Join Milkweed Editions for the launch of Karen Babine’s new essay collection, All the Wild Hungers! Held in the Lynhall’s kitchen studio, the Linney, the evening pays homage to the celebration of food, family, and community found in the pages of Karen’s book. After a reception and a reading from her book, Karen will be joined for a conversation with Minneapolis author and chef Beth Dooley.
The Loft Literary Center presents their 2018–2019 Mentor Series Reading with mentor Angela Pelster and fellows Brianna Flavin and Molly Olguín. Book sales provided by Milkweed Books.
Milkweed Books returns to our Winter Market table inside the Mill City Museum!
Geneviève Damas is a Belgian actress, playwright, and novelist. After completing a law degree, she turned to theater. She has acted, directed, and written award-winning plays for both children and adults. If You Cross the River is her first novel and has received wide international acclaim, including recceiving the Prix Victor Rossel in Belgium and the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie, awarded annually for fiction that enriches cultural diversity and the French language on the five continents. Damas lives in Brussels.
Readings by Writers will host various authors including Michael Bazzett, Claire Wahmanholm, Mary Moore Easter, and Gretchen Marquette as part of their monthly reading series hosted by poet Tim Nolan.
The winter coffeehouse “Morningside After Dark” will house itself in the beloved Fellowship Hall and will feature songs and stories around a January theme. Enjoy a complimentary Caribou coffee bar and treats while you take in performances with fellow EMCC members and the community.
When the time came to make our year-end lists, we decided against developing a unified theory of list-making—we couldn’t agree on what the parameters should be, and it didn’t seem much like our style anyway. So instead, each bookseller came up with their own selection of the best books they read in 2018, free of constraints. Out of the staggering number of brilliant books read and published this year, we carved out these four lists: one minimal, one medium, and two maximal, with a vast range of genre, style, and perspectives across them all. We’re grateful to have spent the year buried in stacks of books we’re…
Author, playwright, and Yale Drama professor Sarah Ruhl will share a shimmering exploration of love, art, mortality, and the afterlife, in the context of her distinguished career.
The Loft Literary Center presents their 2018-2019 Loft Mentor Series Reading with mentor V.V. Ganeshananthan and fellows Debra J. Stone and Ariane Sandford. Book sales provided by Milkweed Books.
This evening of artists expressing their love and concern for the environment will feature writers Laurie Allmann, Zoe Bird, Ruth Bly, Bethany Delaney, Howana Sullivan-Janzen, James Lenfestey, Wang Ping, Jonathan Stensland, Sarah Stonich, and storyteller Kevin Kling.
