Join Ellen Wayland-Smith to discuss new book The Science of Last Things: Essays on Deep Time and the Boundaries of the Self. The author will be joined by Eula Biss, Lochlann Jain, and moderated by Maggie Nelson.

This discussion is part of the Levan Institute for the Humanities’ “Book Chats” series, organized in partnership with the USC Writing Program, the Department of English, and the HEAL program at the Keck School of Medicine. Learn more and register here.

Join Yalie Saweda Kamara alongside Stephanie Choi, Matthew Gellman, Jimin Seo, and Sarah Ghazal Ali for the first program in Poets & Writers’s “The Luminous Life: Debut Poets Virtual Reading.” More information and registration information here.

Join Wayne Miller for the launch of his forthcoming poetry collection, The End of Childhood. Wayne will be joined by Juan Morales and Kevin Prufer for a reading, conversation, and Q&A at The Shop at MATTER. More information on the event here.

Join Karen Babine for a reading, Q&A, and signing of her forthcoming book, The Allure of Elsewhere, in partnership with Dragonfly Books and the Oneota Valley Literary Foundation. More details on the event here.

Join Rosalie Moffett as part of the Observable Reading Series at the High Low Literary Arts Center. More details on the event forthcoming.

Join Rosalie Moffett at Saint Louis Poetry Center’s signature program, Sunday Workshop. Submissions of poetry will be commented on by Rosalie in a friendly and constructive group setting. Submit poetry for the workshop by midnight, 4/6.

We welcome our members to register for the 2025 Annual Member Event, a publishing preview of Milkweed’s 2025 list with Publisher and CEO, Daniel Slager. Keep an eye on your inboxes for the registration link, or feel free to reach out to membership@milkweed.org to register.

If you are not yet a Milkweed member, learn more about our program and sign-up here before 2/12 for access to the event!

Join Beth Dooley at the Mill City Farmers Market!

Beth will be at the Milkweed Books table at the market on January 18th. She will offer recipe advice, a quick market soup recipe to take home, and brainstorm ways to use ingredients provided from our local farmers. She will also sign copies of In Winter’s Kitchen.

UPDATE: Sarah Jones is unexpectedly unable to travel this week and cannot join for this iteration of Writers Go to the Movies. Milkweed Editions will be hosting Sarah Jones in April instead, stay tuned for details. Chris Stedman will be hosting this event instead.

Milkweed Books & Writers Go to the Movies present Chris Stedman, author of IRL: Finding Our Real Selves in a Digital World, and poet/memoirist Juliet Patterson. Tickets are not necessary but encouraged for planning purposes.

The film Pride, was selected, which speaks to Chris’s work. We will all view it together. Writers Go to the…

Milkweed Editions in conjunction with the University of Minnesota Press present Creature Conservation hosted by Claire Wahmanholm, featuring Charles Baxter, Kimberly Blaeser, and Sean Hill.

The event will feature readings from the new collection Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation out with University of Minnesota Press out on January 21. Claire Wahmanholm will then host a panel that centers on craft and art activism for creature conservation.

ABOUT THE HOST

Claire Wahmanholm is the author of Meltwater, Redmouth, and Wilder, which won the Lindquist & Vennum…