Mindy Nettifee, author of Open Your Mouth Like a Bell, will moderate a conversation between Ada Limón, author of The Carrying, Alicia Jo Rabins, author of Fruit Geode, and Ashley Toliver, author of Spectra.
Omar El Akkad, journalist and author of American War, will interview Elizabeth Rush at the Portland Book Festival.
William Brewer will appear alongside Rob Hylton, sam sax, and Rachel Wiley in the Poems and Conversation: Readings and Q & A event at the Dodge Poetry Festival
WORD Brooklyn hosts Jos Charles for reading from her poetry collection feeld.
AMY THIELEN is the author of the James Beard Award-winning cookbook The New Midwestern Table and the host of Heartland Table on Food Network. A former New York City line cook, she now speaks and writes about home cooking for radio, television, and magazines, including Saveur, where she’s a contributing editor. She lives with her husband, visual artist Aaron Spangler, their son, his dog, and a bunch of chickens, in rural Park Rapids, Minnesota.
We are feeling the Halloween spirit here at Milkweed Books (have you seen our Trick or Treat display?), so to celebrate, here is a ? bonus round ? of book recommendations featuring the dark and scary stuff we think you might like to read this month. Whether you’re feeling like historical Midwestern gothic, a wacky German war satire, or haunting Urdu short stories, we have something for you to try. If you prefer to read something sweet rather than scary this season, we’ve also included a few gentler literary treats. Don’t worry, our devotion to spooky literature isn’t…
Authors we love choose three of their favorite titles, we bundle them up nicely, your to-be-read pile flourishes. This week’s recommended reading comes from Minnesotan extraordinaire Amy Thielen. See what she has to say about these three books she loves!
This month’s recommendations from our bookstore staff feature the feel-good power of food, hot chilies to eat and admire, a mist-shrouded casino, and essays on all things monstrous.
Alyson Hagy reads and discusses her new novel, Scribe, from Graywolf Press.
