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.
The Poetry Project hosts Jos Charles, author of feeld, for a virtual lecture at 8pm ET. RSVP here.
Brooke Matson, author of In Accelerated Silence, joins LiTFUSE 2020 to teach a virtual workshop on “How to Read a Poem (Aloud).” Register for LiTFUSE 2020 here.
Brooke Matson, author of In Accelerated Silence, joins LiTFUSE 2020 to teach a virtual workshop on “The Art of Contrast.” Register for LiTFUSE 2020 here.
LiTFUSE presents Sound Effects: A Conversation with Alexandra Teague and Brooke Matson (Milkweed author of In Accelerated Silence). This event will be presented on Zoom at 5pm PT. Learn more.
