Join Milkweed Editions to celebrate the launch of Elizabeth Rush’s book Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, a work of lyrical reportage about sea level rise, vulnerable communities, and adaptability. After Rush reads from the book, Macalester professor Christie Manning—whose work explores psychology and climate change—will lead a conversation with Rush. A book signing will follow.
Join Amy and Dave Freeman at Holliday Park as they cross nine states and cover 1,750 miles for Pedal to DC: Book Tour to Save the Boundary Waters.
Rick Barot, judge of the seventh annual Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, has selected Twin Cities resident Claire Wahmanholm to be recipient of the 2018 prize, for her manuscript, Wilder. Wahmanholm will receive $10,000 as well as publication by Milkweed Editions in November 2018.
Milkweed Books presents a reception and reading in celebration of the paperback release of Cecilia Konchar Farr’s The Ulysses Delusion: Rethinking Standards of Literary Merit.
2000 miles by bicycle, 64 days, 30+ events, 9 states, two authors, 1 canoe … and YOU!
Join Chris Dombrowski at the Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle for a reading from his book Body of Water.
Join the celebration as the Pedal to DC: Book Tour to Save the Boundary Waters bicycles through the Twin Cities! Hosted by the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters, Milkweed Editions, and the American Society of Landscape Architects Minnesota Chapter.
Poetry Asylum hosts Lee Ann Roripaugh, South Dakota’s Poet Laureate, at Moon Palace Books for a reading alongside fellow visitors Tiana Clark and Jason Labbe. They’re joined by local poets Donte Collins, D. Allen, and Chaun Webster.
Hieu Minh Nguyen reads from Not Here (Coffee House Press), his acclaimed second book of poetry. Also featuring limited edition prints of Hieu’s poem “Heavy” from Sister Black Press. UPDATE: TIME CHANGE | This event will begin at 7:30 p.m.
