Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson earned his MFA in poetry at Washington University in St. Louis and completed his undergraduate at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently studying to become a physician assistant, and lives in Madison.
Julian Randall
Julian Randall is a living queer Black poet from Chicago and the inaugural Milkweed Fellow. A fellow of Cave Canem, Callaloo, Canto Mundo and the Watering Hole, he is the recipient of a 2019 Pushcart Prize. He holds an MFA in Poetry from Ole Miss. He is the author of Refuse, winner of the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and a finalist for an NAACP Image Award. He tweets mostly about poems @JulianThePoet.
Minneapolis, MN —
Book Lovers Ball
Celebrate the World Through Literature
Meet featured speaker Margaret Renkl and other Milkweed authors at our annual celebration of writers, books, and readers! The Book Lovers Ball features a seated dinner, live auction, storytelling from authors, and more! Joining us from Nashville, Margaret writes a popular weeky column for the New York Times, all about “flora, fauna, politics, and culture in the American South.” Her debut book, Late Migrations, is about growing up in the South, love and loss, and the splendor of the natural world.
Gambier, OH —
Analicia Sotelo at Kenyon College
In collaboration with Hanif Abdurraqib’s “From the Language of Ash” series in Columbus, the Kenyon Review welcomes Analicia Sotelo (Virgin) to campus for an afternoon reading and book signing.
Cambridge, MA —
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Kristen Case & Alexandra Manglis at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes poets, critics, and scholars Kristen Case and Alexandra Manglis for a discussion of their new co-edited anthology, 21|19: Contemporary Poets in the Nineteenth-Century Archive. Kristen and Alexandra will be joined by Leila Wilson, Brian Teare, and Ben Friedlander for the program.
Phoenix, AZ —
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Jake Skeets at Palabras Bilingual Bookstore
Join the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing for a poetry reading with Jake Skeets on first Friday, October 4, 2019 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Palabras Bilingual Bookstore.
Nashville, TN —
Margaret Renkl at Harpeth Hall School
Harpeth Hall school welcomes Margaret Renkl for a reading from Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss.
Minneapolis, MN —
John McCarthy at Magers & Quinn with Lisa Higgs and Tracy Zeman
Magers & Quinn Booksellers hosts a poetry reading with John McCarthy (Scared Violent Like Horses), Lisa Higgs, and Tracy Zeman.
Washington, DC —
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John James at Bridge Street Books
THE EDGE READING SERIES at Bridge Street Books presents John James (The Milk Hours), Elizabeth Arnold, and Christopher Kondrich.
Waterville, ME —
Elizabeth Rush at the Sierra Club's 2019 Annual Celebration
Elizabeth Rush (Rising) will speak at Sierra Club’s Annual Celebration on the role of activism and writing, addressing the pressing issues of climate disruption, and environmental justice.