The Galleons: Poems book cover
NA, WA —

Lavish Syntax with Rick Barot

Join Rick Barot, author of The Galleons, for a workshop on poetry, looking at poems with powerful content and the syntactical correlatives the poets use in dramatizing that content.

Kachina Yeager

Kachina Yeager was a Fellow at Milkweed Editions. Prior to her fellowship, Kachina graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota where she received a Bachelors of Individualized Studies in Sociology, American Indian Studies, and Global Studies with a focus on Global Indigeneity. Currently, she is a student of Dakota Iapi (language) at the University of Minnesota’s College of Continuing and Professional Education. Kachina is an enrolled member of the Bdewakantantuwan Dakota nation, Tinta Wita (Prairie Island).

NA, MN —

Deni Béchard at Left Bank Books

Left Bank Books welcomes journalist and novelist Deni Ellis Béchard, who will discuss his new novel, A Song from Faraway.

N/A, MN —
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Birding While Black: A Candid Conversation w/ J. Drew Lanham

In light of recent events, birdwatching has been cast into a national spotlight. Before this, much of America had little knowledge of birders and even less of black birders. On Thursday, June 4, at 12pm and 7pm EST, join a group of today’s young black birdwatchers for two candid conversations, with special guests Christian Cooper and J. Drew Lanham. The panelists will share their stories of discovering birds and their unique experiences of #BirdingWhileBlack in America.

Minneapolis, MN —

Benjamin Garcia at Quarantine Reading Series

This month, twenty phenomenal poets including Julian Randall, Alison Rollins, Benjamin Garcia, Kai Davis, and more are reading alongside our two featured poets: National Book Award winner Justin Phillip Reed and acclaimed poet and scholar Phillip B. Williams.

Authors / What Matters Most / Watch & Listen

What Matters Most | Ep. 4 Beth Dooley

Milkweed Staff — 05/13/2020
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Every Monday, author Beth Dooley and her son Kip have a standing zoom call. On their call, they cook a meal together, without a recipe, using only whatever staples they have on hand. They also talk—a lot!—about limits (real and metaphorical), substitutions, and what it means to ‘make do’ without feeling deprived. In Beth’s words, “it’s not really about being optimistic; it’s about living within our means and allowing what we DO have to spark creativity.” They’ve dubbed their…