Authors / What Matters Most / Watch & Listen

What Matters Most | Ep. 1 Adam Clay

Milkweed Staff — 04/23/2020
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Introducing What Matters Most, a new video series by and for the Milkweed community. Each week, one of our authors will reflect on daily nourishments in their lives — people, objects, traditions, places, plants, and more—that bring them strength, joy, solace, or peace. What Matters Most was born out of our collective acknowledgment that times of uncertainty cement the importance of the things—big and small—that give our lives meaning. For us at Milkweed, it is our community of…

St. Paul, MN —
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Su Hwang at Novel Stages

Hear Su Hwang (Bodega) at Novel Stages! The festival endeavors to champion artists who cross boundaries and challenge musical genre, and reward audiences eager to explore.

St. Louis, MO —

Left Bank Books with Ed Pavlić and Kiese Laymon

Left Bank Books presents poet and author Ed Pavlić in conversation with highly acclaimed author Kiese Laymon to discuss Pavlić’s latest novel Another Kind of Madness.

Ann Arbor, MI —

At Home with Literati: John James & Kristi Maxwell

Literati Bookstore is pleased to welcome poets John James and Kristi Maxwell to its At Home with Litrerati series in support of their new and forthcoming collections, The Milk Hours and My My.

Minneapolis, MN —

Poetry House Concert with Brian Laidlaw and Ashley Hanson

As part of the Loft’s Wordplay, presented by St. Catherine University and Star Tribune, join poet-songwriter Brian Laidlaw (The Mirrormaker) and vocalist-instrumentalist Ashley Hanson of the folk/Americana band The Family Trade for a virtual concert.

Authors / Interviews / Watch & Listen / Poetry & Migration

Deep Cuts: Voice in a Time of Distance

Bailey Hutchinson — 04/09/2020

Hello, friends, and welcome to another edition of Deep Cuts. In this series, we’ll be diving in with some of our authors and discussing the behind-the-scenes work that goes into the composition and production of their books. Oh, and real quick: this is Bailey Hutchinson, and I’m honored to be taking up the curatorial mantle for Julian Randall, the inaugural Milkweed Fellow, who created this series.

Friends, I’m feeling strange, and that’s in no small part because I’ve been alone in my apartment for over three weeks. It’s likely many of you find yourselves in a similar situation: self-isolation, while…