Join Chris Santiago and Wendy Ortiz at CalArts Butler Building #4 for a reading, conversation, and reception followed by a reading from current MFA Creative Writing Students. This symposium event will take a deep dive into non-fiction and the documentary poetics practice of ‘erasure.’ More information on the event can be found here.

Join Rick Barot and Jerico Lenk for a reading at Pacific Lutheran University, as part of The Visiting Writer Series, sponsored by the English Department and the College of Liberal Studies. More information on the event can be found here.

Join Milkweed Books and special guests, Sarah Ghazal Ali, Ryan Vine, and Michael Bazzett, as we launch and celebrate Matthew Nienow’s newest collection of poetry, If Nothing, out with Alice James Books in January.

Join Rebecca Spiegel with Jordan Hamel, Josh Krigman, and Naava Guaraca at Word of Mouth for The Cusp Reading Series’s Pisces | Aries Reading. More information about The Cusp Reading Series can be found here.

Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Milkweed Books with delightful springtime snacks and sips! We invite you to stop in, shop from our array of books and broadsides, and share in the joy and community of local independent bookstores during one of the biggest annual events in the bookselling world.

We will be offering special one-day-only promotions:

-Buy three books, get a little surprise
-Buy four books, get a big prize
-Buy 10 or more books, get a discount of a decent size

Sign up to become a Milkweed member to receive an exclusive tote bag and member discount! Learn more about Milkweed…

Join friends and colleagues of the late acclaimed poet Bill Holm as they launch their record album of Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death, a musical setting of his namesake poem composed by Minnesota native Martha Helen Schmidt.

The event will feature a screening of the Pioneer PBS documentary about the song cycle which received a 2023 Regional Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — Upper Midwest Chapter. The evening will also include select readings from Holm’s literary oeuvre by friends and acclaimed colleagues and will conclude with a performance of…

Join Sarah V. Schweig alongside Jen Jabaily-Blackburn and Corrie Williamson at Virginia Festival of the Book for the poetry panel “Words of Healing: Poets on Self-Care and Connection.” More information on the panel can be found here, and more information on the festival can be found here.