Minneapolis, MN —
Independent Bookstore Day at Milkweed Books! With Chris McCormick, author of Desert Boys
Celebrate our second-annual Independent Bookstore Day at Milkweed Books!
Minneapolis, MN —
Book Launch: The Body of the World by Mary Moore Easter
Celebrate the release of Mary Moore Easter’s new collection of poetry, THE BODY OF THE WORLD (Mad Hat Press, 2018), at this launch party and reading.
Minneapolis, MN —
Mill City Farmers Market
Join Milkweed Books for their June appearance at the MCFM!
Minneapolis, MN —
Mill City Farmers Market
Join Milkweed Books for our first Farmers Market of the season!
Tampa, FL —
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Milkweed Editions at AWP 2018
Visit Milkweed’s booth at the AWP Bookfair (booths 1424–1426) to meet authors, get signed and discounted books, and special deals! Catch Milkweed authors and staff in action at 3 featued events, 1 offsite reading/party, and on over 30 panels! Visit milkweed.org/AWP for our full schedule.
Awards & Prizes
John McCarthy Wins 2017-18 Jake Adam York Prize
We are pleased to announce that judge Victoria Chang has selected John McCarthy’s collection Scared Violent Like Horses as winner of the 2017-18 Jake Adam York Prize for a first or second collection of poems, presented in partnership by Copper Nickel and Milkweed Editions. McCarthy will receive $2,000 and his collection will be published by Milkweed in February 2019.
John McCarthy
John McCarthy is the author of Scared Violent Like Horses, selected by Victoria Chang as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize, and Ghost Country, named a Best Poetry Book of 2016 by the Chicago Review of Books. He serves as an editor of RHINO magazine and the Quiddity international literary journal and public radio program.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN —
Chibundu Onuzo’s Welcome to Lagos with Lesley Nneka Arimah
Join us as we celebrate the release of Chibundu Onuzo’s novel Welcome to Lagos in partnership with Catapult and the Igbo Women League of Minnesota, featuring a conversation with Lesley Nneka Arimah.
Minneapolis, MN —
Robin Wall Kimmerer in Conversation with Heid E. Erdrich
Join The Blake School and Milkweed Editions to celebrate best-selling author Robin Wall Kimmerer, whose book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants draws from her life as an indigenous scientist, teacher, and mother to show how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons. Local author Heid E. Erdrich will join Kimmerer on stage and lead a conversation about beauty, language, and the intimacy of ecology. A book signing will follow.