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.
When her mother is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, the author—a cook, collector of thrifted vintage cast iron, and fiercely devoted daughter, sister, and aunt—can’t help but wonder: Feed a fever, starve a cold, but what do we do for cancer? Generous and bittersweet, these essays ponder the intimate connections between food, family, and illness.
Karen Babine is the author of All the Wild Hungers: A Season of Cooking and Cancer and Water and What We Know: Following the Roots of a Northern Life, winner of the 2016 Minnesota Book Award for memoir/creative nonfiction, and a finalist for the Midwest Book Award and the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award.
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,...
Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his second night at the Oriental Theater where he'll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker.
Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his first night at the Oriental Theater where he'll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker.
Enjoy the music of poet and songwriter Brian Laidlaw on his Reel Rock Tour at his second night at the Boulder Theater where he'll perform songs inspired by his newest poetry book, The Mirrormaker.
