Cincinnati, OH —

Don Bogen at Mercantile Library

Join Mercantile Library for a night of music and poetry centering Don Bogen’s newest collection of poetry, Immediate Song.

Pasadena, CA —

Don Bogen at Vroman's Bookstore

Join Vroman’s Bookstore as they host Don Bogen to read, talk about, and sign copies of his newest collection of poetry, Immediate Song.

Los Angeles, CA —

Don Bogen at USC

Join the USC Dept. of English for a reading with Don Bogen and his newest collection of poetry, Immediate Song. Don Bogen will be joined by poet Susan Kinsolving (Peripheral Vision).

Lake Forest Park, WA —

HEARTH editors at Third Place Books

Third Place Books hosts Susan O’connor and Annick Smith for a reading from their anthology Hearth: A Global Conversation on Community, Identity, and Place.

Homewood, AL —

Margaret Renkl at Alabama Booksmith

Join The Alabama Booksmith as they welcome Margaret Renkl for a celebration of her highly acclaimed book, Late Migartions.

Authors / Editors / Interviews

5 Reasons to Teach This Book—21|19: Contemporary Poets in the Nineteenth Century Archive

Julian Randall — 09/16/2019

Welcome to 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. We’ll get down to the nuts-and-bolts of anthologies as well as some exciting pedagogical takes that will make your students want to steal this book from you. While the title of this series is prescriptive, we hope that your engagement with the dialogue is organic and that you find entry points into the texts that align with your goals as a teacher, reader, writer, or literary advocate.

As the…