Join Patricia Kirkpatrick for the virtual launch of her newest collection, Blood Moon, in conversation with actor Sally Wingert and poet Elena Cisneros. Details here!
Join the Miami Book Fair for a conversation between Benjamin Garcia, author of Thrown in the Throat, and Kazim Ali, the judge who selected Garcia’s manuscript for the National Poetry Series. Details 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 all about transformative literature here at Milkweed—y’all know that—but this month we got to see a slightly different kind of transformation: Larry Watson’s Let Him Go, a novel we originally published in 2007, transformed into a Focus Features film. What sorts of changes happen between page and screen? How might an author feel seeing a character they wrote find life (literally) in an actor…
Tune in to the Cambridge Literary Festival to hear from Dara McAnulty, winner of The Wainwright Prize for Diary of a Young Naturalist, in conversation with Robert Macfarlane. Details here!
Artists and performers have always been at the forefront of strengthening and inspiring the HIV movement. Tune in for a star-studded line-up of singers, dancers, poets, filmmakers and drag performers who will help us connect, heal, rejoice, reflect, and imagine through their award-winning work and candid dialogue on creating art with and for people living with HIV. Featuring Benjamin Garcia (author of Thrown in the Throat), Ongina, Danez Smith, Shea Diamond, Brontez Purnell, Gravity Balmain, Raquel Willis, and Alexandra Billings. 8pm ET on Facebook Live!
Minneapolis Institute of Art hosts Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, for a virtual talk about the importance of cultivating a reciprocal relationship with the environment, and how understanding our connection to the land helps us connect more deeply with one another. This is a free virtual event that will take place via Zoom. Details here!
