Celebrate Poetry: Art for the Urgent Issues of Our Time

An annual celebration of writers, book, and readers, the Book Lovers Ball features a seated dinner, live auction, presentation of the Milkweed Award for Distinguished Contributions to Literary Culture, storytelling from authors, and more!

We are delighted to be welcoming three poets we’ve had the honor of publishing here at Milkweed Editions in recent years to share both remarks and poems with you at this year’s Book Lovers Ball! Each of these poets make a distinct case for the power of poetry. Limón, Jones, and Brewer are exploring the…

Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his second night at the Oriental Theater where he’ll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker.

Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his first night at the Oriental Theater where he’ll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker.

Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his second night at the Boulder Theater where he’ll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker.

Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his first night at the Boulder Theater where he’ll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker.

Poet Caitlin Bailey, winner of the 2017 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, joins us in the bookstore to read from her debut poetry collection, Solve for Desire. As the Millions says of Bailey’s work, “Her words rest in that curious space between abstraction and touch, so this is a book to place upon one’s soul.”

Drury Lane Books invites novelist Faith Sullivan for a reading of her upcoming novel and a Q&A with the audience.

Bridges Reading Series hosts Brenda Bell Brown, Debra Stone, and Claire Wahmanholm for an inaugural reading at their new venue, Blue Harbor Center for the Arts.

Join us in the bookstore for this conversation with Kim Sagwa and Shannon Gibney, featuring new novels Mina (Two Lines) and Dream Country (Penguin).

Milkweed’s final market date of the season!