Cambridge, MA —

In Person: Shilpi Suneja appearing at Porter Square Books

Porter Square Books: Boston Edition and GrubStreet are delighted to present the latest installment of the Grubbie Debut event series, featuring Shilpi Suneja, author of House of Caravans! Prize-winning author Daphne Kalotay will join the author in conversation

Cambridge, MA —

In Person: JJJJJerome Ellis appearing at Harvard University

JJJJJerome Ellis presents an improvisational lecture-performance on his ongoing research on music, stuttering, race, and nature.

In this improvisational lecture-performance, composer and poet JJJJJerome Ellis will share some of his ongoing research on intersections between music, stuttering, race, and nature. Using piano, saxophone, electronics, and voice, he’ll perform excerpts from “Benediction,” a devotional song cycle attending to 18th and 19th century black runaway slaves who stuttered.

The event will be livestreamed via the Harvard University Department of Music Youtube Channel.

Fresno, CA —

In Person: Kathy Fagan appearing at the Fresno Writers Summit featuring Brynn Saito

1 to 2 PM — Creative Writing Prize Showcase
Featuring readings by award-winning student writers Mialise Carney, Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras, Celeste Jones, Sharon K. McClain, James T. Morrison, Alejandro Perea-Sanchez, Jacob Reina, Kaylee Ruiz, and Alberto Saldaña Uribe. With introductions by student writer Stella Velez.

2:30 to 4 PM — Debut Authors
Featuring readings by alumni authors Pilar Christiana Graham, Padraig Hogan, and Gabriel Ibarra. With introductions by alumni writer Angela Chaidez Vincent, and a book signing to follow.

4 to 6 PM — Break
Dinner on your own.

6 to 7:30 PM —…

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: Faculty/Student Reading Series: Jordan Young & Kate Nuernberger

Join us for the December entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota’s Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this final reading of the Fall 2023 semester, MFA candidate Jordan Young will be reading with Kathryn Nuernberger, author of The Witch of Eye.

This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with a valid student…

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: Faculty/Student Reading Series: Natalie Dalea & Kim Todd

Join us for the November entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota’s Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this month’s reading, MFA candidate Natalie Dalea will be reading with Kim Todd, author of Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s “Girl Stunt Reporters.”

This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending with…

Minneapolis, MN —

In Person: Faculty/Student Reading Series: John LaPine & Krys Malcolm Belc

Join us for the October entry in our monthly Faculty/Student Reading Series, where we host a local faculty writer from the University of Minnesota’s Creative Writing MFA Program and a student writer, offering a chance for emerging local writers to place their work in conversation with an established writer. For this month’s reading, MFA candidate John LaPine will be reading with Krys Malcolm Belc, author of The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood.

This reading will also feature an exclusive student discount on all purchases in the bookstore, where anyone attending…

Authors / News

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón's Library of Congress signature project announced, includes anthology of nature poems

Milkweed Staff — 09/05/2023

Milkweed Editions is thrilled to share Ada Limón’s signature project as the nation’s twenty-fourth Poet Laureate, You Are Here, which will feature two complementary initiatives: a new anthology of commissioned nature poems, and poetry installed as public art in seven national parks.