Brooklyn, NY —

Aimee Nezhukumatathil & Tina Chang: Greenlight Bookstore

Beloved poets Tina Chang and Aimee Nezhukumatathil come together to discuss their latest books, both of which meditate on the themes of race, motherhood, and home through different lenses. Ambitious and revelatory, Chang’s Hybrida is a stirring and confident examination of mixed-race identity, violence, and history skillfully rendered through the lens of motherhood. Nezhukumatathil’s debut work of nonfiction World of Wonders is a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us. Details here!

Miami, FL —

Miami Book Fair: Benjamin Garcia & Kazim Ali

Join the Miami Book Fair for a conversation between Benjamin Garcia, author of Thrown in the Throat, and Kazim Ali, the judge who selected Garcia’s manuscript for the National Poetry Series. Details here!

Authors / Interviews

Deep Cuts—Larry Watson's Let Him Go

Bailey Hutchinson — 11/11/2020

Hello, friends, and welcome to another edition of Deep Cuts. In this series, we dive in with some of our authors and discuss the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the composition and production of their books.

We’re all about transformative literature here at Milkweed—y’all know that—but this month we got to see a slightly different kind of transformation: Larry Watson’s Let Him Go, a novel we originally published in 2007, transformed into a Focus Features film. What sorts of changes happen between page and screen? How might an author feel seeing a character they wrote find life (literally) in an actor…

N/A, NY —

Constellations of Change: A Cabaret for the HIV Movement, ft. Benjamin Garcia

Artists and performers have always been at the forefront of strengthening and inspiring the HIV movement. Tune in for a star-studded line-up of singers, dancers, poets, filmmakers and drag performers who will help us connect, heal, rejoice, reflect, and imagine through their award-winning work and candid dialogue on creating art with and for people living with HIV. Featuring Benjamin Garcia (author of Thrown in the Throat), Ongina, Danez Smith, Shea Diamond, Brontez Purnell, Gravity Balmain, Raquel Willis, and Alexandra Billings. 8pm ET on Facebook Live!