St. Paul, MN —

Brian Laidlaw at the Twin Cities Book Festival

Join Brian Laidlaw at the Twin Cities Book Festival! The Adaptation Station is a magical switchyard where poems turn into songs. Bring an old favorite poem (or better yet, a new favorite poem from a book you just bought at the TCBF!) and poet-songwriter Brian Laidlaw will songify the text and set it to music on the fly. More details here!

St. Paul, MN —

torrin a. greathouse at the Twin Cities Book Festival

Join torrin a. greathouse at the Twin Cities Book Festival’s “Minnesota Author Mashup.” greathouse will be speaking about her poetry collection Wound from the Mouth of a Wound during the fourth session of the day (2 — 2:45 PM). More details here!

St. Paul, MN —

Michael Bazzett at the Twin Cities Book Festival

Join Michael Bazzett at the Twin Cities Book Festival’s “Minnesota Author Mashup.” Bazzett will be speaking about his poetry collection The Echo Chamber during the third session of the day (1 — 1:45 PM). More details here!

St. Paul, MN —

Diane Wilson at the Twin Cities Book Festival

Join Diane Wilson at the Twin Cities Book Festival’s “Minnesota Author Mashup.” Wilson will be speaking about her novel The Seed Keeper during the first session of the day (11 — 11:45 AM). More details here!

Awards & Prizes

Noʻu Revilla Wins 2021 National Poetry Series

Milkweed Staff — 09/27/2021

We are thrilled to announce that Noʻu Revilla has been named one of five winners of the National Poetry Series for 2021. Her manuscript Ask the Brindled was selected by Milkweed poet Rick Barot and will be published in August 2022. In addition to publication, Revilla will receive $10,000.

Noʻu Revilla is an ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiian) queer poet and educator. Born and raised in Waiʻehu on the island of Maui, she currently lives and loves in the valley of Pālolo on the island of Oʻahu. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in Poetry, Literary Hub, Anomaly, Beloit