Milkweed Editions

Cervena Barva Press will host Night unto Night and Day unto Day poet Martha Collins for a reading with Ellen Steinbaum.

Author Elizabeth Rush will host a reading of her book Rising at the Island Bound Bookstore.

David Keplinger will host a reading of his book Another City, along with fellow poet Juan Morales at The Clink Lounge.

Award-winning poet Kathy Fagan will read from Sycamore and her previous works in the Literature Department. After a brief Q&A, there will be an open mic for others, snacks, refreshments and prizes.

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and Changing Hands proudly presents a poetry reading with Dan Beachy-Quick. Dan will read selections from his latest collection, Of Silence and Song, along with new and other work.

James P. Lenfestey will read from A Marriage Book: 50 Years of Poems from a Marriage at the Mackinac Island Public Library as part of their summer author series. 

Poet James P. Lenfestey will read from his new book of poetry, A Marriage Book: 50 Years of Poems from a Marriage.

Kai Carlson-Wee joins William Brewer at Green Apple Books on the Park to read from their latest poetry collections, Rail and I Know Your Kind.

Grady Chambers (North American Stadiums) and Elizabeth Metzger (The Spirit Papers) will come together at Skylight Books in Los Angeles to discuss their new books of poetry.

A week dedicated to social activism, featuring a remarkable faculty of writers and artists whose work focuses on the environment, climate change, gun violence, racial violence, police brutality, violence against women, homophobia, and immigration, all through the lens of creative action.