Madison, WI —
Patrick Johnson at A Room of One's Own Bookstore
A Room of One’s Own welcomes Patrick Johnson for a reading in celebration of his collection of poems, Gatekeeper.
Charlottesville, VA —
Gregory Orr at New Dominion Bookshop
Join New Dominion Bookshop as they celebrate the reissue of Gregory Orr’s memoir, The Blessing, a book that “offers eloquent testimony to the engaging power of art in a man’s life” (Washington Post). A book signing will follow the reading.
Authors / Editors / Interviews
5 Reasons to Teach This Book—Hearth: A Global Conversation on Community, Identity and Place
Welcome to our second installment of 5 Reasons to Teach This Book! In this new interview series, I’ll be investigating and straight-up admiring some of Milkweed’s titles via conversations with educators, authors and booksellers. Through this dialogue, we’ll expose the nuts-and-bolts of anthology curation and highlight some exciting pedagogical takes that will make your students want to steal this book from you. This month we are featuring Hearth: A Global Conversation on Community, Identity and Place, an anthology co-edited by Susan O’Connor and Annick Smith that we published in paperback this August.
Hearth’s table of contents boasts…
Red Wing, MN —
Books in the Barn featuring Brian Laidlaw
The Anderson Center is pleased to present Brian Laidlaw (The Stuntman, The Mirrormaker) as part of their Books in the Barn reading series. This event, titled, “Verse Versus Verses: On Generosity in Poetry and Songwriting”, will consist of a poetry reading and a concert.
Hilton Head Island, SC —
Conservation & Culture: An Evening with Dr. J. Drew Lanham
Join the Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Audubon, and Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park for a conversation on the convergence of conservation and culture with Dr. J. Drew Lanham (The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature).
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of World of Wonders, an illustrated essay collection, as well as of four books of poetry, including, most recently, Oceanic, winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award. She serves as poetry faculty for the Writing Workshops in Greece and is professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi’s MFA program.
Allison Adair
Originally from central Pennsylvania, Allison Adair now lives in Boston, where she teaches at Boston College and GrubStreet. Her poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, and ZYZZYVA, among other journals; and have been honored with the Pushcart Prize, the Florida Review Editors’ Award, the Orlando Prize, and first place in Mid-American Review’s Fineline Competition. She is the author of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize-winning collection, The Clearing, forthcoming June 2020.
Awards & Prizes
Allison Adair Wins the Third Annual Max Ritvo Poetry Prize
For her manuscript The Clearing, chosen by acclaimed poet and judge Henri Cole, Adair will receive $10,000 and publication by Milkweed Editions in June 2020.
Portland, OR —
Jake Skeets at Portland Book Festival
Portland Book Festival is pleased to host Jake Skeets (Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers), alongside authors Sally Wen Mao (Oculus), Paisley Rekdal (Nightingale), and Dao Strom (The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys) for a conversation on displacement—from the body, from home, from time.
Portland, OR —
Jake Skeets at Portland Book Festival
Portland Book Festival is pleased to host Jake Skeets (Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers), alongside authors Julian Smith (Aloha Rodeo) and Justin St. Germain (Son of a Gun) for a conversation on reconsidering the American West.