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Member Holiday Shopping Event

Join us for an exclusive morning of holiday shopping, outside of regular store hours, at our independent bookstore, Milkweed Books. Mix and mingle with fellow Milkweed supporters, enjoy festive drinks and snacks, and use your member discount to buy the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Complimentary gift wrapping will also be available. Let us know you plan on coming here!

Not local? Use your member discount online—just be sure to place your order by Thanksgiving for holiday delivery!

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On Publishing, Plants, & Poetry: Celebrating Twenty Years of Mutual Flourishing

Brianna Reed — 10/24/2025

On Thursday, October 9th, 2025, Robin Wall Kimmerer and an abundance of writers, readers, and Milkweed supporters coalesced along the historic Minneapolis riverfront for our annual Book Lovers Ball. There, they were joined by Milkweed publisher Daniel Slager for a celebration of confluences between publishing, plants, and poetry. All throughout the week, she was joined by poets Ada Limón, Heid E. Erdrich, Chris La Tray and memoirists Helen Whybrow, Nicholas Triolo, Scott Chaskey, Erin Sharkey, Angela Pelster, and Beth Dooley, as they consider what it means to publish transformative literature in