Playwright and author Sarah Ruhl will host a reading and signing for her new book Letters from Max: A Book of Friendship with special guest Timothy Donnelly.

Join playwright and author Sarah Ruhl for a special publication-date reading and signing of Letters from Max: A Book of Friendship alongside Beth Henley.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of best-selling Braiding Sweetgrass will share the perspectives of a botanist and native people as they relate to native New England plants. Copies of Dr. Kimmerer’s books will be available for sale and signing that evening.

Bear Pond Books invites poet and translator Jody Gladding to host a reading alongside David Hinton.

Author and translator Jody Gladding will appear at Galaxy Bookshop for a reading with David Hinton.

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…