Cambridge, MA —
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Blacksmith House Poetry Series: Charles Coe and Don Bogen
Charles Coe, whose latest book is Memento Mori, reads with Don Bogen, author most recently of Immediate Song.
Boston, MA —
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Giving Voice to Nature: with Richard Powers, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and William (Ned) Friedman The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Richard Powers, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Arnold Arboretum Director William “Ned” Friedman will join voices in this guided conversation about trees. Melding readings with discussion; drawing on mystery, lore, and science; they will convey the challenges and rewards of trying to represent non-humans—speaking both for and as the trees
Fort Worth, TX —
Home Grown Live Oak Reading Series: Alex Lemon and Margaret Fleming
Join the English Department on March 19th at 6:30 PM in the TCU Bookstore for the second Live Oak Reading of the semester, featuring Alex Lemon (Another Last Day, 2019) and Margaret Fleming. Admission is free, and all are welcome!
Awards & Prizes
Brooke Matson Wins Jake Adam York Prize
We are pleased to announce that judge Mark Doty has selected Brooke Matson’s collection In Accelerated Silence as winner of the next Jake Adam York Prize, presented in partnership by Copper Nickel and Milkweed Editions. Matson will receive $2,000 and her collection will be published by Milkweed in February 2020.
Brooke Matson
Brooke Matson is a poet, book artist, and the 2016 recipient of the Artist Trust GAP award and Centrum residency. Her first collection of poems, The Moons, was published by Blue Begonia Press in 2012; her second, In Accelerated Silence, was selected by Mark Doty as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize and will be published by Milkweed Editions in 2020.
Cambridge, MA —
Ed Pavlić at Porter Square Books
Ed Pavlić reads from and discusses his new novel, Another Kind of Madness, and appears in conversation with Adam McGee, Boston Review editor.
Charlottesville, VA —
Ed Pavlić at the Virginia Festival of the Book
Ed Pavlić (Another Kind of Madness) and Abigail DeWitt (News of Our Loved Ones) discuss their far-reaching fiction, featuring characters faced with global and personal turbulence. Book sales and signing will follow.
Chautauqua, NY —
Sarah Ruhl at Chautauqua Institution
Each summer, the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle chooses at least nine books of literary quality and invites the authors to Chautauqua present their work to an audience of approximately 1,000 readers, and Letters from Max by Sarah Ruhl and Max Ritvo was chosen to be a part of the series this summer.
News / Roundup
Notes from the Field: Hold On Everybody
Our staff is constantly deep in the weeds of all the news about our books—what’s new or coming soon, new conversations about books published years ago—and if you aren’t constantly on the lookout, it might be easy to miss what’s happening in all corners of the literary internet. Enter this new series, in which our staff rounds up the latest not-to-be-missed Milkweed highlights.
Honolulu, HI —
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer in The Green Room at the Honolulu Museum of Art
In partnership with The Merwin Conservancy, the museum hosts an intimate evening in The Green Room with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer. The Green Room is an environmental and literary salon series that fosters a reverence for language, nature, and imagination. Dr. Kimmerer’s presentation will be followed by a book signing at a courtyard reception with a pop-up book store.