Seattle, WA —
In Person: Rosalie Moffett appearing at Elliot Bay Books with Luther Hughes
Join Elliot Bay Books for a reading with Rosalie Moffett, alongside local poet and friend of the store Luther Hughes.
Brooklyn, NY —
In-Person and virtual: Latif Askia Ba and Jay Deshpande at Books are Magic
Join Brooklyn Poets in partnership with Books are Magic to celebrate the launch of Latif Askia Ba’s The Choreic Period. Latif Askia Ba and Jay Deshpande will both read their work, followed by a discussion and audience Q&A. This in-person event will also be livestreamed on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/live/g2A0DLUKo6A.
Authors / Awards & Prizes
[...] by Fady Joudah is a 2024 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry
Please join us in honoring and celebrating […] by Fady Joudah, 2024 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.
“Fady Joudah’s […] scribes the elliptical seam between heritage and history into a sustained meditation on war, displacement, and love. Punctuated with the music of maqam in the marrow of its mission, this timeless collection illuminates an existential Palestinian struggle that rises to the universal through Joudah’s deft, querying verse.”—National Book Award judges citation
From the 2024 Jackson Poetry Prize winner and one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers, this urgent and essential collection combats the erasure of Palestinian resistance and…
Miami, FL —
In-Person: Ava Nathaniel Winter in Conversation with Jessica Jacobs at the Miami Book Fair
Join the panel “HARD-WON HOLINESS: A READING & CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA JACOBS & AVA NATHANIEL WINTER” for a discussion on the tender and difficult poetry found between religious traditions, queer desire, Jewish transfemininity, cultural histories, and the ethical knots of sacred texts. Structured around the 12 parshiyot (portions) of Genesis, JESSICA JACOBS’ unalone parallels immersion in Jewish teachings with the contemporary world and the author’s experiences growing up queer, embracing one’s sexuality, reversing roles as the adult child of aging parents, and other imposed roles of…
Park Rapids, MN —
In Person: Karen Babine appearing at Beagle and Wolf Books
Please join Karen Babine for the celebration of her latest work, The Allure of Elsewhere.
Natalie Wollenzien
Natalie Wollenzien is the marketing and publicity coordinator at Milkweed Editions. Prior to joining Milkweed, she worked in marketing and operations for Sarabande Books, and has written freelance reviews for Foreword Reviews since 2023. She writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Morissa Young
Morissa Young is an editor at Milkweed Editions. Before joining the team, she worked as a graduate teaching assistant at the UNCW Publishing Laboratory, editorial and acquisitions lead at Lookout Books, and spread designer for Ecotone. She earned her MFA in poetry and certificate in publishing from the University of North Carolina–Wilmington, and her BA in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Minneapolis, MN —
Canceled: Bonnie Jo Campbell at Open Book
This event has been canceled. We apologize, and hope you can join us on December 11 with Rick Barot and Danez Smith.
Milkweed Books presents National Book Award finalist BONNIE JO CAMPBELL. Bonnie will be reading from her latest novel, The Waters, out now in paperback. Program will include an interview with long-time fan Lisa Durose and a book signing.
Doni Towers
Doni Towers is a bookseller at Milkweed Books whose love of storytelling started with the camera, graduating with a BFA in photojournalism from George Washington University in spring of 2024. Doni’s photos have been published in publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek, and her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries including The Corcoran Gallery of Art in DC. While at GW, Danielle was Co-President of GW’s National Press Photographer Association chapter and worked for GW’s main student publication, The GW Hatchet as a photo editor & photographer. In her free time, she loves to read about art and work on…