navajo Nation Poet Laureate, and what he would say to every rez kid that speaks in stanzas, and dreams in poetry.

In Horses, queerness becomes relational and mirrors the poetics I’m working toward where the land becomes witness, and the body becomes a carrier of meaning. — Jake Skeets

Cover Art of Jake Skeets' Poetry Collection Horses


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Minneapolis, MN —

Milkweed Books Presents Diana Xin

Join Milkweed Books as we celebrate Diana Xin’s newest collection of short stories, Book of Exemplary Women, out December 1 with Yes Yes Books. Diana will read from her new book and engage in conversation with local writer Emma Törzs and the audience.

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

In Book of Exemplary Women, Diana Xin’s debut short story collection, a ghost is passed across three generations of women as they navigate unspoken regrets and unfulfilled desires. Teen girls grapple with grief as they face the end of childhood and other losses. Young lovers confront the future while old lovers excavate the past…

Minneapolis, MN —

February book club at Milkweed Books

Join booksellers at Milkweed Books for our February iteration of Milkweed Book Club. We’ll be reading THE LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON.

Please join Milkweed Books as we kickoff our Book Club with The Last Quarter of the Moon by Chi Zijian and translated by Bruce Humes.

Booksellers will lead an open discussion of the book with topics and questions and encourage anyone to attend. Pick up the book in-store or online at milkweed.org and use code BOOKCLUB to receive 20% off ahead of the club meeting.

Feel free to call the bookstore at (612) 215-2540 with any questions.

Minneapolis, MN —

January book club at Milkweed Books

Please join Milkweed Books as we kickoff our Book Club with The Book of Kin by Jennifer Eli Bowen.

Booksellers will lead an open discussion of the book with topics and questions and encourage anyone to attend. Pick up the book in-store or online at milkweed.org and use code BOOKCLUB to receive 20% off ahead of the club meeting.

Feel free to call the bookstore at (612) 215-2540 with any questions.

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