Minneapolis, MN
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In Person: Karen Babine at Milkweed Books Happy Hour & Book Club
Join Karen Babine at Milkweed Books for a low-stakes book club social hour for her latest work, The Allure of Elsewhere.
Interviews
The Possibility of Tenderness: Author Q&A with Jason Allen-Paisant
In anticipation of the release of The Possibility of Tenderness this fall, we sat down with author Jason Allen-Paisant. It was an illuminating and profound conversation with wonderful insight of what is in store in the book.
Milkweed: The title of the book, The Possibility of Tenderness, is such a wonderful and welcoming lead into what the reader will find between its pages. Can you say a bit more about what you mean about tenderness and how the book explores it?
Jason: Racism doesn’t just affect how people are treated—it affects how people experience time. One of…
San Francisco, CA
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In Person: Jennifer Kabat with Daniel Gumbiner and Manjula Martin at The Booksmith
Join Jennifer Kabat with Daniel Gumbiner and Manjula Martin at The Booksmith for a reading and discussion of her latest work, Nightshining.
Narrowsburg, NY
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In Person: Jennifer Kabat with painter Angela Dufresne at the Deep Water Literary Festival
Join Jennifer Kabat and Angela Dufresne for “Queering the Landscape,” a panel and discussion on art as disruption.
Franconia, NH
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In Person: Kathy Fagan with Ellen Bryant Voigt and Michael Collier at The Frost Place
Join Kathy Fagan, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Michael Collier, and the 2025 Dartmouth Poet-in-Residence at The Frost Place to celebrate Robert Frost Day. The poets’ reading will be preceded by a poetry workshop at 1:30 PM, and a reception and book signing will follow the reading.
Fargo, ND
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In Person: Karen Babine at Barnes & Noble
Join Karen Babine at the Fargo Barnes & Noble for a reading and discussion of her latest work, The Allure of Elsewhere.
Sebastopol, CA
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In Person: Nicholas Triolo appearing at Copperfield's Books Sebastopol
Join Nicholas Triolo at Copperfield’s Books Sebastopol for a reading and discussion of his latest work, The Way Around.
Minneapolis, MN
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In person: Daffodil and other poems with Vincent Katz
Join Milkweed Books and Rain Taxi on the evening of June 12 as we welcoming visiting poet Vincent Katz to read from his new collection, Daffodil and other poems. Vincent will be joined in conversation with poet Dobby Gibson.
What Matters Most
Community Partner Spotlight: Milkweed Cultivates ‘Community and City’ with The Obodo Collective’s 2nd Book Festival
On April 13, 2025, Milkweed Editions delighted in collaborating with The Obodo Collective, a Las Vegas-based urban farm, to break ground on their second annual Our Mothers’ Garden Book Festival. To join in the festivities, Milkweed Editions donated a bundle of books to distribute to the community.
Collaborating with The Obodo Collective to break ground on a successful festival, for Milkweed, means more than just extending this act of mutual flourishing—it is the chance to delight in a gift economy over tilled earth. Per their website, their namesake embodies their mission in its entirety: “Obodo comes from the Igbo…
Events
On Art Song and Metamorphosis: Milkweed Hosts Album Launch for Bill Holm’s Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death
On May 6th, Milkweed Editions hosted a concert and album release party for late poet Bill Holm’s Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death. The album—a musical rendition of the late author’s namesake poem—was composed by Martha Helen Schmidt, sung by operatic baritone Ryan Hugh Ross, and accompanied by pianist Dr. Daniel Rieppel. They were joined by Milkweed Editions founder Emilie Buchwald, and visiting poets Freya Manfred and Barton Sutter. Together, they conjured Open Book into a concert hall to demonstrate the mastery of poetics, the transformative power of art song, and how Bill Holm challenged…