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.
Celebrate our second-annual Independent Bookstore Day at Milkweed Books!
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.
Join Milkweed Books for their June appearance at the MCFM!
Join Milkweed Books for our first Farmers Market of the season!
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.
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 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.
